Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 2 | Others thought they may have been blood-cooling devices , similar to the large ears of African elephants . |
| 3 | They 're aligned east to west which suggests they may have been Christian burials . |
| 4 | They 're aligned east to west which suggests they may have been Christian burials . |
| 5 | Although the nature of the vagotomies surveyes in these reports is not stated , the follow up period is such that they must have been truncal vagotomies . |
| 6 | I imagined they must have been bold generals like Arsenio and Osvaldo , pathfinders like X. Ray , stalwarts like the Corporal , boys as eager and facile as my woodchucks . |
| 7 | The walls covered with pictures , others on tables , and portfolios of different sizes all round the room , they must have been full shows . |
| 8 | Some of these straight orthocone nautiloids achieve considerable dimensions , several metres long , and they must have been formidable predators on the other marine animals of the time . |
| 9 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 10 | Director of Studies : ‘ The load they should accept is 5 hours minimum per subject — in some 10 hours . |
| 11 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |
| 12 | He says that the most they 'll get is 5 pence in the pound . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They might have been stray dogs . |
| 15 | Almost immediately the safety glass shattered and all they could see were white chips . |
| 16 | for about three days , when they could have been one day . |
| 17 | In the ‘ prostitution ’ lesson , instead of being in role as the ‘ other poor people ’ sharing the girl 's life , they could have been social workers , town councillors or students on a counselling training course . |
| 18 | They talked about the difficulty of getting food in , when all they could find was Chinese takeaway ; about strange knocks at the door of the hotel room , and why the Iranians sometimes left unexpectedly , and who the hell they were really dealing with ; about North 's pressing need for aspirin ; and about getting the hostages out , for which the only foreseeable currency was arms . |
| 19 | Although tried as adults , the defendants were due to be sentenced as juveniles , which meant that the maximum prison term which they could receive was 10 years . |
| 20 | They 'd have been worried sick about her , and what could they do so many miles away ? |
| 21 | Well , they say that remarks that they would feel were friendly remarks directed towards students they stop themselves from saying and examine and think if I say that will I make her feel uncomfortable ? |
| 22 | Smith , though , is of the opinion that Rangers ' problems , while substantial , are better able to be handled now than they would have been five years ago . |
| 23 | Smith , though , believes Rangers are now better able to handle their injury problems than they would have been five years ago . |
| 24 | The least they can expect is some direction from the political parties prior to the election . ’ |