Example sentences of "have been [adv] [adj] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , Joe must have been desperately lonely at that time , because he asked us to dinner the following evening at Chez Victor 's , one of his favourite restaurants . |
| 2 | Chris , Chris , you know my friend , and Chris must have been quite new at this , you know that song that like when the double bass and then |
| 3 | Well there were the jobs tha that I mentioned really , production manager or assistant director and now he would have been quite happy I know to have done those , because I remember talking about it you know er and he would have been very good at either of them , but erm er he he did n't get well he was a slightly abrasive man , he he he his erm I I think in a way erm he was a director who could who was not really a very good film director , he he could get things done very quickly and that 's why he worked for bash , bash , bash getting through everything quickly . |
| 4 | This was not a very positive thing to say because Ralph lost some morale which could have been very dangerous at such an early stage . |
| 5 | I have also learnt that there are other makes of computer — even among those supplied by Dixons — that would have been more suitable at little or no extra cost . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ It appears the company must have been virtually insolvent at that date . |
| 7 | It could n't have been less welcome at that particular moment . |