Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 2 | It may have had a certain validity , especially in Scotland with its constellation of key organizations within or close to Glasgow . |
| 3 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 4 | It may have provided a perfect ‘ apprenticeship ’ for building a movie empire . |
| 5 | The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new . |
| 6 | Days before the trading figures were due , when it should have recommended a long position , the firm was likely to recommend going short . |
| 7 | Over 900 of them said : ‘ It should have come a long time ago — very few people have done more for charity , public service and their Party than you have ’ . |
| 8 | Though his extravagance was well rewarded , it must have placed a severe strain on the house 's finances . |
| 9 | Not that she begrudged her sister happiness , but it must have raised a few " if only 's " in her own mind . |
| 10 | In addition it must have passed a special resolution making itself ‘ exempt ’ and that resolution may not be passed if it is a public company , a banking or insurance company or an authorised person under the Financial Services Act . |
| 11 | It must have looked a beautiful sight ! |
| 12 | But on a rainy March afternoon in 1988 it must have seemed a million miles from home . |
| 13 | ‘ I was saying that it must have seemed a terrible invasion of your privacy to find a pair of binoculars locked on your deck earlier . ’ |
| 14 | It must have seemed a heaven-sent opportunity with Mrs Figgis-Hewett shouting about breach of promise — if heaven sent is the word , ’ added Rose hastily , ‘ and our Mr Pipkin shouting about his rights . ’ |
| 15 | It must have seemed a pardonable exaggeration in the political rhetoric of a young man who had joined the British Fascisti Ltd on 6 December 1923 and had seen the brave hopes of the movement degenerate into a crackpot collection of factions and rivalry by the 1930s . |
| 16 | I 'm afraid it must have upset a great many people at Thrush Green during the past hour . ’ |
| 17 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |
| 18 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |
| 19 | It must have taken a long time . |
| 20 | So it must have taken a long while ? |
| 21 | It must have taken a full five seconds for him to crumple Des , but he needs another three to get moving , and by then I 'm at his side . |
| 22 | The excavator , David Neal , could not explain this as merely for domestic use and concluded that it must have had a public function . |
| 23 | At dusk the clouds over Manhattan , which had threatened snow all day , cleared and revealed a pristine sky , its colour so ambiguous it might have fuelled a philosophical debate as to the nature of the blue . |
| 24 | This law has not served the best interests of air safety even though it might have satisfied a curious public . |
| 25 | However , it could have hidden a greater reduction in flow in the deeper layers of the bowel wall , which may be the main site of vascular compromise . |
| 26 | And it could have blown a good distance in last night 's gale . |
| 27 | ‘ There was no loss to the stores but it could have caused a few problems . ’ |
| 28 | Oh I 'm alright do n't worry about me I 'm , they , the person at home , their family must be told as well as you making a note in your accident book that there has been somebody with a knock on the head however mi minor it is , it 's got to be reported , because that knock could have repercussions , it could have broken a small vessel in the brain , it could still be bleeding and that is when compression takes over . |
| 29 | It could have gone a different way . ’ |
| 30 | Had the newspaper been less callous and opportunistic in its presentation , it could have avoided a successful libel action by publishing its exclusive insight into the mind of the hostage-taker with sufficient background material to remove any suggestion that his allegation was other than paranoid fantasy . |