Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [been] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , to Tolkien 's mind , there must have been present the problem of Beowulf . |
| 2 | There must have been many an occasion when agents , in particular , must have wished to see the back of him . |
| 3 | It must have been such a shock for him when Maria Luisa had told him she was going to marry Steve . |
| 4 | The Highlands and Islands were vastly more populated then and ‘ characters ’ must have been two a penny . |
| 5 | Think it must have been all the cleaning and dusting I did . " |
| 6 | Smiles came from within , they were n't just a facial movement , and she stared at him assessingly as she wondered how she could have been such a fool . |
| 7 | ‘ In theory , I suppose , the nearest piece of fruit could have been doctored , but I do n't see myself how the murderer could have been sure the victim would have picked it . ’ |
| 8 | The goal certainly gave the home side a lift and they could have been level a minute later . |
| 9 | It may have been such a realisation ( along with the generally hostile reaction to the Framework document ) that encouraged the DES to be less specific in its second attempt at producing a framework for the curriculum ( almost a year after its first attempt ) . |
| 10 | While this view may have been valid a century ago , the situation has changed over the past two decades and ceramics are now widely used in many engineering applications , including wear components , seals , bearing surfaces and engine components . |
| 11 | I 'd be su I would 've been such a wreck last night if that , if Foxy had done that to me . |
| 12 | His conclusion that there was no duress where the defendant could only put pressure on the plaintiff by the institution of proceedings , to which proceedings there would have been available the defence which ultimately prevailed , was , in my view , unimpeachable since there is ample authority for the view that a mere threat of action does not per se constitute duress . |
| 13 | But er you know , and it would have been such a waste cos he 's bright . |
| 14 | After the 21 May rally , demonstrations became relatively commonplace and on a scale which would have been unthinkable a month earlier . |
| 15 | BY NOW a small museum will have been open a couple of months , located on the edge of the airport at Port Elizabeth on the eastern side of the Republic of South African Air Force Museum ( of which more in the December FlyPast ) , acting as a regional ‘ draw ’ for aviation enthusiasts of all ilks in a land that is very air-minded . |