Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] have been that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been that while in Japan he found the taste of humble pie just a little too much to stomach . |
| 2 | Or it may have been that , looking at that blueprint form , some of them saw that something more could be done with it . |
| 3 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |
| 4 | It should have been that thing squared and now we then having worked it out that far , |
| 5 | It must have been that day or the next , Adam thought , that he or one of them , surely he , had first suggested the commune idea . |
| 6 | An uncommonly good lunch it must have been that day . |
| 7 | Others said it must have been that girl who worked here , the one who was the German officer 's mistress , she knew everything that was going on around here . |
| 8 | It might have been that night I dreamed |
| 9 | It might have been that way for a while , Scum argued , but after a couple of weeks the Boroughs shitkickers moved in , and the game was up . |
| 10 | It might have been that thing that er that bloke puts in them . |
| 11 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 12 | Their relationship was civilized and uncomplicated , and she wished it could have been that way too for Vi and Jane . |
| 13 | It could have been that , I suppose , which made the hairs on the back of my neck feel like they were giving off static . |
| 14 | It could have been that . |
| 15 | It would have been that . |