Example sentences of "have been cut [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darryl , also 32 , who lost the toes on his left foot , said : ‘ I shudder to think what else might have been cut off . ’ |
| 2 | Rennenkampf now had no option but to order First Army to retreat eastward and , but for two factors , his entire force might yet have been cut off . |
| 3 | It could have been cut back hugely , and told to concentrate just on defending troops in the field . |
| 4 | If this was coppicing , it had been somewhat fierce and the trees would have been cut back to soil level . |
| 5 | Many believe that Mr Kinnock 's heart may have been cut out and stamped on but that it beats anew in Mr Brown , and for this reason alone the party leader is credited with wanting the 41-year old Scot to succeed him in the event of disaster . |
| 6 | He might have been cut out of cardboard , she thought , as she led him across the hall and into the dining -room , where she introduced him to Susan . |
| 7 | There was a deep , thick blood from the old oaks , still trickling slowly out here and there , as if the Trees might not have been cut down so very long since , or — and this was much worse — as if there were still vestiges of life in them . |
| 8 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 9 | Well there would be , yes , I would imagine or if they certainly would , they would of been in the past , they may have been cut down , but that would indicate to me that there were probably trees |
| 10 | That , that could have been , that could have been cut down . |
| 11 | I 'll give you one story that you may not think could have been cut down , but , the headline read , ‘ War Declared ’ . |
| 12 | The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else . |