Example sentences of "[vb mod] have been [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 31 | The larger part at the front often opens directly onto the street , but may have been protected by some form of veranda . |
| 32 | The handler hurts the horse either deliberately or unknowingly : ‘ Small Brain ’ may favour an ear twitch ; ‘ Cold Heart ’ the whip , the ignorant or callous ill-fitting equipment ; and ‘ Hard Hands ’ the horse 's bit ; or the horse may have been hurt in some other way . |
| 33 | Surely , then , word would have been heard of some of them . |
| 34 | Second , he turned down a proposal from the Kennedy administration to create a Multilateral Nuclear Force ( MLF ) , in which British and French nuclear forces would have been integrated with some American forces under NATO command . |
| 35 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 36 | Installing an electronic publishing system can bring substantial benefits but it can equally bring headaches that would have been avoided by some simple preliminary investigations . |
| 37 | There are no objections to this application , though an alternative to the flat roof would have been preferred by some of the councillors . |
| 38 | Its tally of 184,445 was its highest ever and it is likely that the personal vote for John Hume , its leader , in Foyle , and the conversion of Eddie McGrady 's marginal in South Down to a 600-plus majority , will have been boosted by some Protestant crossover . |