Example sentences of "have been [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his 29 runs at a vital stage of the Hampshire innings and three wickets for only 33 , Malcolm Marshall might have been both a logical and romantic choice for the Gold Award , but Micky Stewart gave it to Robin Smith , whose 90 was by far the highest and best innings of the match . |
| 2 | Now , if that were right , that is , here 's our bodily bit here , that 's what individuates them , right , Socrates is shorter than Plato , Plato is a bit taller than Socrates , Socrates has funny bulgy eyes , erm Plato must have been rather a normal looking person , a variety of things that differentiate them , but they 're not different in respect of being human beings . |
| 3 | Charles , then , was the second brother to be left a widower , after Thomas ; the domestic burden thus falling upon him and his remaining daughters must have been rather a daunting one , including the need to feed , control and educate young Ben , then only nine years old . |
| 4 | It would have been rather a dangerous step to take you know , to con even consider er that . |
| 5 | ‘ There must have been just a small problem of logistics . |
| 6 | They went in behind Sir George , who waved his huge cone of light around the dark , cramped , circular space , illuminating a semi-circular bay window , a roof carved with veined arches and mock-mediaeval ivy-leaves , felt-textured with dust , a box-bed with curtains still hanging , showing a dull red under their pall of particles , a fantastically carved black wooden desk , covered with beading and scrolls , and bunches of grapes and pomegranates and lilies , something that might have been either a low chair or a prie-dieu , heaps of cloth , an old trunk , two band boxes , a sudden row of staring tiny white faces , one , two , three , propped against a pillow . |
| 7 | the bypass that end of town would have been perhaps a little bit clearer . |
| 8 | This would have been quite a popular route . |
| 9 | Morse had never seen Mrs Marion Kemp , but from the marriage photograph that hung in the living room he realised that she must once have been quite a vivacious woman : dark , curly hair ; slim , firm figure ; and curiously impudent , puckish eyes . |
| 10 | It would have been quite a sexy story if it was true — lots of money involved . |
| 11 | ‘ It would presumably have been only a temporary interruption to your career , ’ he pointed out mercilessly . |
| 12 | As a secular leader , the king may have had charge of the army , although this may have been only a ceremonial role , since the tablets seem to tell us that there were generals . |
| 13 | Under Section 37 of Britain 's Mental Health Act , he would have been legally a free man if he had remained at large for another hour . |