Example sentences of "[noun] in [Wh det] [vb mod] have " in BNC.

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1 I wondered how these men had managed to endure thirty or more trips in what must have been far worse conditions than this ; in bad weather , being shot at , having to concentrate on map reading and peering through bomb sites , and watching out all the time for enemy fighters .
2 There is a crack around most of the head in what must have been a horizontal line at the time of casting .
3 The World Cup triple jump bronze medallist has decided to run in the 100 metres at the Cleveland County Stadium on Saturday instead of going through the motions in what would have been a practice trial in his specialist event .
4 Midge protested at what she saw as bureaucratic interference in what should have been a private grief .
5 His clerks worked next door in what would have been the library , and his family used the upper floors for their own apartments .
6 He was third , but only 3000 behind the winner and almost put in the Liberal in what should have been one of the safest Conservative seats in the country .
7 George Graham blamed fatigue for the poor standard of entertainment in what should have been a showpiece occasion .
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