Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [be] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I guess Waldo must have been the codename for CorelDRAW 2 during development and it got stuck in the code . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A few weeks later , Mrs Wilson discovered for herself what she felt must have been the reason for the heart attack . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Dod ’ , he speculated , could have been the name for the original surveyors , ‘ dodging ’ about . |
| 8 | The chimney stack of a small steamer , the slanted gaffs of fishing boats returned from the morning catch , the furled booms of others , moored and idle , bisected his segment of sky ; framed by the blind like a holy picture fringed with handmade paper lace , it could have been the setting for a miraculous landfall of a saint 's body . |
| 9 | It had some connection with the Bronte sisters , and two of the houses in the dale , High Hall and Whernside Manor , may have been the models for Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange . |
| 10 | Insolvency practitioners may have been the butt for the majority of jokes in this year 's Christmas caption competition — they accounted for 20% of the record number of entries — but David Murphy , an Irish Institute industry student based at The Queen 's University of Belfast , has become this year 's triumphant winner without mentioning any of them . |
| 11 | This may have been the reason for his poor showing . ’ |
| 12 | There are situations where the general expectation is that sex may have been the motive for a murderous assault . |
| 13 | Whatever may have been the justification for the title of ‘ city ’ in the past such honour is now only conferred by Royal Charter . |
| 14 | What would have been the consequences for you had you been prosecuted ? |
| 15 | This , rather than Inch Keith or Scalpay , would have been the island for Johnson . |
| 16 | I would have been the scapegoat for anything bad they wrote afterwards . |
| 17 | If he had said , ‘ You need me , ’ then that would have been the end for him . |