Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [modal v] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If France had exceeded its authority it would have been in breach of this agreement , but the effects on the relationship between Morocco and a third party are less clear . |
| 2 | What a relief it would have been to be able to dismiss it all as a Homes and Gardens photo-call , carefully stage-managed to make visitors drop dead . |
| 3 | In practice it is difficult to locate these points , as the foot of the old cliff ( O on Fig. 9.18 ) may be obscured by talus or , more often , modified by erosion , in which case it may have been at A and the former cliff be represented by AH . |
| 4 | She tried to imagine what an imposing building it must have been in its time . |
| 5 | Of course it could have been in B Minor and then they would all have been carried out . ’ |
| 6 | We have seen what a struggle it must have been for men in the late 18th century to keep body and soul together — how much worse , then , for their womenfolk . |
| 7 | I mean it was a report it must have been to the member authorities , was it a progress report or deliberations ? |
| 8 | Impressive reading it may have been for some , but tantalizing for the men and they certainly rose to the occasion . |
| 9 | Miller 's Vinca rosea ( now Catharanthus roseus ) had been brought forward : ‘ as this plant is a great novelty in Europe … the Figure of the Plant has not yet been seen by any living person ’ and of Gardenia capense , called by him Jasminium , he wrote , ‘ Could we have procured a good drawing in proper time it would have been in its proper place , but as this is so curious and being an undescribed plant , we hope our purchasers will not be displeased with insertion here . ’ |