Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] have been [det] " in BNC.
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1 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
2 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
3 | That must have been some key phrase to establish identity . |
4 | Well I do n't know that must have been some clever fella to do it did n't he ? |
5 | The other cause for concern is the opt-out on the Social Chapter and some have said that should have been enough to cause us to reject Maastricht . |
6 | All this should have been enough to turn us from a nation of householders into a nation of shareholders . |
7 | This could have been that one chance ’ . |
8 | One deduction from this could have been that property should be as widely dispersed as possible , to enlarge the bounds of the citizen body . |
9 | The Belfry PGA officials say profit from the match is around £800,000 although they admit this could have been much more if they had allowed in a greater volume of spectators for this , the first ever all-ticket clash . |
10 | No we had a reasonably good dinner and , and we did n't want no tea when we come home , this could have been some of it cos all I had then when we did about seven o'clock when we decided we 'd have a bowl of soup , erm , we stuffed ourselves , we had toast and breakfast erm , we had one or two sweets in the hospital , er while we were waiting and then er , we went to Asda and then we got er |
11 | It is a matter for speculation whether or not this would have been enough to cut the ground from underneath the feet of the DHAC , but in any case the situation had been radically transformed by the 5 October march and by the prorogation of Londonderry Corporation announced on 22 November 1968 by the O'Neill government . |
12 | But six months ago none of this would have been enough to make him invite her company for longer than was politely necessary . |
13 | This would have been enough to allow the guardians to purchase 300 hot cross buns for the inmates at current prices ; that , too , was duly authorised for Easter 1930 . |
14 | That might have been some deterrent of some description . |
15 | He thought of sitting down to wait for a break in the storm but that could have been all night so he struggled on downhill , angling a little to the left , until he met the treeline at the bottom of the meadow . |
16 | The fact that a 23 year old black man was making films at all would have been enough to raise eyebrows a few years ago . |
17 | We could have just done the place over and that would have been that . |
18 | Erm that would have been much much quicker if they 'd bothered and organized them but they had n't organized anything . |
19 | According to Edward Altman , that would have been enough to compensate for an annual default rate of 5–6% — around three times actual default rates — so the returns looked delicious . |
20 | And I suppose that would have been this |