Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] have been [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pilmay 's glasshouse at Silkstone may have been the first successful venture in the district . |
| 2 | As Branson would have been the first to acknowledge , common sense dictated that he avoid it at all costs . |
| 3 | Yeah I suppose in the country too there Kirkwall would have been the first Kirkwall or Stromness probably Kirkwall would have been the first place where the accents would have been going to go . |
| 4 | Yeah I suppose in the country too there Kirkwall would have been the first Kirkwall or Stromness probably Kirkwall would have been the first place where the accents would have been going to go . |
| 5 | The preceding section ( as Tolkien would have been the first to declare ) probably falls into the perennial academic vice of neatness , over-valuing system and ‘ invention ’ instead of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 6 | Shares were expected to plummet , and with Aerospace ripe for takeover , Rover would have been the first to be sold off . |
| 7 | ‘ Jesus may have been the first man who understood the power of some actions . |