Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's funny that after all these years I still have n't forgotten what I 've been taught — so it must have been money well spent . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , it must have been Jos then , ’ Mungo concluded . |
| 3 | We sipped them gratefully , but I must have been miles away , for Mr Johnson said , ‘ Daydreaming , eh ? ’ |
| 4 | I do n't , you must have been miles away this morning . |
| 5 | And I 've , I 've done that and it , there 's not one thing you can point to and say there 's no one in here because it 's several things , altogether , that indicate it , it might have been there 's no car on the drive , there might 've been , there might 've been milk still out . |
| 6 | ‘ Aye , weel , it 'll no' be Govan anyway , ’ replied Andy sagely . |
| 7 | Character A — or it might have been B again , for he seemed to be a right prune — had left late or had left early travelling at half the speed of the other . |
| 8 | ‘ If I had n't seen her , it might have been days before … |
| 9 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 10 | I think it might have been Saturday possibly . |
| 11 | Had I taken the latter course , the result might have been embarrassment rather than accident . |
| 12 | ‘ All he could do was watch helplessly as the defendant , shouting incoherently , went towards Mr Robinson and began to attack him . ’ |
| 13 | All she could do was stand there , a passive witness . |
| 14 | All she could do was stare glumly at the sign hanging inside the door — CONFISERIE VASSOIR : Ouvert 9.30–18.30 Mardi à Samedi — then glance at her watch , which confirmed she was fifteen minutes too late . |
| 15 | Is that what she was like ? ’ and all I could do was say well , no , not at all … but that was the licence you got at the NME , because the most important word in the paper is I . ’ |
| 16 | He was a tall , heavy-built almost surly type who spoke no English ; all I could do was listen patiently , smile , and offer a small but polite salute on departure . |
| 17 | But all she could do was hang there from the side of the speeding train , unable to move , knowing her strength would eventually fade . |
| 18 | Well the first time when he found it could comb is hair straight back with his right hand ; he could dry himself under his arms properly instead of just sort of wiping at it with a towel ; wash his teeth better , instead of using his left hand with difficulty because he 's never been really left handed . |
| 19 | What is less widely known is that at this moment two P-38 Lightnings , ( distinctive , long-range US fighters ) appeared , their star insignia clearly visible , and although it may have been coincidence even to the sophisticated in a crowd of some hundreds of thousands it must indeed have appeared that the mandate of heaven had assumed its newest form . |
| 20 | But in addition there was apparently some connection between their grandparents so they may have been cousins also . |
| 21 | 3/ III World countries may have been aid purely for building a dam etc , rather than other projects . |
| 22 | Sommer and Zeger have estimated that if full compliance had been achieved in the Aceh study the reduction in mortality in months 4 to 12 would have been 72% rather than the 41% given by the intention to treat analysis . |
| 23 | St Bernards had placed a fee on this transfer should he go to a Football League club so Palace had to settle with them and with Kettering , but his eminent place in the club 's history assures us that if Palace had had to pay a dozen clubs , it would have been money well spent . |
| 24 | It would have been money well spent by Wolves , who were beaten by two goals from the in-form striker after taking the lead through Paul Cook . |
| 25 | I would have thought that if we were to put forward the two hundred and fifty pound to cover the , their extra lighting bill , that would have been money well spent . |
| 26 | If you have played DEFECT ( this means we have to look at the right hand column ) , the best card I could have played would have been DEFECT too . |
| 27 | That would have been glory enough for me . |
| 28 | And that would have been time enough if you had n't shot your mouth off and brought that foul man roaring round here … ’ |
| 29 | I would have been miles away instead of leaving a message for you where to find me . ’ |
| 30 | The finishing touch would have been brylcreem only she was wearing it anyway . |