Example sentences of "[modal v] have [be] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two hundred and thirty miles on the road should have been a time for strengthening bonds and for unifying our resolve , but I felt continually at cross-purposes with him . |
| 2 | And what should have been a doddle for Lord Waddington turned into a disaster . |
| 3 | SIX lengths ahead , only yards to the winning post … it should have been a doddle for Irish jockey Charlie Swan . |
| 4 | It should have been a procession for Linfield after the Coleman dismissal . |
| 5 | It should have been the signal for a resounding runaway triumph in the second half especially after a Niall Quinn header also hit the woodwork . |
| 6 | It should have been an occasion for rejoicing . |
| 7 | Although one should not read too much into this , given that the families in the survey had at least one child in primary ( board ) school by definition , and therefore the oldest were sometimes the only ones of an age to be working , it can safely be said that the openings for girls in the printing trade must have been a godsend for low-income families with several children . |
| 8 | In 1923 the LNER was born , and the great variety of locomotives and coaching stock must have been a paradise for the enthusiast . |
| 9 | Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job |
| 10 | He must have been a fool for her er , you know ? |
| 11 | The journey must have been a torment for them , though for me it was a merciful chaos of trudging along muddy roads , of running for shelter from German fighter planes , of waking in the cart caked with snow while my mother and grandmother strained at the shafts . |
| 12 | The undergrowth must have been a haven for vipers and the three men kept strictly to the path . |
| 13 | ‘ There must have been a reason for it , like not wanting anyone to know what was being carried aboard Titron . ’ |
| 14 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 15 | Got back safe an safe and sound tt , was able to tell them all school about too , which really must have been an education for those since nobody had left the town , very far , anyway . |
| 16 | I guess Waldo must have been the codename for CorelDRAW 2 during development and it got stuck in the code . |
| 17 | The dark , brooding look about him , so daunting at their first meeting , was missing these days , replaced by a zest and animation she knew must have been the norm for Penry Vaughan before his marriage — or before his divorce , she corrected herself . |
| 18 | He must have been the tenant for , in 1812 , the mill had been bought by Peter Playne from the Wade family , in whose hands it had remained since around 1758 . |
| 19 | A few weeks later , Mrs Wilson discovered for herself what she felt must have been the reason for the heart attack . |
| 20 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |
| 21 | It might have been a cry for help — we just do not know . ’ |
| 22 | The architect 's marriage to the eccentric Lady Emily Lytton might have been a basis for social success , but , in fact , she was too shy to help his career . |
| 23 | If anything had gone wrong , there might have been no chances for another . |
| 24 | This might have been the moment for Britain to transfer her loyalties to the European Community , but her ties with the Commonwealth and the special relationship were too strong . |
| 25 | The annihilation of the Baltic fleet a few days later in the Straits of Tsushima was almost unbelievable and was the first defeat of a great power in modern history by an Asian state and for that reason alone Japan 's success might have been an example for Vietnam . |
| 26 | Well it could have been a cheque for a |
| 27 | While George Boon rejected the suggestion that the very small coins were votive objects and may thus be found in some quantity on temple sites , he sensibly adds that there could have been a tendency for poor quality coins ‘ to gravitate to these shrines as easily as to the offertory of a country church ’ . |
| 28 | Angelica Kauffman might be compared with Mozart — an infant prodigy overendowed with artistic gifts — but while music could have been a profession for a man , it would have turned Angelica Kauffman into a performer . |
| 29 | Had there been , there could have been no room for doubt . |
| 30 | ‘ Dod ’ , he speculated , could have been the name for the original surveyors , ‘ dodging ’ about . |