Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bram Stoker may have been a genial enough fellow externally , but he knew how to find a place which would match the chill in the soul of his novel . |
| 2 | John Donne may have been a great frequenter of plays , but the catalogue of his books he produced in the early seventeenth century reveals no dramatist among the many contemporary English writers he assembled . |
| 3 | Brampton may have been a quiet man but I can not imagine him allowing anyone to hustle him upstairs in a house full of people , tie a noose round his neck and hang him . |
| 4 | Memphis , Tennessee must have been a lively place for the city ‘ s policemen in the early 1970s . |
| 5 | Harold Laski said Beatrice Webb should have been a medieval abbess , where her organising ability would have gained a spiritual dimension . |
| 6 | William Symons must have been a wild one for in July of the same year he and Elizabeth Cole also of Halling , were both bound over for twenty shillings to appear at the next gaol delivery . |
| 7 | At that stage , Sunderland were good value for the lead and Mr Crosby must have been a contented man . |
| 8 | The fortieth anniversary of the founding of East Germany on Saturday could have been a crowning moment in Erich Honecker 's career . |
| 9 | If it also represented self-confidence , Ken would have been a happy man . |
| 10 | The axe was originally a northern European weapon , and a typical design during the time of Barbarossa would have been a simple axe blade balanced by a spike on its reverse . |
| 11 | The Kent Spring Rally on 1 March might have been a total ‘ white-out ’ but for the admirable spirit of Kent members , who ploughed their way through a freshly deposited six-inch fall of snow to get there . |
| 12 | Barny may have been a natural for breeding , but he was useless at actually rearing his offspring . |
| 13 | Scotland may have been a remote country . |
| 14 | Frantic attempts to have my bags recalled came to nought and by half-past-one the Taiwan Timberland lookalikes hit deep slush at Torino after a salivating glimpse of Monte Bianco and blanketed environs a few feet to the left wingtip. 10 December must have been a great day for skiing . |
| 15 | Fairclough played a Batty-esque defensive midfield role as far as I could tell , marking Shearer might have been a better idea , though he did an OK job as it was . |
| 16 | But Magda ze Schluderpacheru was better than the other madams , the Silver Shuriken could have been a nice place with a little work . |
| 17 | John Piper may have been a foolish man in many ways but he was always friendly and generous to all classes of people . |
| 18 | At first glance , Wilson should have been a superlative practitioner of Cabinet government . |
| 19 | Hawkshead must have been a fascinating crowded place on market days . |
| 20 | Although destroyed in 1789 , the French crosses bore figures of kings , just as the Eleanor crosses contained a figure of the queen , and the Montjoies of St Louis must have been a formative influence on Edward 's decision to act as he did . |
| 21 | But a rugged tight-head like Peter Clohessy might have been a better choice . |
| 22 | As solid as a rock and a very tough competitor , Clohessy would have been a perfect choice , particularly after going through the pre-Tour fitness regime . |
| 23 | It was certainly the case that in the first centuries the example of Jesus must have been a tremendous model for living and for dying . |
| 24 | Inglewood must have been a perfect foil for the grand civic buildings of Liverpool , with its open timber balcony on the south side overlooking terraced and formal gardens laid out in the ‘ Old English ’ style . |
| 25 | Day one in Delhi should have been a gentle , relaxed affair lounging around the hotel pool recovering from jetlag after a 5am arrival from London . |
| 26 | On the evidence of the many religious interpolations reported by Boswell , Johnson could have been a divine , a mystic . |
| 27 | Do you think Ruddock would have been a good buy ? |
| 28 | If Audrey Barrie Brown had had her way , Fresden Manor near Swindon would have been a Roman history study centre . |
| 29 | Blossom would have been a suitable name for the large oilman who arrived in a huge lorry to deliver the central heating oil . |
| 30 | Perhaps Italy would have been a fairer example for Mr Major to have picked . |