Example sentences of "that [vb mod] have been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials think now that may have been a mistake . |
| 2 | A well-worn path not marked on the map that may have been an old link between Gawthrop and the track called Long Bank that crosses Middleton Fell , leads to the right of the crags into a slight outcrop of rock marked by a lone hawthorn . |
| 3 | That ought to have been the World Bank 's priority all along . |
| 4 | So came into existence the ‘ Harborough Arm ’ a branch that should have been a main line . |
| 5 | A tiny girl , but her eyes were bright and large and caring , full of the compassion that should have been a stranger in the Pot'ma railway yards . |
| 6 | Steve Cauthen , who rode Balla Cove , had earlier taken the other feature race on the card , the Godolphin Stakes , on Spritsail — a victory that should have been the subject of a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 7 | Returning ships from the Falklands brought much detail about the campaign that should have been the stuff of correspondent 's reports in a democratic society . |
| 8 | Of course we did n't have servants , but my first bedroom was a little L-shaped room that must have been a maid 's room . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , if it was intended as a distraction , then that must have been the moment when he poisoned his wife . |
| 10 | Two of them were wearing navy-blue men 's overcoats that must have been the crew 's , holding the ends carefully to save them from trailing on the stairs . |
| 11 | Zervos had a huge dense beard that might have been a cutting from the grotto 's undergrowth . |
| 12 | Erm you had friends everywh , in all sorts of places , you did n't dally , shall we say , in some of them that might have been a bit smelly . |
| 13 | He made a noise that might have been a giggle in happier circumstances ‘ … made me ill . |
| 14 | The maid fled to her room but could still hear Mrs Putt 's shrill voice until there was a brief , muffled scream , followed by a whole series of sounds that might have been a fight . |
| 15 | She stared , and said something that might have been a question or a rejection . |
| 16 | A sound , the barest whisper of something that might have been a moan , rose in her throat . |
| 17 | The flush was still there , and in his voice something that might have been an appeal . |
| 18 | There was a central mark somewhere in the splurge that might have been the impression of a nipple , but he could n't be sure . |
| 19 | The line went dead and , unfolding itself from the mat , the dog gave a single , peremptory bark that might have been the result of an interrupted dream . |
| 20 | He made a final , half-hearted attempt at a smile that could have been a yawn . |
| 21 | A wooden kitchen table with some crocks on it , a car battery split long ago , three chairs and a broken clothes horse , a pile of something in a corner that could have been a tramp 's bed , or , indeed , a long-dead tramp . |
| 22 | Len did n't answer , then a sound that could have been a sigh or which might have been a sob escaped his lips , a sound full of despair . |
| 23 | Dot woke on that morning that could have been the last morning of her life and knew by the brightness reflected across the ceiling that she was safe , for the roads would still be blocked . |
| 24 | Delia Sutherland closed her fingers around the inside of his elbow with a pressure that could have been the overture to an embrace but he knew it was not . |
| 25 | As we stepped through the portal , we left the late Mughal haveli behind and entered a very different world : inside we were confronted by a gleaming pink boudoir that could have been the dressing-room of a 1950s Hollywood film star . |
| 26 | He turned the car into a narrow street and stopped in a yard that could have been the twin of the one at the other hotel . |
| 27 | Within one eye socket of the indeterminate monstrosity behind the wheel something that could have been an eye popped loudly and viscous yellow fluid streamed down the corpse 's ravaged face . |
| 28 | Studying the body language of cabinet members showed that could have been an over-estimation . |
| 29 | The same happened to Foxley Wood ( Hampshire ) and Tillingham Hall ( Essex ) , new towns that would have been a dream come true for some people , but which were deemed unjustifiable and unnecessary by the Government inspector of planning appeals . |
| 30 | My word that would have been a spectacular goal . |