Example sentences of "it [modal v] have [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it may have to do a lot more than talk . |
| 2 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 3 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 4 | It must have cost a lot at the start but they |
| 5 | That was another oft-told story in our family because it must have meant a lot in those days , owning your own house instead of paying rent to a landlord . |
| 6 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
| 7 | It would 've saved a lot of agonizing . ’ |
| 8 | It would have saved a lot of unnecessary antagonism . ’ |
| 9 | With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way . |
| 10 | ‘ Neither am I , querida , ’ he said slowly , ‘ but I wish that I 'd had those skills in Seville because it would have saved a lot of anguish . |
| 11 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 12 | Well , it would have taken a lot of investment . |
| 13 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |