Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun pl] [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who read the highbrow press would probably have found the lowbrow tabloids woefully inadequate , but those who read the tabloids would probably have found the highbrow press too complex , long-winded , repetitious , waffling , and boring to be useful . |
| 2 | Herodotus can not bring himself to believe in a story which gives as the cause of centuries of rivalry ‘ nothing worse than woman-stealing on both sides ’ ( 42 ) , for he does not think the Greeks could possibly have gone to war over anything so trivial , and indeed he appears to concur with the Persian view that ‘ no young woman allows herself to be abducted if she does not wish to be ’ ( 42 ) . |
| 3 | Police say the fires could easily have spread to nearby houses . |
| 4 | His parents say the police should never have chased him . |
| 5 | South African police believe the women may also have been raped after the killers found them sunbathing . |
| 6 | Although the telephone wires had been cut minutes before the assault he knew the authorities would still have been alerted and were almost certainly on their way to the prison at that very moment . |
| 7 | I told her I thought The Times would probably have a man on the spot and it was late , and I prised my Toshiba away from her grasping hands . |
| 8 | Cooper , who saw striker John Gayle sent off after an off-the-ball clash with Daniel Delicari in the 70th minute , stormed : ‘ With a chance to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition , I thought the players would really have gone for it . |
| 9 | My second idea was jackdaws ; the barrier had almost certainly not been opened ; the tower was unscalable from without ; who or whatever took the relics must therefore have flown in . |
| 10 | But whatever favour you choose the rusks will still have all the qualities you would expect from one of the country 's most trusted and established baby food manufacturers . |
| 11 | A senior Hong Kong Government official said the deportations would either have to begin this week or wait until the new year . |