Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That must have caused a flutter . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ That must have cost a pretty penny , ’ Mickey Aronson declared , not really expecting to be told the price . |
| 3 | That must have cost a packet . |
| 4 | But then you would know about that — your business , that must have taken a fair amount of hard work . ’ |
| 5 | I will be out there because I am , and this may have surprised a lot of , a very youthful appearance of me , I 'm gon na be a granddad in August and October this year . |
| 6 | ‘ They are doing it for you and the children. : This must have saved a lot of misery , as she was really listened to . |
| 7 | Indirectly this must have represented a challenge to the influence of Aethelred of Mercia in the East Saxon region . |
| 8 | The number of kings who came to grief in the fifth century is staggeringly high , and this must have had a deterrent effect on kings who contemplated taking initiatives . |
| 9 | Now that in England we pay an average of six copper pence per lemon , I think I would still find them almost worth the silver pennies which in z 533 must have represented a pretty large sum . |
| 10 | It was built before the war , and I have a Shanks loo , which makes me think that the British must have had a hand in building it . |
| 11 | Pangaea at the end of the Palaeozoic must have experienced a climate of extreme continentality , not only because of its coherence ( Valentine & Moores , 1972 ) but because of the high albedo of extensive low-latitude deserts ( Barron et al . , |
| 12 | Wolski 's defences had crumbled and what some might have called a breakdown was the beginning of his recovery to the kindly determined man , or nearly man , he had been before Sobibor . |
| 13 | This might have involved a change in the preamble to the Macedonian constitution , which refers to something expansionist-sounding that was said in 1944 ; but that would have been it . |
| 14 | In Botticelli 's time this could have included a linseed oil and lead white mixture or , more frequently , a ground based on bone white ( from pulverised bone ) , combined with gum water ( gum arabic ) , or parchment size ( from goat skin ) . |
| 15 | This would have appointed a new executive committee which , in turn , would have chosen a new chairman . |
| 16 | This would have made a fascinating court case . |
| 17 | When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city . |
| 18 | At the actual erm meeting which put this into practice the Conservatives suggested a phased in method , some now and some later , and this would have relieved a certain amount of hardship . |
| 19 | This would have meant a gain of one seat to SDLP . |
| 20 | Normally , this would have meant a day off work to attend a training session at a cost of at least £150 per head . |
| 21 | But this would have left a great swath of territory to the west in Republican control . |
| 22 | Then , while the vapour condensed into oceans the high percentage of CO 2 would have caused a runaway greenhouse effect . |
| 23 | If anything , the Sylvie of old would have preferred a noisy wake , frenetic dancing , a bacchic rite . |
| 24 | Few will have attended a course in pedagogy — the art and science of educational methods . |
| 25 | Some will come directly from school , some will have spent a time in business and will be wishing to improve their qualifications . |
| 26 | To have got it ready by December 29th would have meant a fearful rush . |
| 27 | Mr Lynch said that could have had a disastrous effect on the whales , which use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate . |
| 28 | The introduction of compulsory elementary education after 1870 may have prompted a re-evaluation of the cost of children because it seriously diminished the contribution the child could make to the family economy . |
| 29 | Protests like these may have won a first round victory for the hospital , but campaigners say the fight continues . |
| 30 | The additions to his power in the course of the 1470s may have constituted a reassessment of his position , with the king 's perception of his role developing as the duke matured . |