Example sentences of "[adj] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once found the complete skeleton of a sea otter here , a sad reminder of Camusfearna : could this have been one of Gavin 's friends ? |
| 2 | Judging from the ensembles in which their names appear , the instruments they are listed as playing in other ballet livrets , and the inventories of instruments that some of the royal wind players had in their possession at their deaths , they must all have been versatile performers on several instruments . |
| 3 | Syl was more of my mother 's generation than my own but it had never occurred to me before that he and she and Lili must all have been young at the same time . |
| 4 | A man , that King , Country and Empire could all have been proud of . |
| 5 | ‘ If we did , they 'd all have been awake by now ! ’ |
| 6 | Æthelred , Harold Harefoot , Harthacnut and Edward may all have been guilty of it , and there seems no reason why Cnut should have been an exception . |
| 7 | At Brighton , Dr Schramm speculated that neutrinos might all have been massless until quite late in the story , when the average energy of the neutrinos would have dropped below some threshold , making the three neutrinos develop their masses . |
| 8 | Poplar panels , gypsum for the ground and rabbit skin glue would all have been available to Joni . |
| 9 | Paradoxically they may all have been wrong . |
| 10 | This would all have been uninhabited malarial marshland until the post-war boom made it worth draining . |
| 11 | It would all have been different if we 'd been able to have children . ’ |
| 12 | It might all have been different had Gooch clung on to either of the two catches Nigel Briers offered him on 26 and 61 . |
| 13 | ‘ Would that have been better ? ’ |
| 14 | Could that have been Carnelian 's prime motive ? |
| 15 | Would that have been Buffy Strangeways ? ’ |
| 16 | Could that have been clerical discretion , Theodora wondered , or clerical deviousness ? |
| 17 | If Sir Kenneth had done a better piece of work , and been disliked by the City simply for being too tough in representing the interests of investors , would that have been enough to keep his job ? |