Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 2 | George Lodge and Gilbert Blaine must have been old acquaintances for they were hawking together in Caithness in 1913 . |
| 3 | Isaac and Samuel may have been rabbinical teachers themselves , as well as patrons of other teachers . |
| 4 | Liverpool may have been five goals up from the first leg , but this was never going to be an easy game in 70-degree heat and on a typically bumpy Mediterranean pitch . |
| 5 | Finally he suggested that Mr Hancock must have been 180 degrees off-course . |
| 6 | It is , for instance , improbable that , on a joint assessment of £133. 6s. 8d. , any of the three Thomases of Lavale would have been mere labourers . |
| 7 | Your relationship with Petula should have been sufficient deterrent . |
| 8 | Hebrew ( 4m ) is the language of Israel — though the language spoken by Jesus Christ would have been Old Aramaic . |
| 9 | Hebrew ( 4m ) is the language of Israel — though the language spoken by Jesus Christ would have been Old Aramaic . |
| 10 | Local Education officials say the nearest school Jamie can attend is 100 miles away in the New Forest . |
| 11 | Whoever it was , he and Kieran Goss would have been kindred souls . |
| 12 | Then you walked into my life , and I suddenly realised that what I had felt for Claire may have been sexual attraction , but it was never love . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Rachaela could imagine Emma would have been all congratulations and the joys of womanhood . |
| 15 | He never explained his reasons ; but obedience to his consecration oath of fidelity to the church of Canterbury would have been one reason , and the desire for absolute stability in gifts to the saints another . |