Example sentences of "this [vb mod] have [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have been no shattering revelation for any man to make if it had n't been for the fact that in the hot steamy summer of ‘ 89 Lowe got himself laid by two girls in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 2 | This may have been a late flowering of the ‘ badinage ’ that he used to partake in as a Young Conservative with Brixton locals , but so sensitive is Major about his background , that the public is permitted to hear only the Authorised Version . |
| 3 | This may have been a reasonable starting assumption for the initial round of forecasts made in 1985 , but it is not adequate now . |
| 4 | This may have been a Soviet response to the American nuclear war base facilities under construction at Diego Garcia ( and to a lesser extent to those at the Kagnew Communications Station near Asmara in Ethiopia which had declined in strategic significance and were slowly being wound down ) . |
| 5 | This may have been a popular superstition , but it was by no means confined to uneducated people . |
| 6 | This may have been a conservative blue colour with an elegant stripe down the middle of it , but it was all skew-whiff . |
| 7 | This may have been a difficult question for some to answer as it was an assessment of their own abilities . |
| 8 | Rather than a serious proposal , this may have been a diversionary tactic , intended to block the appointment of Bonito Oliva and force the Socialists to nominate a second-choice candidate with fewer political connotations . |
| 9 | This may have been a just compromise , but it was clearly illogical . |
| 10 | In retrospect , this may have been a deliberate gimmick as she so embarrassingly outclassed the first half 's performances by The Bruvvers , Chris Montez , Len Barry and Johnny Tillotson . |
| 11 | This may have been a conscious effort on Æthelred 's part to divide Olaf from Swegen , with the intention that he should then conquer Norway ( as he did ) and be a thorn in Swegen 's flesh ( as he was , until Swegen defeated and killed him ) . |
| 12 | There a new opera commission was discussed with Domenico Guardasoni , manager of the National Theatre ; this may have been an embryonic version of La clemenza di Tito , Mozart 's last opera , which he was to write for Prague two years later . |
| 13 | This may have been an open-ended shop with timber uprights based on the blocks , so providing both support for the gable end and a frame into which wooden shutters could be fitted when the shop was closed ( see Catterick , p. 114 ) . |
| 14 | This may have been the simple truth ; it may , alternatively , have been an instance of the use of delay by an intelligent but reluctant pleader . |
| 15 | In Vincent 's case , this may have been the very reaction he wanted . |
| 16 | One reason for this may have been the conventional wisdom that secularisation had made the subject well nigh irrelevant , another reason may have been that there are few areas in which the methodological problems are as acute as they are in the investigation of people 's beliefs and/or the assessment of the effect that these have upon the rest of society . |
| 17 | Now of course at this point , with many singers , one would have to change key , go into the minor , and report that , though this may have been the vocal prime , interpretative maturity still lay in the future , and that for artistic satisfaction one would have to turn to the well-known recordings of later years . |
| 18 | Our modern parental investment individualistic view would n't allow you to make that error , instead you 'd say you know you 've got ta look at the costs and benefits of the mother too and perhaps there are benefits to mothers in actively testing as it were their offspring , erm rather than just passively er accepting that they 're gon na have to be mothers and gon na have to get on with it and again you see , er I would er and this may have been the big mistake I made last year , er but again I stand by my er view on this and it 's a perfectly defensible one , erm again I think those who say that abortion is unnatural and kind of erm offends against er you know nature , are wrong . |
| 19 | This should have been a deliberate policy on your part . |
| 20 | This should have been a happy and holy occasion but the expressions on the faces looking up at him — Denis , Hana , Uncle Mick , Carmella , now pale and shaken , even poor Joey — told him more than any words how empty the action was . |
| 21 | Since living Nautilus does not have an ink sac , this must have been a protective device evolved at a later stage in cephalopod evolution . |
| 22 | For many , this must have been a therapeutic way back into civilian life . |
| 23 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
| 24 | ‘ To him this must have been a familiar sight … ’ |
| 25 | This must have been a horrible shock to you . ’ |
| 26 | This must have been a bitter moment for Haile Selassie , but once again he gave no indication of his feelings . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , Robyn , this must have been an awful shock — and you were with Luke at the time ? |
| 28 | This must have been an internal wall at one point . |
| 29 | Amazingly this must have been the final straw for it , because its top hinge broke and it swivelled on the bottom one , narrowly missing Miss Louise before it crashed to the floor . |
| 30 | This must have been the only time John ever had his work discussed in detail by a choreographer of Balanchine 's gifts and experience , and although Buckle described him as ‘ looking somewhat quelled ’ his nature was such as to profit from it . |