Example sentences of "it [vb mod] have [be] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Field evidence ( D. J. Laming , pers. com. ) suggests it may have been as little as 2 or 3 km . |
| 2 | It should have been downhill all the way for retired Shetland Pony Selwyn , instead it turned out to be downbeat . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She said well it must have been just those two little bits . |
| 5 | Once it must have been very much on its own , but now there are modern houses within spitting distance . |
| 6 | It must have been too much heat or … something . ’ |
| 7 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
| 8 | It could have been there all the time . |
| 9 | Two-nil up at home against moderate opposition — it would have been downhill all the way for most teams . |
| 10 | If his estimate of time was accurate , it would have been rather more than an hour since it had stopped . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Two years previously it would have been just another biker film , and two years on it would have been dated in terms of attitudes . |
| 13 | However little , it would have been too much . |
| 14 | It would have been too much for poor Bridget , looking after them , when she had so much to do . |
| 15 | It would have been too much of a coincidence to have expected Tony Cable to be the engineering investigator at the top of the go-team list since he had worked in Seattle for the Boeing Company before he joined AIB ( the ‘ Branch ’ , as it is known by its members ) and his personal knowledge of that company 's products is obviously substantial . |
| 16 | It would have been too much , having to look after Rebecca . |
| 17 | It would have been too much to hope for one capable of answering any of the questions that were beginning to raise their heads in her sleep-muffled brain . |
| 18 | it would have been about that time , yes , or soon after |