Example sentences of "[modal v] have been there [det] " in BNC.
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1 | That you should have been there all the while and me not know it all this time ! |
2 | ‘ I should like that very much , but you must have been there many times before . ’ |
3 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
4 | Emily must have been there some time . |
5 | It could have been there all the time . |
6 | In the end we just let the audience in or we 'd have been there all day . ’ |
7 | He may have been there all night . ’ |
8 | But in a more important sense he would be wrong , for there is no such person as he had in mind and I would have been there all the time . |
9 | Luckily , our man 's name began with a B or I would have been there all night . ’ |