Example sentences of "[modal v] have been one " in BNC.
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| 1 | now there , there must 've been one reason why you chose Friends Provident . |
| 2 | She held the sleeping baby in her arms but the scene , which should have been one of contentment , was marred by her appearance . |
| 3 | Or a prissy tech pedant , who should have been one of my father 's scribes . ’ |
| 4 | Disturbed that the English were at odds with a nation that should have been one of its natural religious allies , Cromwell brought about a rapid end to the Dutch War , and during the peace negotiations he even proposed that in the interests of their common religion the English and Dutch republics should merge to form one united Protestant state . |
| 5 | He was third , but only 3000 behind the winner and almost put in the Liberal in what should have been one of the safest Conservative seats in the country . |
| 6 | Lions teams have always included a ‘ risk ’ or two , and Elwood should have been one of them in place of Stuart Barnes , who can be too unpredictable when the going gets tough . |
| 7 | This day should have been one of the best days of her life , the start of her search . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 10 | Easter that year must have been one of the mixed joy and sadness when many old members returned after the War whilst others did not . |
| 11 | This must have been one of the more profitable periods in the mill 's history for , over the next few years , Wight installed steam power as well as a new water wheel . |
| 12 | This was the site of what must have been one of the longest running water disputes in molinological history . |
| 13 | It would be possible , Roland thought , to identify the breakfast party , which must have been one of Crabb Robinson 's later efforts to provide stimulating conversation for the students of the new London University . |
| 14 | And all that in one week , it must have been one of Madame 's special amateur talent weeks I suppose . |
| 15 | Charles Kingsley , writing of the final destruction of the Fens , was perhaps the first to regret the loss of what must have been one of the finest natural systems in Europe . |
| 16 | Molesworth 's chairmanship of the Select Committee on the Downing Street Public Offices Bill must have been one of his last acts as First Commissioner of Works , as on 21st July , 1855 , Palmerston promoted him to be Secretary of State for the Colonies , and appointed the President of the Board of Health , Sir Benjamin Hall ( 1802–67 ) , in his place . |
| 17 | The early days of talkies in Hollywood must have been one of the steepest learning-curves anyone anywhere has faced . |
| 18 | One of the first things to happen after my arrival at Bourn was the phasing out of Stirling bombers , so that the one that followed me around the perimeter track must have been one of the last to operate from there . |
| 19 | Corbett then spent what must have been one of the most miserable nights he had ever experienced . |
| 20 | The set ends at just the point where she was becoming a fashionable figure and , eventually , a popular one on a wider scale ; by the end of the Forties , she must have been one of the most admired singers of her day . |
| 21 | ‘ Must have been one of the crew . ’ |
| 22 | It must have been one of those little short-necked electric guitars that Lindley had . |
| 23 | Stamford must have been one of the religious and academic Meccas of ancient Albion , situated close to Troy , and a place of international pilgrimage for both mystics and scholars . |
| 24 | ‘ The horrifying thing is the thought that it must have been one of us that did it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It must have been one hell of a party . |
| 26 | The overall effect of , for example , a group of elaborately dressed and bejewelled priestesses conducting a rite with carved and gilded cult objects against a background of inlaid furniture , brightly painted pillars and multi-coloured frescoes must have been one of dazzling opulence . |
| 27 | At the top of the scale , business must have taken a number of leading men out of town at the time the assessment was made , including , for example , Robert Thorne , Merchant Taylor and a notable benefactor to the City ; worth more than £20,000 at the time of his death in 1532 , he must have been one of the very richest men in England . |
| 28 | Having addressed the President and the Congress , and having conducted what must have been one of the first lecture tours of the United States , Owen set up a village of Co-operation at New Harmony , in Indiana . |
| 29 | This recipe must have been one of Boulestin 's favourites . |
| 30 | Another woman , in a different firm , who had been twenty years in the trade ( so must have been one of the original beginners ) reported in similar terms : " in the regular bookwork , the girls do the same work as the men , but they do not lift their own " formes " and " chases " . |