Example sentences of "he [modal v] have [been] dead " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | He must have been dead . |
| 2 | He must have been dead for hours . ’ |
| 3 | He could have been dead . |
| 4 | Well he could have been dead by then . |
| 5 | He 'd have been dead in a very few minutes . |
| 6 | On a crowded traffic way he 'd have been dead in under a minute but the barren landscape of this world offered little in the way of obstacles and the vehicle seemed able to right itself over the irregular peaks that occasionally reared unexpectedly out of the mists . |
| 7 | If the man had held out for five seconds he would have been dead . |
| 8 | He says he would have been dead and buried now . |