Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [be] [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | should have been here this morning |
| 2 | As late as 1863 he could still assure his mother that he might turn his attention to almost any subject , but it must have been around this time that a first decision in favour of classics was taken , even though it was not until 1865 at Leipzig that his academic specialization became complete . |
| 3 | Emily must have been there some time . |
| 4 | It must have been too much heat or … something . ’ |
| 5 | Well at least he 'll have been here this weekend to find |
| 6 | ‘ an ungainly , awkward-looking man , extremely short-sighted and prematurely bald ’ who was ‘ perhaps about thirty , but … might have been almost any age between sixteen and sixty : being one of those strange creatures who never decline into ancient appearance , but look their oldest when they are very young , and get over it at once ’ . |
| 7 | well I 've given many , many different answers here , I could have been here all day , giving you just between point five and point six , and you 'd have been giving one as the answer every time . |
| 8 | I felt that there could have been slightly more involvement with the police at this point , as it would have been quite interesting to hear their views on this problem . |
| 9 | Dr. Favor was older than she was , at least fifteen years older , which put her about thirty , and he could have been just another man sitting there . |
| 10 | To my mum , you know she 's passed , you 're daft , but there 'd have been so much hassle for me to get there ! |
| 11 | In the end we just let the audience in or we 'd have been there all day . ’ |
| 12 | Possibly monastic writers may have been slightly less chauvinist in outlook ; the St Albans chronicler at least is less effusive about Agincourt , although he too notes the triumphant reception which the King received on his return ( 16 , p.111 ; 22 , p.70 ; 39 , pp.xviii , 98–9 ) . |
| 13 | There may have been so much conflict indoors that you had to construct your shelter elsewhere . |
| 14 | He may have been there all night . ’ |
| 15 | Charles the Cheesemonger was not averse to using the parish church to record the existence of his children , but on this occasion he may have been under more pressure than usual from the Anglican minister to arrange this triple baptism . |
| 16 | ‘ If you had n't come I would have been up all night . ’ |
| 17 | Without him so many Christmases would have been just another day . |
| 18 | At another time and another place they would have been just another set of happy holiday snaps . |
| 19 | Two years previously it would have been just another biker film , and two years on it would have been dated in terms of attitudes . |
| 20 | With an authoritarian captain to instil some pep into them , a draw or two may have been salvaged and it would have been just another defeat rather than an abject cave-in , but Gower was not able to pick them up . |
| 21 | To move forward to the present there would have been yet another shock for Green . |
| 22 | Luckily , our man 's name began with a B or I would have been there all night . ’ |
| 23 | The local man replied " There would have been as much enthusiasm if you had done the same tonight . " |
| 24 | it would have been about that time , yes , or soon after |