Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have [vb pp] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probable that they either crashed or were shot down , although Stirling states that there was evidence that at least some of them may have reached their target . |
| 2 | At the same time , however , discussion tended to be dominated by certain sets of people ; by academics , by Americans , by mathematicians and scientists , by people with little experience of younger children or of the teachers who normally guide them , by scholars whose passionate concern for their own disciplines and the elegance of thought within them may have outweighed their concern for the school curriculum and the balanced development of school children . |
| 3 | Someone , somewhere must have been concerned for and worried about these unfortunate children and found their absence odd ; surely too , someone must have paid their fare and seen them off on their journey . |
| 4 | Given my circumstances , I might have found their manner insultingly casual . |
| 5 | Speaking on radio the man , whose wife was assaulted , said : ‘ If I had got my hands on them I would have broken their arms . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Problems often arise in childhood which may have affected their lives in a way they can not understand . |
| 7 | But because the law as an ass , overs were arbitrarily taken from their batsmen and games which should have gone their way were lost . |
| 8 | " We may regret that the Commissioners did not pursue a more spirited foreign policy and visit the United States of America , where , beyond a doubt , they would have seen results which would have qualified their condemnation of the combined system . |
| 9 | Teachers , like managers , need to review their attitudes , especially as the majority will themselves have come through the nursing system " which will have shaped their values and behaviour . |
| 10 | Even if historians are specifically interested in form , it is likely to be the history of forms , or the development of styles which will have attracted their attention . |
| 11 | ‘ Nevertheless the fact remains that disciplinary action against officials who may have exceeded their duties or wilfully abused the position of responsibility with which they have been entrusted is a purely internal matter which will be carried out , should the situation warrant it , by the appropriate authorities at the appropriate time . |
| 12 | But it was the politicians who should have completed their homework more thoroughly . |
| 13 | You should have seen their faces ! |
| 14 | You should have seen their faces ! |
| 15 | Dinah noticed that the garden was tidy and well weeded , and reserved her opinion of the scholarly pair until she should have seen their methods for herself . |
| 16 | The growth of bureaucracy led to the proliferation of officials with functions as police , tax collectors and customs officers who might have had their offices in such places . |
| 17 | Others who could have booked their passages to New Zealand are the props Popplewell and Clohessy and No8 Robinson . |
| 18 | She said : " I felt at an earlier stage there were enough moderate Africans who could have taken their place alongside whites in government and there would have been much more evolution towards African leadership than the revolution that came about in the end . |
| 19 | She was an implacable bitch and she would have poisoned their minds against me anyway . |
| 20 | If the child in the cradle on whom Carabosse lays her curse after the other fairy godmothers have given her everything that makes a girl lovable could have understood the ordinary life she was forfeiting , she would have renounced their fairy boons ; given the choice , Caterina would have rejected her charms too , in order to be closer to her sister , to be more like Rosa . |
| 21 | The VDs were n't part of her arsenal , but she would have appreciated their style . |
| 22 | No word had come from Rose , and surely she would have cancelled their arrangements at the least hint of scandal ? |
| 23 | Bernard grew up at 8 Waterloo Road , London , a household kept by his father , containing , in his words , ‘ vague and violent people together , to whom parents had consigned a son who would have encumbered their travels ’ . |
| 24 | For example there are supposed to be many wives who would have left their husbands long ago if they had been able to work out how to tell him they were going . |
| 25 | There are many generations of qualified town planners who would have failed their examinations had they suggested such a thing . |
| 26 | Later , the presence , or even the existence , of the people we care about may not be necessary for their influence to apply , for we may retain the desire to be the kind of person who would have won their affection and approval . |
| 27 | In the corner between the window and the fireside was a cupboard , apparently full of plates and dishes , cups and saucers , and some more nondescript articles , for which one would have fancied their possessors could find no use — such as triangular pieces of glass to save carving knives and forks from dirtying tablecloths . |
| 28 | They may have lost their apostles , but they have the Spirit of the Lord himself remaining with them to teach and to inspire . |
| 29 | They may have achieved their aims and want to change their lives , Dr Rebecca Prenge told She magazine . |
| 30 | Conversely , the colour may well be perfect but they may have had their fill before you arrived . |