Example sentences of "[adv] have been [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To insist upon the inquest in these circumstances could only have been for the purpose of procuring a rapping over the knuckles in public of that authority and/or a convenient means of obtaining evidence for a subsequent claim against it . |
| 2 | The women complained that the officer could only have been on the housing list for a few weeks , while they had waited for periods of between eighteen months and four years . |
| 3 | Her young men hitherto had been in the City , or in advertising , chartered accountancy , or even television . |
| 4 | The house alone had been like a dream come true after the two-bedroomed flat on the outskirts of Stirling where she and her mother had lived in near penury for the past seven years since Shiona 's father 's death . |
| 5 | One of the most important impacts of The Brow should thus have been on the content and dissemination of subsequent official guidance on residential road layout . |
| 6 | Why , Edward wondered , did Brackenbury speak yesterday of being off-duty on Thursday when he must already have been on the point of resigning his post ? |
| 7 | The Premier could just as easily have been on the slalom — ducking and diving as MPs taunted him over the Exchange Rate Mechanism fiasco . |
| 8 | I would have been quite happy just to have been on the bench for the entire championship but , as it turned out , I had another big incentive in that as Gary might not play for the rest of the Five Nations there would be four internationals available if I proved good enough ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ He always has been in the past , so the Abwehr have found . |
| 10 | He told delegates he believed the case for strong trade unions was as compelling now as it was when the TUC first met 125 years ago , ‘ or ever has been in the history of our country . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I should have realized at once — that Frenchman who was killed , the same poison must still have been on the skin of his attackers , and it would almost certainly still have been strong enough to affect him as well ! |
| 12 | ‘ Gray would still have been in a job if we had won at Torquay , ’ said Corden , ‘ but it was a diabolical performance and we felt something had to be done . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Gray would still have been in a job if Darlington had won at Torquay . ’ |
| 14 | Jesus would hardly have been in a position to carry out this miracle of healing . |
| 15 | Marie could not remember ever having been inside a hospital before . |
| 16 | There is no record of a dram-bottle from Darwin ever having been in the family ; there is , however , a beautiful silver compass inscribed ‘ Mr. Gould from C. Darwin Esq ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ The Home Secretary always escorts the Queen to the door and could not possibly have been at the Cenotaph before her . ’ |
| 18 | It is not stated by the originator as to the exact site of the primary tumour from which MKN45 and MKN45G were derived but because of the gastrin secretory nature of MKN45G it could possibly have been in the antrum . |
| 19 | He was a trusted friend and one of the few people ever to have been in the Prince 's employ who spoke frankly to him , and when asked would give an honest , if sometimes unwelcome , opinion . |
| 20 | Once had been at the theatre , when she had walked into the foyer and received a thoroughly unpleasant jolt when she had seen him standing only yards away , and the second time had been at a party . |
| 21 | Parish council clerk at Gainford Margaret Brown said : ‘ They should n't strictly have been on the bridge but a lot of people do walk on it and climb over the small barricade at each end . |
| 22 | He had no idea what he was going to do and if the crow had ignored hid he would probably have been at a loss . |
| 23 | Even 18 months ago , the material would most probably have been in the form of near-illegible carbon copies of an original laboriously produced on a manual typewriter — devices which until recently had to be registered with the authorities . |
| 24 | This conservatism was arguably excessive , given the subsequent relatively trouble-free experience of most of the innovations in power station design which might realistically have been on the agenda at this time . |
| 25 | Negotiations between the husband and wife will often have been on the basis that the wife 's solicitors will hand over an application for cancellation of the land charge ( Form K13 or application for the cancellation of the notice if registered land Form 202 ) on completion in return for one-half of the net proceeds of sale ( or whatever other figure is agreed ) . |
| 26 | Emily Faithfull herself rather naively replied to one questioner : Suppose a printer receives from 30s to 36s a week and suppose his wages were reduced 10s per week , and his daughters who before had been in no employment receive each 10s , 12s or 15s … |
| 27 | This neutralised the efforts of the consortium since all funds committed so far had been for the purchase of the collection intact ; they could not be used for individual sale bids or any subsequent related negotiations . |
| 28 | The main historical tension here has been between the institution ( typically the university ) and the professional body . |
| 29 | Once the ability to create symbolic signals and rearrange them was in place , individuals that accomplished this more effectively might well have been at an advantage over those who did it less effectively in terms of all the benefits that come from co-operation . |
| 30 | MARK ROE might well have been behind the TV cameras at the GA European Open , but at the Lancome Trophy he was back in his rightful place — on our screens . |