Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It may have been simple retaliation — he had been mildly reprimanded by the guardians for allowing an unqualified assistant to attend a midwifery case as his deputy earlier that year , and had been instructed to provide the name of a legally qualified locum . ) |
| 2 | It may have been that while in Japan he found the taste of humble pie just a little too much to stomach . |
| 3 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |
| 4 | It may have been complete rubbish , but that 's what I felt . ’ |
| 5 | It may have been these factors that encouraged the Court to give a restrictive opinion on the powers of the member States . |
| 6 | A computer error ( or , to be fair , it may have been human error ) caused me accidentally to ‘ erase ’ the disc containing Chapter 3 . |
| 7 | It may have been seven years late and a billion dollars over budget , but the Hubble space telescope was lifting out of the shuttle cargo bay and on its way to orbit at last , ready to look back across the universe to the very beginnings of time . |
| 8 | It may have been this connection that took him to Nottinghamshire in 1580 , to work for Arundell 's brother-in-law , Sir Francis Willoughby , at Wollaton Hall . |
| 9 | It may have been this group Professor Ashton had in mind when he drew attention to the way in which London banks played a role in making available the " savings of agriculturalists ' to provide " much of the investment in manufacture " . |
| 10 | In part perhaps it was a translation of the Old English ‘ Bretwalda ’ , a title attributed to the high kings of the island from very early days ; in part it may have been direct imitation of Byzantium . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It should 've been first thing in morning if that would happen . |
| 13 | It should have been that thing squared and now we then having worked it out that far , |
| 14 | Whether it should breed is another matter . |
| 15 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 16 | It must 've been fifteen foot at least up in the air teetering on a top branch . |
| 17 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 18 | It seemed that the all-pervading light was weakening : it must have been late afternoon . |
| 19 | The thing — it must have been five metres across — rippled its flanges invitingly and eased right to where we stood . |
| 20 | And she went on a party of three , no , no , she went with a party of four friends I think , there were five of them altogether and er she stayed for well er , three nights , four days , or four days , three nights I ca n't remember no , it must have been four days , four nights , three days . |
| 21 | I admire them for being able to sit there in front of everybody and say they actually , what they 've been through because it must have been sheer hell er , trying to come off and withdrawal symptoms , I mean , I do n't know much about it cos I 've never taken well I smoke |
| 22 | It must have been two month old . |
| 23 | ‘ It must have been one hell of a party . |
| 24 | It must have been dull touring around Britain after Broadway but she knew of no alternative . |
| 25 | It must , it must have been absolute arm and a leg . |
| 26 | It must have been that day or the next , Adam thought , that he or one of them , surely he , had first suggested the commune idea . |
| 27 | An uncommonly good lunch it must have been that day . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It must have been six months ago , when he started stealing money from his uncle . ’ |
| 30 | When the guard learned what had happened , he simply laughed and said that it must have been old Humphrey . |