Example sentences of "have been [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it may have been a grunt of irritation that his lovely hire-car was steaming up with two sweaty , stinking hill-walkers who had forced their way in uninvited , but I prefer to think disbelief . |
| 2 | In any case , it must have been a question of degree . |
| 3 | It might have been a question of time , it may have been a question of tooling , it may have been a question of instruments , it may have been a question of materials , raw materials , or a compilation of all of these things . |
| 4 | It might have been a question of time , it may have been a question of tooling , it may have been a question of instruments , it may have been a question of materials , raw materials , or a compilation of all of these things . |
| 5 | Since , in northern climes , water-clocks must have been a nuisance in winter when they froze , in the fourteenth century sand-clocks were invented . |
| 6 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |
| 7 | Until quite recently there might have been a sting of sarcasm in her voice , the anger of the betrayed . |
| 8 | I think the image might have been a ghost-negative of doctor number one — his black tracksuit and powerpack plimsolls , and the satisfied wince he gave as he pointed at my chest with a shake of his head . |
| 9 | That must have been a shock to Place . ’ |
| 10 | There may have been a grain of truth in this , and indeed the symptoms suffered by many people were real enough , but it was question-begging in the extreme to say that the states of mind induced were due to evil forces . |
| 11 | It should have been a crow of triumph , but Robbie felt very far from exalted . |
| 12 | The barrage could have been a symbol of determination and hope for the Merseyside region . |
| 13 | ‘ This may have been a mixture of excitement , curiosity and immaturity — and the payment of money by the accused may have had an influence , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Their last meal in it should have been a kind of sacrament . |
| 15 | Charlton thought it may have been a kind of store-yard where goods for the abbey were landed and deposited . |
| 16 | ‘ You must have been a kid in school ! |
| 17 | Entrusted to look after the fire or the children , let alone to go hunting , the myopic savage would have been a menace to group security . |
| 18 | It would have been a bit of excitement . |
| 19 | I suppose there might have been a bit of unpleasantness . |
| 20 | There can never have been a field of research in which the likelihood that people would make similar discoveries almost simultaneously has been as great . |
| 21 | One of them told me the changes they 've put now are so dramatic , there might as well have been a change of government . |
| 22 | In another case there was an announcement of a General Election and in another case there was a concern that there may have been a change of government because of the opinion polls . |
| 23 | We share a common ancestor with chimpanzees , so at some point in either our ancestry or chimps ' there must have been a change in chromosome number . |
| 24 | And although this could have been a problem with Platinum , Mr Nabakov feels he has found an acceptable way around it . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | The fiscal year to December 31 1992 should actually have been a year of consolidation . |
| 27 | It might have been a cry for help — we just do not know . ’ |
| 28 | Such a strike would have been a breach of contract by each member . |
| 29 | The judge was in no doubt that if the defendant had sold the contents of his report to a newspaper that would have been a breach of confidence . |
| 30 | The scissors themselves were ordinary enough , standard office issue , and shining steel : there was no outward sign that they could have been a weapon of murder , Dexter thought . |