Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What ought to remain is a technique for learning , and a grasp of intellectual principles that may be applied and reapplied in different circumstances . |
| 2 | They may include being a wife to your husband , a mother to your children , or a daughter to your parents . |
| 3 | Now , perhaps , people will be more inclined to do just that , and if they are , then what we may need is a trade union link review group mark two . |
| 4 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 5 | ‘ You should 've been a policeman . |
| 6 | She always always oh she she had a second sight like that , I think she should 've been a doctor if she 'd lived in these this day and age . |
| 7 | You should 've been a lot through more than five . |
| 8 | It must 've been a belt that 's come right through central London and completely missed the suburbs , or North London anyway suburbs |
| 9 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
| 10 | And that I should think is a source of this . |
| 11 | A task has been allocated to the human operator and what he must do is a function of the needs of the hardware . |
| 12 | Equation ( 5.7 ) merely states that the risk premium that holders of security 1 should expect is a function ( ) of the market risk premium . |
| 13 | Those negotiations are a matter for the liquidator and shareholders , and the question of what the court should do is a matter for the court and the parties before it , not the Government . |
| 14 | What we must achieve is a balance . |
| 15 | What you should avoid is a board with a very wide square tail . |
| 16 | The very least that the tenant should tolerate is a proviso that the light to the premises should not be " materially " affected by any such works . |
| 17 | There should have been a Government white paper to properly calculate the defence needs of the country . |
| 18 | Their last meal in it should have been a kind of sacrament . |
| 19 | It should have been a ticket to the less cheerful part of Novaya Zemlya . |
| 20 | It should have been a race a World champion like John Hill could easily take in his stride . |
| 21 | And they said you know th there should have been a way round it where they kept this couple in there . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I should have been a lesbian ! |
| 24 | He should have been a choir master . |
| 25 | I should have been a detective , she thought , as her journey ended . |
| 26 | ‘ He should have been a candidate in … |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't see any reason why a dog should have been a problem , ’ said Dr Julia Schofield after collecting her MBE from the Queen . |
| 28 | It should have been a problem because the personal details of Flora are meant to be secret , under the terms of a high court injunction granted in the middle of last month , Sarah is not allowed to discuss anything about her daughter with anyone , other than her legal and medical advisors . |
| 29 | ( No Robina Mary , Robina Elizabeth for the girl who should have been a boy . ) |
| 30 | With that spirit and her inventive brain , she should have been a boy , and together they would have run the world . |