Example sentences of "[modal v] have [be] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 2 | She was too young to be away from home ; he should have been sure of her company for a few more years yet . |
| 3 | She held the sleeping baby in her arms but the scene , which should have been one of contentment , was marred by her appearance . |
| 4 | Or a prissy tech pedant , who should have been one of my father 's scribes . ’ |
| 5 | Disturbed that the English were at odds with a nation that should have been one of its natural religious allies , Cromwell brought about a rapid end to the Dutch War , and during the peace negotiations he even proposed that in the interests of their common religion the English and Dutch republics should merge to form one united Protestant state . |
| 6 | He was third , but only 3000 behind the winner and almost put in the Liberal in what should have been one of the safest Conservative seats in the country . |
| 7 | Lions teams have always included a ‘ risk ’ or two , and Elwood should have been one of them in place of Stuart Barnes , who can be too unpredictable when the going gets tough . |
| 8 | This day should have been one of the best days of her life , the start of her search . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 11 | Finally , probably the most decisive factor of all is whether both parties were properly advised legally , and equally skilled technically and commercially , so that they should have been capable of adequately assessing the risks and rewards they were undertaking in the transactions and of producing a contract document which properly reflected this . |
| 12 | In particular , Caparo suggested that the auditors were or should have been aware of the fall in Fidelity 's share price during March and of its need for financial assistance . |
| 13 | Mr Ashdown said Mr Major should have been aware of a Government paper detailing the extent of the trade when , in December 1990 , he flatly denied any illicit trading . |
| 14 | The Dutch should have been aware of it , but strangely the RLD gave the KLM DC-10s a Netherlands certificate of airworthiness , or rather validated the US certificate , notwithstanding their considerable reservations about the strength or ventilation of the cabin floor . |
| 15 | The scales had fallen from her eyes and she saw all too clearly what perhaps she should have been aware of earlier . |
| 16 | If the plaintiff should have been aware of the risk but was not , the defence will fail ( Smith v Austin Lifts Ltd [ 1959 ] 1 WLR 100 ) . |
| 17 | Perpetuates the dire age of violently sexist songs of an age when rugby should have been ashamed of itself . |
| 18 | She could think of only one reason why Barbs should have been jealous of her , and he was sitting there laughing at her . |
| 19 | When the Clause banning the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities was introduced into the Local Government Bill in December 1987 , the Tories must have been confident of no Labour resistance ; and with the honourable exception of Bernie Grant , now a Haringey MP , they were right . |
| 20 | I vividly remember the occasion when a box had not been properly secured — when poor Katy opened the bathroom door she was greeted by a scene which must have been reminiscent of the Hitchcock film The Birds with thrushes and feathers flying everywhere ! |
| 21 | The miners probably resented the intrusion but must have been fearful of the possible consequences of this calamity . |
| 22 | Easter that year must have been one of the mixed joy and sadness when many old members returned after the War whilst others did not . |
| 23 | This must have been one of the more profitable periods in the mill 's history for , over the next few years , Wight installed steam power as well as a new water wheel . |
| 24 | This was the site of what must have been one of the longest running water disputes in molinological history . |
| 25 | It would be possible , Roland thought , to identify the breakfast party , which must have been one of Crabb Robinson 's later efforts to provide stimulating conversation for the students of the new London University . |
| 26 | And all that in one week , it must have been one of Madame 's special amateur talent weeks I suppose . |
| 27 | Charles Kingsley , writing of the final destruction of the Fens , was perhaps the first to regret the loss of what must have been one of the finest natural systems in Europe . |
| 28 | Molesworth 's chairmanship of the Select Committee on the Downing Street Public Offices Bill must have been one of his last acts as First Commissioner of Works , as on 21st July , 1855 , Palmerston promoted him to be Secretary of State for the Colonies , and appointed the President of the Board of Health , Sir Benjamin Hall ( 1802–67 ) , in his place . |
| 29 | The early days of talkies in Hollywood must have been one of the steepest learning-curves anyone anywhere has faced . |
| 30 | One of the first things to happen after my arrival at Bourn was the phasing out of Stirling bombers , so that the one that followed me around the perimeter track must have been one of the last to operate from there . |