Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb mod] [verb] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the choruses in L'incoronazione ( of Seneca 's household , Act II , SC.3 , of ‘ Consuli e Tribuni ’ in the penultimate scene ) are almost nugatory and could have been sung by a handful of soloists , while the instrumental ensemble in the best source , the manuscript in the Biblioteca Marciana , Venice , consists mainly of only two parts — perhaps taken by only one player each — over the basso continuo . |
| 2 | They are almost 20 years old and should have been replaced , but the company has accepted that it is unlikely to get government approval for new ferries until the bridge controversy has been resolved . |
| 3 | Almost all the work was done by manual labour alone and the order which Wade sent to Edinburgh Castle in 1726 for ‘ 94 shovells , 82 pickaxes , 42 spades , 3 iron crows ’ is typical and could have been repeated many times over . |
| 4 | ‘ The reports are bland and could have been doctored . ’ |
| 5 | According to the Crown 's argument , this provision seems to be unnecessary and must have been included in the Act ( and presumably also in the draft Bill ) as a mere matter of convenience . |
| 6 | He was a patient with well documented milk sensitivity that was not persistent and may have been related to activity of disease . |
| 7 | She Caught The Katy meanders along while Messin' With The Kid and Texas Flood are too bluesy and should have been left off the tape . |
| 8 | This matter , involving the liberty of the subject , was , of course , urgent and should have been listed as a matter of urgency . |
| 9 | In Darlington , 83pc of the tyres checked were already illegal and should have been replaced weeks earlier . |
| 10 | The classification of decelerations as early , late , and variable , as used in the Dublin trial , seems best ; the terms ‘ type I ’ and ‘ II dips ’ are archaic and should have been abandoned long ago . |
| 11 | The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 12 | She was very religious and may have been considering the best approaches to make . |