Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That must have caused a flutter . ’ |
| 2 | That must have cost a packet . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ They are doing it for you and the children. : This must have saved a lot of misery , as she was really listened to . |
| 5 | Indirectly this must have represented a challenge to the influence of Aethelred of Mercia in the East Saxon region . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . , |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | Normally , this would have meant a day off work to attend a training session at a cost of at least £150 per head . |
| 13 | This would have meant a gain of one seat to SDLP . |
| 14 | Few will have attended a course in pedagogy — the art and science of educational methods . |
| 15 | Some will come directly from school , some will have spent a time in business and will be wishing to improve their qualifications . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | LONDON Marathon founder Chris Brasher knows an athlete when he sees one and the former Great Britain international may have found a medal winner in the shape of Moving Out , who looks something to bet on at Uttoxeter this afternoon . |
| 20 | A rest in Ireland , a confession before the Jockey Club , possibly a new relationship — it all should have signified a break with the past , particularly the recent , unhappy past , but history ca n't be discarded like an old coat . |
| 21 | According to Levy and Reid the latter should have shown a LVF superiority . |
| 22 | Mrs Gotobed would have made a Will and Hepzibah and Mister Johnny would be safe in Druid 's Bottom for ever and ever … |
| 23 | A housing budget estimate for 1992/93 would have left a £643,000 deficit without an increase in rents . |
| 24 | The fact that the subject matter was so dire must have posed a problem for the programmers . |
| 25 | In his memoirs he admitted that he had secretly aspired to it for decades , but had not pressed the issue for tactical reasons ( because it would have made him vulnerable to the charge of Bonapartism and perhaps also , as Debré argued in his memoirs , because popular election of the president in the circumstances of 1958 would have placed a majority of votes in the hands of the peoples of the French Community ) . |
| 26 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 27 | Any other old drunk would have got a corner on the fourth page . |
| 28 | The following work carried out ( or directly and actively supervised ) : ( a ) either at least 60 personal injury instructions in the 5 years prior to the application or at least 36 personal injury instructions in the 3 years prior to the application — in either case , no more than half of the instructions should be in medical negligence cases ; ( b ) at least one personal injury case where the award or settlement was approved by the court because the plaintiff was under a disability , eg a child ; and ( c ) at least ten cases set down and ready for trial , of which at least two must have involved a dispute over liability . |
| 29 | But most would have sent a holidaymaker scurrying for his siesta . |
| 30 | A consultant paediatrician said the bruising would have caused a degree of distress when inflicted but it would have been temporary . |