Example sentences of "they [vb mod] have [been] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | They must have been at that game for ages — and no anaesthetics , either . |
2 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
3 | They might have been like this for three centuries , and could be for three centuries more . |
4 | They were n't twins , but they could have been in some respects , she realised . |
5 | In fact they are no more adequate for primitive societies than they would have been for any others . |
6 | And they would have been at that muckle supper . |