Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Humphreys must have presented a strange sight , bloodied and bewildered and still without his shoes and socks . |
| 62 | I must have cut a handsome figure up there , black and glossy , and she could hardly fail to have been impressed . |
| 63 | ‘ If they were foreigners , ’ he said slowly , ‘ they must have obtained a royal licence to enter England . |
| 64 | It was a strange situation , which must have made a lasting impression on Richard , who was more than usually close to his mother . |
| 65 | Timmy must have made a wrong move , drew attention to himself . ’ |
| 66 | She must have made a huge error in giving change somewhere along the line and she felt defeated . |
| 67 | He must have made a little joke . |
| 68 | As for the library , the surviving books without a proper building to house them must have made a dismal appearance . |
| 69 | Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research . |
| 70 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 71 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 72 | The crowd 's response to his resilient 6–4 , 7–5 , 6–4 defeat of a totally overawed Sampras , in his David Cup debut , plus their even greater support as he and Forget beat Ken Flach and the hapless Robert Seguso 6–1 , 6–4 , 4–6 , 6–2 , with flurries of brilliant winners in the doubles , must have gone a long way to at least dimming the memory of the cruel booing he received in 1988 when he struggled against Mats Wilander at Roland Garros in the final of the French Open and then again at Bercy the following November . |
| 73 | Even so , the sequence of events remains rapid and Eorpwald 's death must have constituted a serious threat to Eadwine 's position south of the Humber . |
| 74 | Minutes later , when Grant estimated he must have covered a good quarter of a mile , he again saw a grey wall barring his passage in the torch beam up ahead . |
| 75 | It was about five miles round and must have resembled a spinning top , floating above this anonymous planet . |
| 76 | Yes , Yes , Yes : - ) I must have formed a mental block on the exact details due to the severe trauma involved ! |
| 77 | In this context Cuba , with its exceptionally high dependence on imported oil ( which accounts for approaching two-thirds of the island 's total energy consumption ) and its sophisticated modern refining capacity ( installed by Shell , Esso and Texaco ) , must have looked a promising market for Soviet oil . |
| 78 | It must have looked a beautiful sight ! |
| 79 | We must have looked a comical sight in those days : a boy and a bird ‘ dancing ’ up the road — two steps , stop , turn , two steps , turn , stop … |
| 80 | THE DISTRIBUTION of personal property gives the most comprehensive overview of the wealth of the English people in the sixteenth century , because almost everybody must have owned a certain amount of goods and chattels , and , as required , a value was assigned to ‘ every man 's substance ’ , if only a few shillings — commonly reduced to a curt ‘ nil ’ — representing the clothes on their backs and other personal effects . |
| 81 | It must have seemed a heaven-sent opportunity with Mrs Figgis-Hewett shouting about breach of promise — if heaven sent is the word , ’ added Rose hastily , ‘ and our Mr Pipkin shouting about his rights . ’ |
| 82 | Mr Cubbage must have seemed a good catch with his fine house , handsome looks and with his obvious wealth . |
| 83 | ‘ I was saying that it must have seemed a terrible invasion of your privacy to find a pair of binoculars locked on your deck earlier . ’ |
| 84 | It must have seemed a pardonable exaggeration in the political rhetoric of a young man who had joined the British Fascisti Ltd on 6 December 1923 and had seen the brave hopes of the movement degenerate into a crackpot collection of factions and rivalry by the 1930s . |
| 85 | Angered by what must have seemed a monstrous betrayal , or a display of contemptible cowardice , Simeon turned upon them and persecuted them as traitors . |
| 86 | Martinho and I must have seemed a bad pair to him . |
| 87 | Scotland must have seemed a fair way away , and no chance this year of a real Hogmanay . |
| 88 | Rodrigo must have learned a great deal from these intelligent , cultured people . |
| 89 | The move of Kenneth MacAlpin 's capital to Scone must have meant a great deal more physical comfort for kings and their retainers after the rocks and raw rain of Argyll , but the heads wearing the crown were offered little chance of lying easy . |
| 90 | We have proper birth certificates , because my mother must have told a simple lie to the registrar , a discovery about the verisimilitude of documents that worries me a lot as a historian . |