Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] [modal v] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I thought what we wous what we would have done four fi four , five years ago like , I mean that would have been stopped and and and scrapped . |
| 2 | Fancy building , I mean that must have been done when , when the house was built . |
| 3 | Neighbours , who reported the man as missing to the local council , say more should have been done to see if he was in need of help . |
| 4 | ‘ They are both extremely attractive targets but because of the family control neither could have been taken over without consent and , to date , the families have shown no inclination to sell out , ’ said one Continental drinks watcher . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose that would have been regarded as subversive by some governments in the bad old days , ’ he said . |
| 6 | The first point to make is that this is the same book as originally published in 1974 and retrospectively numbered ‘ 36 ’ in the series — we feel this should have been made clear by titling it ‘ Revised Edition ’ in the style previously followed . |
| 7 | I think that may have been construed as impolite , so I smiled and replied that , yes indeed it was still a bit to go before the top , and wow , certainly it was proving mighty tough . |
| 8 | I 've already explained how I think that could have been done . ’ |