Example sentences of "they [vb mod] have had a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 2 | Clearly they failed to bring about disarmament , though they may have had a contributory effect on the decision to suspend tests in 1958 and later on the partial test ban treaty . |
| 3 | The similarity of their design to cup-and-ring patterns is striking and suggests that they may have had a ritual function . |
| 4 | Later these people reached all the inhabited areas of the Pacific and possibly America , it having been argued that they may have had a considerable influence on the rain-forest peoples of the New World , evidence coming from great similarities between certain groups in Borneo and central America , similarities greater than between these peoples and their geographic neighbours . |
| 5 | ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row . |
| 6 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |
| 7 | It may not be a good reason to us , but they must have had a good reason to do it , either family-wise or tension-wise , or because of life in general . |
| 8 | That meant that they must have had a good sexual relationship too . |
| 9 | Hey they must have had a good meal other night . |
| 10 | Except they 'll have had a four course meal to eat . |
| 11 | ‘ They might have had a good sleep — but we certainly have n't ! ’ |
| 12 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
| 13 | They might have had a miraculous escape . |
| 14 | Some of Bach 's melodies , however , are so freely formed that it is impossible to decide whether , like the above Sarabande , they could have had a simple outline as their origin , or whether Bach followed a free vein of inspiration , ignoring a well-defined construction . |
| 15 | They 'd have had a nine inch thick |
| 16 | She could see that if the circumstances of their meeting had been happier they would have had a good drink of her mother 's secret stash of Bushmill 's and reminisced all night . |
| 17 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ IF Bulgaria had qualified for Euro 92 they would have had a good chance of winning it . |
| 19 | This would be expected because , first , they would have been socialized into a version of mathematics nearer to that of the university ‘ modern ’ pure mathematicians than that of their elders and because , secondly , they would have had a potential interest in changes that could , within schools , challenge the seniority of their elder colleagues or , at least , they would have had less of a vested interest in current practice . |
| 20 | True , they would have had a stronger showing had not their former prime minister , Lothar de Maizière , stepped down before the election amid charges ( which he denies , and which an inquiry looks set to discuss ) that he used to work for the former East German secret police . |
| 21 | But they will have had a good reason . ’ |