Example sentences of "[adv] have been [verb] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This case of pistols was the last and longest-surviving of the Collector 's many treasures from the Exhibition , and really , he thought , with the possible exception of the velocipede which had inspired the trace of fortifications , the only one to have been of any use ; most of the others , of course , were now immovably set in the dried mud ramparts and could only have been recovered with a pick . |
| 2 | This obviously is n't to say that the same response would not have been achieved with a centesimal potency , it merely demonstrates the applicability of LM 's in an acute and the simplicity of repetition . |
| 3 | Dad may not have been endowed with a surplus of brain-matter , but he was no fool . |
| 4 | However , even with this unpromising start , more could possibly have been achieved with a leadership less trapped in its own class origins . |
| 5 | It was certainly better than the sandwich and a can of beer that she 'd expected ; if this had been the late and unlamented Eddie she 'd probably have been faced with a walk to the nearest carry-out to find that he 'd finished off the beer in her absence . |
| 6 | He may also have been hit with a rifle butt afterwards.Joan Mann told the hearing that she understood there were several traitors in the Croat camp . |
| 7 | These would originally have been topped with a fence of dead wood or a live hedge to keep the animals out . |
| 8 | The Zuccarelli recordings so far demonstrated could well have been made with a simple dummy head , incorporating reflectors or circuits to emphasise this effect . |