Example sentences of "he [modal v] have been killed " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guy was probably dead when we tipped him into the shaft — we just assumed he was at the time though the older I got the less sure of that I was — but even if was n't , he must have been killed when he hit the bottom ; it 's thirty metres at least . |
| 2 | He might have been killed ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He — he might have been killed ! ’ whispered Ann , hurrying down . |
| 4 | ‘ Is it possible , in your view , that he might have been killed because of his ‘ little campaigns ’ as you call them ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do you know of any reason why he might have been killed ? ’ |
| 6 | He could have been killed . |
| 7 | Then , before Spain , Niki managed to overturn a tractor on himself He could have been killed ; he escaped with cracked ribs and bad bruising . |
| 8 | ‘ He could have been killed ! ’ |
| 9 | He says he saw his face on the television news and knew he could have been killed . |
| 10 | He says a few inches either way and he would have been killed . |