Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uncle was much more the happy-go-lucky extrovert whereas Daddy was shy and reserved , but that may have been due in part , at least , to the burdens he carried . |
| 2 | That may have been true , but for the moment it 's irrelevant . ’ |
| 3 | A few years ago that may have been true , but over the past couple of years , we have reduced the commission charge by 10–20 per cent . |
| 4 | That may have been true until the current recession , but the hon. Gentleman is entirely wrong about the present circumstances . |
| 5 | If she could say playfully , in public , that he had been fiddling about with one design for three years , their conversations on his work in private must have been explosive . |
| 6 | Napoleon Bonaparte , Metternich , Napoleon III and Vittorio Emanuele II all visited the house , and each must have been impressed by the colossal Ionic columns that hold up the façade and hem in the doorway . |
| 7 | ‘ That must have been awful ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ That must have been awful for him because he loves his food . |
| 9 | That must have been awful . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ That must have been awful , ’ said Basil — Cherry again , now that he could talk about Men and the problems with them , dear ! |
| 11 | More recently I understand that Chris has had er had a very interesting , made a very interesting study of the French trade union movement , that must have been fascinating . |
| 12 | ‘ Goodness , that must have been exciting . |
| 13 | Yeah , because he was in , paper , waste paper , and the fire insurance on that must have been colossal . |
| 14 | Well it 's just that dad said he passed a great big piece of wood , I said that must have been painful ! |
| 15 | ‘ That must have been old Mrs Rogers . |
| 16 | That must have been fun for her . |
| 17 | ‘ That must have been fun , ’ said Rincewind absently . |
| 18 | ‘ That must have been interesting , ’ said Julia and then , because it was obvious that Felicity did not want to talk about her war experiences , began to swap anodyne reminiscences with her . |
| 19 | says Clare about his native Helpston in the years after its enclosure , and that must have been true of most parishes that underwent the great transformation . |
| 20 | That should 've been automatic , ni November ninety three . |
| 21 | A strong creature and determined in his denials , but that should have been short-lived . |
| 22 | Now that should have been front page news — a well-written piece I thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 23 | And as for the drinking , that should have been obvious to anyone . |
| 24 | Well I , I think that should have been sufficient myself . |
| 25 | That should have been welcome . |
| 26 | It seems extraordinary to today 's parents in England and the United States that women of the twenties and thirties should have been prepared to accept either the content of these pronouncements or the authoritarian tone in which they were made ; yet accepted they were , in that innumerable women made valiant efforts to stifle their natural desire to cuddle their babies and to feed them when they were hungry , or were wracked with guilt and shame when they ‘ mawkishly ’ rocked the child or sentimentally eased his stomach pangs in the small hours with a contraband couple of ounces . |
| 27 | Part 2 may have been concerned with the kinetics of the reactions between hydrogen isotopes under the conditions attainable . |
| 28 | This may have been due to a reluctance to suck more money out of a generous population , or to the usual delays in carrying out orders from Moscow . |
| 29 | This may have been due partly to prudence . |
| 30 | This may have been due to an accident , but two Ju88s of 5/LG 1 were badly damaged over Malta , presumably hit by A.A. fire and force-landed at Catania on their return . |