Example sentences of "[det] [det] [modal v] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I know it 's hard to accept , Dawn , but all that could have been done has been done . |
2 | ‘ And so , ’ said Floy , looking at Fenella , wondering how all this might have been received on Renascia , ‘ and so , we will set off . ’ |
3 | All this would have been done within two hours of receiving the order . |
4 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
5 | If you had done your job properly , been a decent husband , then all this could have been avoided . ’ |
6 | I do not believe that any more could have been done — certainly not if the company had still been in the public sector . |