Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [modal v] have be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Looking back , what he said is really strange , bearing in mind he must have been murdered a little while later . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose if Rupert had not been a bear he might have been considered prissy , like Noddy . |
| 3 | And by his career plan he should have been finished and out of here by now , instead of which he 's way over time on fixed-price job and his prospects of retirement at thirty-five are receding now even faster than they were before . |
| 4 | According to Mr Paton 's plan he should have been left to die . |
| 5 | In another mood he might have been goaded to further efforts by her extremely obvious , even insulting , indifference , but now , if anything , he was inclined to give her credit for it . |
| 6 | But the way Brian Harley is playing at the moment he must have been hoping to double that at least . ’ |
| 7 | Of course I realised that at the last moment he could have been attached to another troop , but this seemed highly unlikely in view of the S.A.S. methods of training , which relied upon close personal co-operation between all ranks . |
| 8 | While agreeing broadly with the England manager 's summing-up of the present Brazilian team , the thought did occur that in another footballing era he could have been describing an Italian side — brilliant in breakaways but giving nothing away at the back . |
| 9 | He 's not the first gentleman to turn to crime to pay off his debts , but I suspect that had we brought him before a court he would have been declared insane . ’ |
| 10 | At some early stage in his evolution he must have been filleted . |
| 11 | But that pleasure was tinged with sadness because his mother , Joanna , is n't alive to see him in a role he might have been born to play . |
| 12 | He had thought they were at least speaking to one another privately , but if Jim had really sworn an affidavit he must have been listening on another telephone . |
| 13 | But since he is Sir Anthony 's choice he may have been harmed by the Meyer candidacy . |
| 14 | In real life he would have been sued for millions and his story turned into a mini-series , but it 's nice to dream . |
| 15 | If some investigative journalist had claimed that Crabb died while making an unauthorised underwater inspection of the Russian cruiser he would have been ridiculed on the grounds that he had no proof . |
| 16 | ( As an American he would have been used to ‘ collections ’ being taken up during the service . |
| 17 | But the mention of a ‘ jubilant horn ’ in Jagdlied or ‘ jangling spurs ’ in Reiselied stirs him to immediate response , and in the dreamy melancholy of Schilflied or the elfin scherzo tinged with drama of Neue Liebe ( with which the disc artfully opens ) we can see the song writer he could have been had his general approach been different . |
| 18 | Where goodwill still has to be valued in relation to payments to outgoing partners , one of two bases is likely to be used : ( 1 ) excess profits , that is to say the amount by which an outgoing partner 's profit share exceeded ( a ) what he might have been expected to earn as an employed solicitor , and ( b ) the income he might have been expected to receive from investing his capital contributions in safe securities ; or , and much more frequently , ( 2 ) the average net profits of the partner concerned . |
| 19 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 20 | The plaintiff might claim that during the period between the accident and the trial he would have been promoted and received earnings higher than his pre-accident earnings . |
| 21 | If Hazel had been a human being he would have been expected to introduce his companions one by one and no doubt each would have been taken in charge as a guest by one of their hosts . |
| 22 | It would have depended on which hospital he 'd have been sent to . |
| 23 | For one thing , the repetition helps to reinforce whatever suggestion he may have been given ; and , for another , I consider it vital that the patient realizes he is playing an extremely significant part in his own cure . |
| 24 | There is simply no way he would have been accepted for training in our Church — and that is perhaps a tragedy . |
| 25 | ‘ There was no way he would have been allowed to run if something was wrong . |
| 26 | ‘ There was no way he would have been allowed to run if something was wrong . |
| 27 | Mr Weinberger said he had no doubt he would have been vindicated if his case had gone to trial . |
| 28 | The young woman was the one who seemed to be ‘ making the running , ’ but if the young chap had got a bit carried away , no doubt he would have been hauled up to court . |
| 29 | She did so with such innocent flirtation he should have been discomforted , but he met the look with his usual amusement . |
| 30 | Travis picked up the map he must have been consulting while she slept . |