Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have had to admit to fatigue . |
| 2 | ‘ The hotel looked good — particularly the room service — but I do n't think I 'd want to have gone through the other things that happened to Kevin unless I had 50,000 policeman and 20,000 doctors with me to make sure I was okay . ’ |
| 3 | Then I 'd have had to chase after you wherever you went . |
| 4 | The last thing I would want to have to sell to my constituents is the idea that they should go into that bloody mess and be shot at by the bandits on both sides . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I would love to have raced at Mondello Park in the European series , but it clashes with the opening round of the British Championship at Knockhill in Scotland and my priority is to learn the British tracks as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | You sir , I would contend have found at every turn uncertainty amongst the local authorities and a and a lack of unanimity amongst the Greater York authorities as to whether there should be a settlement and where where it should go . |
| 7 | Dear Friend , I embrace you as I would like to have done on the day you left . |
| 8 | I would like to have heard of Sembene Ousmane years ago ; I could have enjoyed God 's Bits of Wood much earlier . |
| 9 | I would hate to have to explain to him the true state of affairs . |
| 10 | I could n't explain that I would have had to leave in a month or so anyway — but I pointed out that in fact I was n't well , had n't been for quite a while whatever he chose to think , and that a rest would do me good . |
| 11 | I suppose if the doctor had got his diagnosis right , then I would have had to go to hospital but it was to be another ten years before I was sent to such a place . |
| 12 | And we had erm we , there was a few changes during that time , we used to get troops coming in and occupying the classroom , and we maybe , at the very early days I can remember having to go to the Street School and also the Street Hall which belong that was a church hall . |
| 13 | ( Simon was drinking quite heavily then , even Mr James said she ought to have had allowed for that . ) |
| 14 | Meanwhile the corpse , who must have had to blink in the end , could be heard flushing water within . |
| 15 | Number the items and try placing an " urgency rating " against each item : x- for those books already overdue at the library ; for that essay to be presented by next Monday ; for the tutorial paper you 're committed to give next Tuesday ; for less urgent items , like the laundry or shopping you must try to have done by the weekend . |
| 16 | Well I thought there must be something , because I thought oh , she must have had to go in early with her not coming in . |
| 17 | She should have have thought of it before . |
| 18 | His head lowered to find her lips , while any thought of resistance she might have had melted like an ice-block in boiling water . |
| 19 | Later , when she came to seek employment elsewhere , she could claim to have appeared at the Vienna Opera , and the record would confirm it . ’ |
| 20 | If I had n't let her in she 'd have had to sit on her suitcase in the hall for three hours . ’ |
| 21 | But then she remembered what the wise old turtle had told her about putting herself in the dog 's place , and doing what she would want to have done to her . |
| 22 | Basinger testified in the civil suit that no contract existed with Main Line Pictures Inc. and that she chose not to appear in the film , Boxing Helena , because she would have had to perform in graphic sex scenes . |
| 23 | Several Oakham yeomen plied trades , including a pewterer called William Plavis who would appear to have employed at least two journeymen or apprentices and was one of the two or three richest men in the shire with £200 in goods besides a 40s. freehold . |
| 24 | However popular such finely decorated silver plates may have been among the wealthy Britons , it is highly unlikely that they would be seen by the working potters , who would have had to rely on a more popular source for their repertoire . |
| 25 | When you had obtained a divorce a mensa et toro , you would have had to appear by counsel before the House of Lords for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii . |
| 26 | If you work for between eight and 16 hours you will have to have worked for the same employer for at least five years to be eligible , and if you work for less than eight hours a week , you 'll lose these rights altogether . |
| 27 | Because of tax changes the amount you can invest has changed over the years . |
| 28 | Without his Histories in Four Books we should know virtually nothing of what happened in the months following Louis the Pious 's death , and , more importantly , we should have had to guess at the motivations of those involved . |
| 29 | Issue voting , which one might expect to have increased in significance given the decline in class voting , appears to remain extremely limited . |
| 30 | If we paid cash , we might have had to go to shareholders for a rights issue . ’ |