Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [be] [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greek Intelligence must have been taking a more than passing interest in the activities of our friend Andropulos over a long period , years I would think . |
| 2 | It must have been mailed a few days ago , with a second class stamp . |
| 3 | The grandparent could have been living a few houses away . |
| 4 | Over ninety states have accepted the obligation not to acquire nuclear arms under the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty ; although this treaty has not prevented the detonation of a nuclear device by India and the covert acquisition of nuclear capacity also by Israel and South Africa , the total list of nuclear powers is relatively small , and perhaps less than may have been predicted a few years ago . |
| 5 | So your ideal system would have been to have a few strategic Cabinet committees beneath the Cabinet that would have done all the most controversial business ? |
| 6 | The least we can do is plant a few trees in return . |
| 7 | One of the worst things you can do is to invite a few friends round who then chat in the background so that there is a continuous hubbub . |