Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] have [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
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1 | What has upset Brian is the knowledge that within hours of Joanna disappearing from the leisure centre car park eight days ago , he was being ‘ fingered ’ as someone who could have been responsible for kidnapping her . |
2 | As he knelt by its head he cursed the men on either side who could have been responsible for such a war . |
3 | And so she threw herself at him , leaping for his throat , a tall , strong , totally desperate girl with nothing whatsoever to lose , who would have been hard for any man to handle , even a man as powerful and totally unchivalrous as Christie Goldsborough , had he not been ready for her . |
4 | SIR — The England cricket squad contesting the World Cup in Australia included players who would have been eligible for three other nations — West Indies , South Africa and Zimbabwe . |
5 | Karsten Schubert , who would have been eligible for Art Cologne this year , chose to ‘ start something new , very rough , to which you could invite the people you really admire ’ . |