Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] have been many " in BNC.

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1 His hands were very full with arrangements for his attack on Normandy , and there must also have been many discussions about the terms on which he would be willing to make peace with the papacy .
2 There must have been some great stars and some ecstatic moments in those cosy halls but there must also have been many second- and third-rate performers , constant recourse to stereotypes , excessive repetition , and buckets of sentimentality .
3 IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman .
4 ‘ There would not have been many to mourn him . ’
5 There would n't have been many on the island then was there ?
6 There would n't have been many at that time in the morning .
7 But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here .
8 But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here .
9 When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand .
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