Example sentences of "[modal v] have be a terrible [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been a terrible ordeal . |
| 2 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock . |
| 3 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock for you … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Finding your friend 's body must have been a terrible shock for you , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock , when she left , I mean . ’ |
| 6 | It must have been a terrible experience to see the meal vanish before their eyes — one that Dad never forgot . |
| 7 | ‘ It must have been a terrible experience , at her age . |
| 8 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
| 9 | Jim Keeble recalls one amusing incident in ASF which could have been a terrible accident . |
| 10 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , although I welcome the economic measures to assist the Soviet Union — granted , as he rightly says , because of the courage of President Yeltsin in implementing his reforms — the other side of the coin is that it would have been a terrible mistake if we had jumped the gun and granted the assistance before the reforms were implemented ? |
| 11 | I 'd never been there but there would have been a terrible fuss if I 'd taken off to Roundhay Park or Woodhouse Moor or somewhere . |