Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] have been [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1	It was an insignificant point in its way , for Harry knew from Marjorie Mallender that Clare had met Minter whilst at Oxford — he must simply have been at another college — yet somehow his faith in his own reasoning was undermined .
2	Andy overtook a container lorry , the kind of thing that should never have been on that road , and hit a Volvo estate car coming in the opposite direction .
3	And we might , might well have been on that train that had the crash .
4	He 'd never have been like that in the old days .
5	The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region .
6	The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region .
7	A good response to training was associated with improved squeeze duration in our patients , but increased conidence in mastering anorectal function may also have been of some benefit .
8	It may well have been at this moment , in the autumn of 1419 , that Henry V decided that the crown of France , which none of his predecessors had achieved , might be his .
9	It may well have been in that picture that the new type was created .
10	It may be that demands were made beyond the capability of a particular individual , or the person concerned may simply have been to some degree in ill health .
11	( If mortality rates for the age group 20–24 could have been calculated , the nadir would probably have been in that age class ) .
12	‘ If she had done her job properly , I would never have been in this mess in the first place . ’
13	Damn Lori and her unreasoning jealousy ; but for her she would never have been in this position .
14	The other man may never have been in this situation before .

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