Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bruises on her tender bottom should have been visual signs of her hatred of him . |
| 2 | At precisely what date he went is difficult to determine , for although Ibn Hajar states that he went to Egypt in 778/1376–7 , he follows this immediately with the statement whereas in fact Molla Fenari should have been twenty-seven years of age at that date according to the birthdate given by Ibn Hajar himself . |
| 3 | ‘ The next step should have been some form of close supervision . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It must have been one hell of a party . |
| 5 | This must have been one hell of a shock , and you 're overwrought , that 's all . |
| 6 | In the northern Weald , some of these men seem to have come from large Kentish estates round Tonbridge rather than from the Sussex coast ; there must have been several centuries of discussion before Wealden boundaries were finally sorted out . |
| 7 | The initial reason must have been Protestant fears of what Henri II , using his daughter-in-law , might do after the treaty of Chateau-Cambrèsis ; the public Protestant call to arms and the private and tentative contact with England were part of the same desperate reaction to a situation which left the Protestants no more time to move slowly , and forced them into overt action against the regent — the representative of legitimate authority — and , perhaps , a covert move against her daughter — the legitimate authority . |
| 8 | There were many types of seed plants evolving throughout the late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic periods which must have been excellent sources of food . |
| 9 | From medieval times there must have been some kind of dwelling on the slight rise in the ground upon which the house stood . |
| 10 | There must have been some kind of remorse . |
| 11 | The thing was , there must have been some sort of short circuit in the amp , because every time I played the damn 'd thing , I got a shock ! |
| 12 | It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ? |
| 13 | Must have been some sort of misunderstanding , ’ said Rose . |
| 14 | ‘ Old Darlington was quite some place to live in and I reckon daily life must have been some sort of gamble , ’ said Joan . |
| 15 | Oh there must have been some sort of arrangement , I do n't know . |
| 16 | I think it must have been some sort of |
| 17 | However , as far as Judaism is concerned , there must have been some indication of inherent righteousness within it which made it desirable to people who were not born Jews , and the arrival of a form which seemed to satisfy that inexorable need for a ‘ god ’ , and which was available to all , gave Christianity its initial impetus . |
| 18 | There must have been some point of contact . |
| 19 | If we carry on to let 'em do as they like , what 'll happen is this section of the workforce will go in such a decline , they 'll be very profitable which as we 've already heard as Asda are trying it on now . |
| 20 | But it raises the question whether a celebration of the sciences might have been one means of differentiating Protestant cultural values from those of Roman Catholicism . |
| 21 | They stared at one another , and as her mama had so often said , and thought again as she watched them , they were so alike in every way except their sex that they might have been two sides of the same coin . |
| 22 | That might have been some deterrent of some description . |
| 23 | In between the Oaks and the Elms darted the Silver Birches , slender and frivolous-looking , with wild , shining white hair that streamed out behind them and mischievous features and trailing garments that might have been some kind of cloth , but might as easily have been simply their pale leaves . |
| 24 | At a news conference on Aug. 11 the mayor of Shenzhen admitted that there might have been some mishandling of the issue of forms , and promised to seek out corrupt officials . |
| 25 | It might have been some sort of optician 's test thing , for all I could say , or a kids ’ puzzle . |
| 26 | ‘ You sure you do n't mind me talking about your sister ? ’ he said slowly , with what might have been some sort of smile on his face . |
| 27 | A funny creation , it 's probably best to read it first before you change your life , as all it may signpost is another batch of second-rate lifestyle articles . |
| 28 | ‘ But that noise need n't have been a retch — could have been all sorts of things . ’ |
| 29 | but it could have been any hour of the day |
| 30 | With regard to the relics , I was prepared at least to consider the possibility that there could have been some sort of automatic response in the nerves and muscle fibres triggered by the lightning . |