Example sentences of "they [modal v] have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any one of them might have been used for an unlawful occasion , but , if so , the most diligent inquiries failed to bring it to light . |
| 2 | It is now believed that they may have been written for a subscription concert series in 1788 — the ‘ Casino ’ series mentioned in a letter to Puchberg , which may have taken place in the autumn . |
| 3 | Master Thomas said they must have been looking for people , not things , and thought you should be warned , so … ’ |
| 4 | They must have been singing for , though Sharpe could hear nothing , he could see their mouths opening and closing in unison . |
| 5 | They must have been riding for a long time , but there was no sign of a large town , only a solitary light shining ahead . |
| 6 | Between a third and a half of all short-term in-patient beds are occupied by people with nowhere suitable to go , and it is not uncommon for patients to stay in an acute hospital bed for one or two years when they should have been discharged for continued treatment in a more appropriate domestic environment within three months of their admission . |
| 7 | I mean , they might have been stolen for him . ’ |
| 8 | The vast foyer was carpeted in the softest green imaginable , the walls were even paler , so that at first glance they might have been taken for white , and the venetian blinds were a perfectly blended shade of moss . |
| 9 | If not twins , they might have been taken for brother and sister . |
| 10 | ‘ What do you think they could have been looking for — the people who ransacked her cottage ? ’ |
| 11 | AS the Prince and Princess of Wales sat only a few feet apart in Seoul 's Presidential palace yesterday they could have been mistaken for strangers uncomfortably thrown together . |
| 12 | They could have been tailored for you . |
| 13 | It was completely anarchic , they could have been fighting for anything , cheaper teabags for all they cared , half of them . |
| 14 | At this time of the evening they 'd have been drinking for an hour . |
| 15 | They would have been used for transport between the Stroudwater Canal and Stratford Mills . |
| 16 | In Essex at least they would have been required for aliens only . |
| 17 | If you choose a member with our Logo , you will find that they will have been vetted for work in their own specialist field of Upholstery , Soft Furnishing or both . |