Example sentences of "but he [vb mod] [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ricky had to steel himself not to take her in his arms , but he would have been putting a match to a petrol-soaked bonfire , and he did n't want to hate himself any more than he did already . |
| 2 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 3 | But he may have been observing the traditional superstition that it is unlucky for the bridegroom to see the bride on the eve of her wedding . |
| 4 | But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style . |
| 5 | But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style . |
| 6 | Presumably he was drunk , but he might have been ill , or even dead . |
| 7 | Howard would have approved of the improvement in pay and conditions of service and greater emphasis on training but he might have been quite surprised at the eventual outcome of well-meaning initiatives . |
| 8 | But he might have been speaking a foreign language . |
| 9 | But he 'd have been home by half-past ten . |
| 10 | But he 'd have been , he 'd have been better , well well he would n't have done . |
| 11 | But he will have been worried that it took four fine saves from John Lukic to keep City out . |
| 12 | Mr Stringer now appears relatively safe , but he could have been the victim of his own success . |
| 13 | Not that we worried about that per se , but he could have been carrying our wages . |
| 14 | He was speaking about Yugoslavia — but he could have been talking about the appalling scenes in Somalia or other parts of Africa . |
| 15 | Severiano Ballesteros also had a 70 for a total of 213 but he must have been kicking himself for it included a seven at the 13th . |
| 16 | The third time she saw it Allen was with her but he must have been looking in the wrong place , for he did n't see it although she did n't understand how that could be . |
| 17 | He was a skilled architect who would grow used to praise , but he must have been pleased to hear that the Goldsmiths regarded his school as " not excelled by any other building of a similar construction in solidity , taste , and execution . |
| 18 | I I do n't remember but he must have been . |
| 19 | Daine needed that flexibility , but he must have been aware of the risks . |
| 20 | he was very polite but he must have been bored by me . |
| 21 | ‘ But he must have been very politically conscious as well — I mean The Factory Whistle — ’ |
| 22 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 23 | ‘ But he must have been keen . ’ |
| 24 | But he must have been thinking something and I would have given anything to know what it was . |
| 25 | But he must have been ; that was why he was shirtless . |
| 26 | He did n't actually live in St Aldate 's , but he must have been here a lot , because he was mayor in 1636 , he was an alderman erm he was very much a leading in the city , and I think the leader of the opposition to Royal Policies . |