Example sentences of "[adv] have been [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |
| 2 | Gould might have been disorientated — his record of dates , distances and directions are sometimes unreliable ; he might have exaggerated the achievements of his expedition — he would not have been the first explorer to do so ; or he might have been misquoted by an over-enthusiastic press . |
| 3 | They 'll not have been the first tourists to be fed to the sharks and they wo n't be the last . ’ |
| 4 | Liveseys ' would only ever have been the first rung of the ladder , to him . ’ |
| 5 | The effect is to make you think for a second that the church is only half there , that there must once have been a second side to it , to the right of the tower . |
| 6 | In what might conceivably have been the last chance of a diplomatic settlement , with the encouraging or surreal touches of a personally popular Ho walking up the Champs Elysees to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and standing beside Bidault on the Fourteenth of July , these were the fundamental issues . |
| 7 | It could just as well have been the 20th birthday of the Eden Gardens tea urn , and as far as the Indian government is concerned , there is nothing like an international cricket tournament for persuading the electorate that , with polling day just around the corner , Rajiv is the boy to vote for . |
| 8 | It might as well have been the last rites . |
| 9 | A possible explanation is that this jacket may well have been the last issue made to C/Sgt Nicholl in the last year or so of his service , and , as will be seen , may have been scarcely worn . |
| 10 | I would n't have been the first guy he 'd ever seen at that hour . |