Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could 've been a real trendsetter , you could 've put Ghostbuster stripes on it |
| 2 | In particular Donal Lunny 's assured production allows for moments of rain-washed clarity in what could 've been a groggy hotchpotch . |
| 3 | Er where would with er would 've been a front room that was another house . |
| 4 | There must 've been a little bit of snow |
| 5 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
| 6 | Yeah , but if they 'd have , if they 'd have said look , we 're onto erm a job now which would 've been a big job and it looks like it finishing up in Yorkshire , finishing up in Lancashire , be ready if we give a call out . |
| 7 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
| 8 | Got the ball away when it might 've been a fourth Pisa corner . |
| 9 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 10 | Er it , it does seem to me it would 've been an enormous problem for the Chinese Communist Party had absolute egalitarianism worked . |
| 11 | " Funny , I did n't think I 'd hit him , but I suppose I must have — must 've been the second shot . |
| 12 | I do n't know if that would 've been the right thing to do there . |
| 13 | It did n't really matter , their expressions seemed to say , he might as well have been a short-order cook or a deep-sea diver or a male prostitute . |
| 14 | ‘ Vicar In A Tutu ’ was pure Carry On camp , an unashamedly silly romp , throwing the listener off balance and hardly in a fit state to take ‘ There Is A Light That Never Goes Out ’ , the true pinnacle of the album and the track that , if Mr Shankly had had his way , would have been a classic single . |
| 15 | Blossom would have been a suitable name for the large oilman who arrived in a huge lorry to deliver the central heating oil . |
| 16 | The main room or ‘ house ’ , where the family gathered and worked and where the fire never went out , would not have been a suitable place for storage . |
| 17 | It might have been a suitable sales pitch for conglomerates shifting Blood Sweat & tears albums ; it produced some qualms amongst It staffers and others . |
| 18 | It must have been a strange sight in a land of Celtic war chiefs , dressed in Highland-type garb , to see the proud , aristocratic De Cuellar in fine Spanish attire , pulling a face as he sipped the O'Rourke potheen and thought of his native wine . |
| 19 | It must have been a strange experience for him , Rufus had thought , knowing he owned all sorts of things but not knowing quite what or where they were . |
| 20 | If she and Lowell had had a child it would have been a strange hybrid , perhaps difficult to love . |
| 21 | Strach 's looking tired and rocky would at least have been a reasonable replacement , White is more of a winger/ striker than a creative midfield player . |
| 22 | Strach 's looking tired and rocky would at least have been a reasonable replacement , White is more of a winger/ striker than a creative midfield player . |
| 23 | This may have been a reasonable starting assumption for the initial round of forecasts made in 1985 , but it is not adequate now . |
| 24 | She had not specified , but somewhere around four thirty to five would have been a reasonable time to return . |
| 25 | Aesop must have been a keen observer of natural animal rhythms . |
| 26 | may have been a professional slip of the tongue i in saying that now be up to Labour , it is not up to Labour at all , it is up to all of u , it is up to all of us , it is up to all of us all , and you and you and you , you ca n't dump responsibility , it is up to all of us , all of us |
| 27 | The truth was Denis O'Neil Senior could well have been a professional singer . |
| 28 | The premature end to what could have been a professional ballet career meant that Carol at least had more time to devote to the blossoming courtship with a young accountant , Ron Minogue . |
| 29 | The place was heaving when we arrived ; there must have been a thousand people squashed into the confines of the Blue Angel club , all waiting to do three minutes for Les Cox and his production team , sitting invisibly beyond the strong footlights on the small stage . |
| 30 | ‘ And marriage itself might have been a useful bit of insurance for Gustav : her relatives or guardians would have been less likely to inform on her husband than on some passing stranger who could get his trousers open in Olympic time . ’ |