Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [been] many " in BNC.
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1 | His hands were very full with arrangements for his attack on Normandy , and there must also have been many discussions about the terms on which he would be willing to make peace with the papacy . |
2 | There must have been some great stars and some ecstatic moments in those cosy halls but there must also have been many second- and third-rate performers , constant recourse to stereotypes , excessive repetition , and buckets of sentimentality . |
3 | IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman . |
4 | ‘ There would not have been many to mourn him . ’ |
5 | There would n't have been many on the island then was there ? |
6 | There would n't have been many at that time in the morning . |
7 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
8 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
9 | When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand . |