Example sentences of "they [modal v] 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 . |