Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] been a [num] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | it should have been a hundred or something . |
2 | she tell you it was a , the answer should have been a hundred and twenty nine and they 've got a thirty one in it yeah |
3 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
4 | Given the complexities of concurrent working , there might have been a hundred and one other explanations . |
5 | ‘ My grandmother would have been a hundred and forty this Christmas , ’ Doris began again and then lapsed into silence . |
6 | So it should would have been a hundred and forty five . |