Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] been time " in BNC.
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1 | He did the same to the soldiers ' barracks and police stations ; there may have been time for the policemen to read seventy-five years ago but not today . |
2 | If the surface of the earth was covered to a depth of one metre in protein molecules , each one different from every other one , and if each molecule changed into another one once a second , and had done so since the origin of the earth , there would have been time to try out only a minute fraction of the possible sequences . |
3 | There would have been time . |
4 | ( However , Peter Burge , the former Australian batsman who was the ICC 's match referee throughout this series , said afterwards that there would have been time for one over if a wicket had fallen in the same Tufnell over . ) |
5 | And that would have been time enough if you had n't shot your mouth off and brought that foul man roaring round here … ’ |
6 | It would have been time to win them with clemency later , when they knew his power and will to dominate , and could be stunned into love by the unexpected mercy . |
7 | But it was Friday she did it , and Thursday we were expecting her , so there would have been time when she had . |