Example sentences of "[modal v] have been [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says the precinct should have been covered over years ago . |
| 2 | It should have been completed over the weekend . |
| 3 | They should have been negotiating over the location of the European monetary institute and of a subsequent European central bank in the City of London , but they have never even raised those questions , despite the fact that , of all the countries of the European Community , the location of the central bank has much the greatest importance for Britain . |
| 4 | An unseasonal hot summer , and discreet romances — kept so by the message ‘ secrecy ’ conveyed by a full-blown rose over two buds — must have been splattered over the front page of the Bradford Clarion , owing to the overheated eagerness of the aforementioned buds to bloom . |
| 5 | She must have been sitting over the phone . |
| 6 | I did n't believe there was a majority in favour of a Greater Israel , but it could have been attained over time . " |
| 7 | Such dresses may have been worn over a sleeved under-dress which generally received no fastenings , with some exceptions which were secured at the wrist with a clasp which may carry evidence of braid ( Crowfoot 1952 ) . |
| 8 | No 27 in the Historical Arms series , Allied and Enemy Aircraft is a reprint of a rare identification manual published by the French government in 1918 that illustrated 60 aircraft of French , English , American , German , Italian and Belgian origin ( in three-view drawings ) that may have been seen over the trenches during World War One . |
| 9 | ‘ Besides , he may have been driven over the edge by her carryings-on . |
| 10 | His memory may have been tarnished over the previous decade with the acknowledgement of his serious policy errors . |
| 11 | The tunic might have a silken decorative border , and in winter a fur coat of ermine would have been worn over the tunic . |
| 12 | They would have been finished by noon , and the clothes would have been draped over rocks and bushes to bleach overnight in the moonlight . |
| 13 | Since the cost of the highly controversial PWR programme would have been spread over all the stations built , it has now become considerably more expensive per reactor unit . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , we have pretty well absolutely ruled out any notion of terrorists , ’ said Milton ‘ This is precisely the kind of job the IRA would have been falling over themselves to claim as their own , and it would be a ludicrous target for any other international loonies we can think of . ’ |
| 15 | If it 's a professional job they will have been observed over a long period and their habits and financial status will be known . ’ |