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

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1 He must have been with them all the time from Corry , to Raasay , to Kingsburgh , to Dunvegan : ‘ a fellow quite like a savage ’ — and they were followed , ‘ as colts follow passengers upon a road ’ , by local lads , barefoot , ragged , lazy and not wholly unmenacing .
2 What a tragedy that must have been for them all .
3 ‘ The potential for what he became must have been in him all the time . ’
4 If I 'd have been on me own I mean that 's all I was waiting for , mine to grow up so I could clear off .
5 If I 'd have been on me own I would n't have stopped bloody long .
6 " You do n't want me , " Edward repeated , " if you did , you 'd have been with me all this time .
7 If I had gone into labour a couple of days earlier , I would have been on my own , down the block , with no nurse , nobody .
8 He had expected that any change in his routine would have been of his own making , not hers .
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