Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] have been [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't actually use the words but his philosophy is clearly that the New Zealand sojourn may have been the darkest hour but that the darkest hours comes before the dawning of a new day . |
| 2 | He declared that the ANC and its allies wanted " peace and democracy " and that " if the government … responds in the same spirit , our action will have been the best thing that could have happened to the negotiations process " . |
| 3 | But surely state intervention should have been the best way of achieving both goals ? |
| 4 | HER first job should have been the greatest break in teenager Patricia Knox 's young life . |
| 5 | Mallard may have been the fastest steam train in the world , but how many mothers must have complained about the journey ? |
| 6 | His left jab might have been the cleanest scoring punch of the entire championships . |
| 7 | Presumably , the anode remained the same ( no change is mentioned ) , so with the thickest rod the spacing between anode and cathode would have been the smallest . |
| 8 | ‘ I was struggling this morning because there is a frightfully long speech it becomes a feat of memory and if memory was the only element involved in acting then Leslie Welch the memory man would have been the greatest actor in the world . |
| 9 | It was a big house , at least four good bedrooms , and the garden must have been the best part of two acres . |
| 10 | ‘ And that letter would have been the biggest surprise of all , if you 'd opened it , ’ he said grimly . |