Example sentences of "[adj] [det] [modal v] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know it 's hard to accept , Dawn , but all that could have been done has been done . |
| 2 | This is the job of the dealer … providing you buy from a reputable source , you can be sure this will have been done for you . |
| 3 | Orkney , like most of his breed , is not sure this should have been allowed . |
| 4 | Although I 'm sure this could have been achieved with permanently named shirts and removable ( Velcro ? ) numbers . |
| 5 | ‘ And so , ’ said Floy , looking at Fenella , wondering how all this might have been received on Renascia , ‘ and so , we will set off . ’ |
| 6 | All this would have been done within two hours of receiving the order . |
| 7 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
| 8 | If you had done your job properly , been a decent husband , then all this could have been avoided . ’ |
| 9 | If , however , they were too pessimistic this should have been belied in the subsequent years since the Nigerian Indigenization Decree of 1972 , implemented from February 1974 , which reserved twenty-six activities in large-scale industry exclusively for Nigerian ownership ; foreign companies operating in these businesses had to sell out . |
| 10 | I do not believe that any more could have been done — certainly not if the company had still been in the public sector . |