Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [been] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the chiller and the waterways and everything should all have been done all at the same time . |
| 2 | Mr Burke said it was Mrs Busuttil 's case that she should not have been given such high doses of the drug to induce labour . |
| 3 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
| 4 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
| 5 | Should n't have been doing that and should n't have been doing that . |
| 6 | Should n't have been doing that and should n't have been doing that . |
| 7 | They can be turned into money on demand in most cases ; even where notice might originally have been specified this can usually be waived for a small interest penalty . |
| 8 | He travelled as a seaman to Sydney where he won the Australian heavyweight title before transferring to San Francisco where he was persuaded by the Earl of Lonsdale to operate in England , a move which enhanced his status greatly , as a contemporary noted : ‘ I knew him in the days of his greatness when sitting on top of the pugilistic world , fêted and lionized , he might well have been excused some slight vanity ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , pp.20–1 ) . |
| 9 | If this had been the case I may possibly have been offered some cosmetic surgery , but this wo n't happen because it 's a natural part of pregnancy . |
| 10 | Predictably , perhaps , one eagle-eyed visitor to the Royal Photographic Society in Bath , where the sculpture is currently showing , rang up to complain that it was n't accurate , that the bowler could n't have been doing all those things . |
| 11 | Opioid use is the top category , and individuals in this group may also have been using any of the drugs in the other five categories . |
| 12 | Pereira , 21 , was once world junior champion but is now world-ranked 154 and would not have been given much chance of defeating Borg when the Swede was in his prime . |
| 13 | Kingfisher says that even if there had been no leak , the bid would probably have been launched this week . |
| 14 | With his hand pressed firmly to a creased brown , Spencer uttered : ‘ Oh man , if I 'd known you were gon na wear shoes like that , we would n't have been having this conversation … ‘ |
| 15 | ‘ We ca n't have been running all day . |
| 16 | Many of them will not have been earning enough to pay national insurance , so will not qualify for unemployment benefit — and will not affect the unemployment statistics . |
| 17 | Esau can not have been expecting such remorse , such willingness to make amends from Jacob . |