Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 2 | That should have been six times nought point two over |
| 3 | Others said it must have been that girl who worked here , the one who was the German officer 's mistress , she knew everything that was going on around here . |
| 4 | Whatever they may have told the pollsters , there must have been countless voters who , as they finally confronted their choice , saw in their mind 's eye the image of a beaming Neil and Glenys standing at the door of Number 10 , and thought , dammit — prompting them to switch back to that decent , straightforward , reliable Mr Major . |
| 5 | Clive Lloyd is one of the best-loved cricketers ever to walk on to a field , but after the relentless domination of his four-man pace attack there must have been many people who permitted themselves a smile at the news . |
| 6 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 7 | Umpire Alley eventually warned Holding , but there must have been many Lancastrians who were sad to see Lloyd , on his home ground , do nothing about it . |
| 8 | ‘ It must have been those boys who climbed the wall after my apples , ’ said Miss Miggs . |
| 9 | ‘ And yet there must have been some man who wished to . |
| 10 | You do realize though that there must have been some people who were saddened by the fact you did n't continue your pop career ? |
| 11 | A little bit I think that he was just concerned that perhaps there might 've been other people who might 've wanted to come and if people had rung up and you had had a waiting list something could 've been done about it |
| 12 | Well I think what we 'll do is one day we 'll weigh the amount of spaghetti and then we 'll know exactly how much to put in next time wo n't we ? |
| 13 | Well , well what I 'll do is next week I 'll |
| 14 | It might have been that night I dreamed |
| 15 | I could have been old JC himself , I tell you , riding into Jerusalem on his donkey , ready to spread the Good News . |
| 16 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 17 | Hull , too , suffered from the poor relations between England and the Hanse in the second half of the fifteenth century , and this may have been one factor which affected the trade of York , which had used Hull as a centre for exports . |
| 18 | Isaac and Samuel may have been rabbinical teachers themselves , as well as patrons of other teachers . |
| 19 | There may have been some species which were attached to floating seaweed . |
| 20 | One might imagine , perhaps wrongly , that there would have been few craftsmen who either alone or in a group would at any one time have been capable of producing such an item because of the variety of skills required in its production . |