Example sentences of "[modal v] have been [num] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could have been four all five all or even six all . |
| 2 | The development of the double helix structure of DNA may have been one such improvement in the early stages . |
| 3 | Buddy would have been 56 this year and no doubt raving on even now had it not been for that fateful February in 1959 … the day the music died . |
| 4 | We have achieved this to such an extent that had the Community Charge still been in operation it would have been 40 less than last year 's figure . |
| 5 | Twenty-five years after everyone else , I am now discovering the joys of Hey Joe , Voodoo Chile and Purple Haze courtesy of The Ultimate Collection ( Polydor ) which contains 20 great songs from Hendrix who would have been 50 this month . |