Example sentences of "which [vb mod] have [been] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further to the east , there was a Minoan settlement at Rethymnon which may have been a port . |
| 2 | In the centre was Gemioncourt farm which should have been a fortress to hold up the French , but was now empty because the Belgian guns and infantry had fled straight past the farm , thus yielding its strong walls and loopholed barns to the enemy . |
| 3 | This motion was triggered by a particular case which happened within the Birmingham region on the first of January nineteen ninety three which should have been a start of the European Market the people 's Europe . |
| 4 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 5 | They met with little armed resistance ( which must have been a relief to Louis , who had little confidence in his own military skill ) , and gained considerable incidental profit : the king 's person was seen in an area unvisited since the reign of Louis IV ; the counts of Nevers , Chalon , and Mâcon were brought to heel ; Burgundian lords appealed for the king 's mediation in their quarrels ( he also sought theirs ) ; the count of Forez , hitherto only a vassal of the Emperor , declared his most important castles to be held as fief of the crown of France , the first step in the integration of Forez into the French realm . |
| 6 | More detailed examination shows that the burial at Cnoc na Faire , Ardnave , contained the skeleton of a girl and under her there was a rusty object which might have been a spear head . |
| 7 | Len did n't answer , then a sound that could have been a sigh or which might have been a sob escaped his lips , a sound full of despair . |
| 8 | Murray 's new all-comers ' mark was one of six set on Saturday — along with Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov 's 5.81m pole vault , Jon Edwards 's 17.16m triple jump and Michael Johnson 's incredible 400m in 45.14 , which could have been a world record if he had not eased up . |
| 9 | I am certainly not impotent which would have been a worry . |
| 10 | BP and its partners , who have been licensed by the Government to drill for oil in the area , have consulted closely with the Trust and have ruled out the easiest and cheapest development option , which would have been a ten-acre onshore site at Studland . |
| 11 | It is hardly surprising , then , that one observer thought this such ‘ a scene of riot , confusion , destruction of property , and injury to persons which would have been a disgrace to a savage land ’ . |
| 12 | This would have probably entailed working involuntary overtime , possibly long , awkward hours and , almost certainly , making a physical input , one consequence of which would have been a limit on the amount of time spent with the children and energy contributed to their amusement . |