Example sentences of "and [modal v] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Foley 's mill was probably the first erected in the midlands , and may have been of a new design . |
| 2 | This transhumance to distant resources is often thought of only in connection with more primitive and foreign communities , but it was certainly common in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times and must have been in earlier periods as well ( Figs. 11 , 59 and 93 ) . |
| 3 | So far , I have discussed the hunting economy purely as an immediate-return one , and such indeed it is in central Australia and must have been in the case of the first hunters . |
| 4 | Aaron 's mother , Lesley , 26 , said : ‘ He was very calm and must have been in great pain . |
| 5 | It was tucked into a corner of Bulak and must have been near the river , for once Owen caught a glimpse of ship masts at the end of a street . |
| 6 | So , I think that in the opinion of Miller the family was the most important thing for B. and should have been for Eddie and all parents , but the priority for Catherine was her own life and I think that as far as Miller is concerned she is right , because she has a whole future ahead of her while B. and Eddie have settled down . |
| 7 | Arsenic was a common substance and could have been in some of the remedies Mrs Armstrong took . |
| 8 | That great audience assembled to hear a speaker quite unknown in the political world and the enthusiasm created was an eye-opener to me , and would have been to most of the Westminster hacks with whom I had previously associated public influence . ’ |
| 9 | But we were surprised that not once during our visit were the words ‘ land reform ’ so much as mentioned , although what has happened there most certainly counts as this , and would have been of interest to the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development held by FAO in 1979 . |
| 10 | But the Pharisees would have provided him with some of his most loyal and fervent followers , and would have been among the first to regard him as the Messiah . |
| 11 | Though Lancashire are far below full strength , Grayson has earned his place on merit having captained the powerful North Under-21s to the ADT divisional age-group title and would have been in the side even had the Orrell contingent been available , Martin Strett being ineligible having represented the Northern Division in October . |
| 12 | ‘ Because he would have had such a responsible job , he had to have the absolute backing of both countries and he clearly did not and would have been in an impossible position . |
| 13 | Top seed Seles , who has three Grand Slam titles among her nine tournament victories this year , finished off the 14th-ranked Tauziat in 50 minutes , and would have been in the locker room even sooner but for a lapse in concentration during the second set . |
| 14 | If this be correct , then one would say that a refusal by the House of Lords to exercise any mandatory Gallagher jurisdiction to dispose of B 's undetermined arguments would have denied him his right to a judgment and would have been in violation of the terms of Article 6 . |