Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] be [adj] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill must have been typical of many mid-Victorian medics who reorientated their social and political allegiances as a result of a shift in class and professional status . |
| 2 | Even the chickens must have been ashamed of those parts of their bodies when they were alive . |
| 3 | He must have been aware of that . |
| 4 | English churchmen , who must have been aware of these activities , were sometimes also familiar with the conditions which gave rise to them . |
| 5 | says Clare about his native Helpston in the years after its enclosure , and that must have been true of most parishes that underwent the great transformation . |
| 6 | It appears that the scent of these oils can affect the etheric body , perhaps creating the right atmosphere for particular states of consciousness , and ancient peoples may have been aware of this . |
| 7 | The old USSR would have been proud of such central control . |
| 8 | Dr Dichter would have been proud of that piece of depth thinking . |
| 9 | The proud possessor of a fragment of the Infant Jesus 's vest , a toy he had once played with ( Benjamin would have been proud of that ) , and a hair from St Peter 's beard which could cure the ague or a sore throat . |
| 10 | A West Point cadet would have been proud of those shoes already . |
| 11 | The late Ray Petri would have been proud of this issue . |
| 12 | Big Daddy would have been proud of this tackle on Dave Mitchell , but the ref waved play on . |
| 13 | John Smith would have been aware of those risks yesterday . |
| 14 | A few years ago any self respecting farmer would have been ashamed of this field , with its bumper crop of nettles and thistles … |