Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] have been any [num] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Imagine that ! ’ she had said again , to her escort , who wore white gloves , of course , because it was evening , but whose name she could never remember — it might have been any one of half a dozen — and whose fresh , young face was in shadow . |
2 | It could have been any one of those residents , even the frailest woman . |
3 | Given the richness of interconnections between the boxes , it could have been any one of them that was dubbed the conscious one , so we would need something more by way of justification for choosing any particular one . |
4 | It could have been any one of many faces opposite me in a fashionable Italian restaurant , a woman heavily scented , expensively ajingle . |
5 | So your on your only answer is , well it could have been any one of these five . |
6 | He could have been any one of the brothers . |