Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they may have been hunters after larger prey , in which case when appendages are eventually discovered they may prove to have adaptations for grasping and manipulating larger food . |
| 2 | Fight as they did to keep the canoe on course they were driven westward of Castiglione ( near Sidi Ferruch ) when they should have been east of this port . |
| 3 | They could have been members of the House of Atreus . |
| 4 | It is extremely probable that nine days later they would have been part of the 1000 Bomber Raid on Cologne . |
| 5 | Isidore of Seville ( d. 636 ) summed it all up thus : ‘ many who bear the attacks of the adversary and resist the desires of the flesh are martyrs , even in the time of peace , in virtue of this self-immolation to God in their heart : they would have been martyrs in the time of the persecutions ’ . |
| 6 | The life review can provide a means of re-establishing and confirming individual involvement with current reality , and linking their past work and efforts with the social change that has occurred , for in a variety of subtle ways they will have been part of the changes and developments that they are witnessing . |