Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] [verb] been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further to the east , there was a Minoan settlement at Rethymnon which may have been a port . |
| 2 | In the centre was Gemioncourt farm which should have been a fortress to hold up the French , but was now empty because the Belgian guns and infantry had fled straight past the farm , thus yielding its strong walls and loopholed barns to the enemy . |
| 3 | This motion was triggered by a particular case which happened within the Birmingham region on the first of January nineteen ninety three which should have been a start of the European Market the people 's Europe . |
| 4 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 5 | They met with little armed resistance ( which must have been a relief to Louis , who had little confidence in his own military skill ) , and gained considerable incidental profit : the king 's person was seen in an area unvisited since the reign of Louis IV ; the counts of Nevers , Chalon , and Mâcon were brought to heel ; Burgundian lords appealed for the king 's mediation in their quarrels ( he also sought theirs ) ; the count of Forez , hitherto only a vassal of the Emperor , declared his most important castles to be held as fief of the crown of France , the first step in the integration of Forez into the French realm . |
| 6 | More detailed examination shows that the burial at Cnoc na Faire , Ardnave , contained the skeleton of a girl and under her there was a rusty object which might have been a spear head . |
| 7 | Len did n't answer , then a sound that could have been a sigh or which might have been a sob escaped his lips , a sound full of despair . |
| 8 | Murray 's new all-comers ' mark was one of six set on Saturday — along with Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov 's 5.81m pole vault , Jon Edwards 's 17.16m triple jump and Michael Johnson 's incredible 400m in 45.14 , which could have been a world record if he had not eased up . |
| 9 | I am certainly not impotent which would have been a worry . |
| 10 | BP and its partners , who have been licensed by the Government to drill for oil in the area , have consulted closely with the Trust and have ruled out the easiest and cheapest development option , which would have been a ten-acre onshore site at Studland . |
| 11 | It is hardly surprising , then , that one observer thought this such ‘ a scene of riot , confusion , destruction of property , and injury to persons which would have been a disgrace to a savage land ’ . |
| 12 | This would have probably entailed working involuntary overtime , possibly long , awkward hours and , almost certainly , making a physical input , one consequence of which would have been a limit on the amount of time spent with the children and energy contributed to their amusement . |
| 13 | The other man was found dead nearby , he too had been shot in what may have been a drugs related killing . |
| 14 | There was what may have been a bishop 's mitre on the skull , which grinned amiably up at us . |
| 15 | FEBRUARY , May and August could be seen as rehearsals for November 's main event so that what may have been a series of happenings in these months could lead to November 's denouement . |
| 16 | Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock . |
| 17 | One of the rusting iron pipes fastened to the shed wall and apparently coming from what remained of the old boilerhouse inside , had a plate affixed to it , near the stump of what must have been a water stop valve . |
| 18 | From the Korthaus collection : a Böttger flared white beaker-vase , circa 1720 , estimate £10–15,000 sold for £45,000 ( $76,900 ) to a private collector with a dealer as the underbidder ; a Meissen silver-gilt mounted gold-ground blue-and-white cylindrical tankard , circa 1730 , estimate £6–8,000 : surprisingly for its quality bought-in at £4,500 ; sold after the sale for what must have been a bargain price ; a Meissen circular tureen and cover with fish handles , circa 1728 , sold to a private collector for £30,000 ( $51,270 ) , estimate £12–18,000 . |
| 19 | Peered into the mirror , pinched my cheeks , fiddled with my frizz , stuck out what should have been a chest , and , well pleased , sashayed , stiff with petticoats and pride , through the storm porch and out to the bus stop . |
| 20 | And what should have been a doddle for Lord Waddington turned into a disaster . |
| 21 | At what should have been a time to reflect on a most successful campaign to unite both Church and public in defence of fundamental Christian belief , Mrs Whitehouse was ‘ rocked ’ by the breaking of another controversy . |
| 22 | What should have been a routine exercise in extending the Government 's borrowing power to $3.1 thousand billion became bogged down in wrangling over legislative initiatives lawmakers wanted to attach to the bill . |
| 23 | And what should have been a piece of gaily irresponsible nonsense becomes impregnated with evil . ’ |
| 24 | Indeed , DEC president Bob Palmer , was missing from what should have been a showpiece event . |
| 25 | George Graham blamed fatigue for the poor standard of entertainment in what should have been a showpiece occasion . |
| 26 | Or what should have been a chord . |
| 27 | The twitch broadened fractionally into what might have been a smile on anyone else but on him was just a rearrangement of composed features . |
| 28 | The first X-ray showed what might have been a crack . |
| 29 | But a car was seen slowing down at what might have been a pick-up point on the A12 . |
| 30 | Thus the time spent on securing Kazakhstan turned what might have been a sideshow in central Asia into a major international issue . |