Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] have [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and I may have slowed down a little today , I do n't know I should have timed it again . |
| 2 | I may now have an inkling of what has happened to me over the last few years ; I may have lined up a few suspects , even tentatively put my finger on ‘ who done it ’ ; I may have my own private detectives working alongside the regular police , and we may have made an arrest or two , but the file has not been closed . |
| 3 | I think I must have picked up a virus . |
| 4 | ‘ A week or so after I got back it was still there so I went to a doctor and said I might have picked up a parasite . |
| 5 | No I would n't , cos I might have picked up a different thing . |
| 6 | I 'll have to sort out a suitable bottle of wine to go with it . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’ |
| 8 | By then I 'll have worked out a plan to get us back behind our own lines . ’ |
| 9 | Pity you were n't here , I could have rushed up a ticket or two and you could have explained the finer nuances . |
| 10 | I could n't have missed him , but I could have slowed down a bit . |
| 11 | I 'd have ended up a patient if I 'd done it for much longer . |
| 12 | ‘ We do n't have too many large office blocks in the North-East so I 'd have to knock down a number of housing schemes . |
| 13 | Some people tend to take advantage of a placid nature — that is only human — so I realized that in order to prevent abuse of my personality I would have to put up a barrier to protect my inner self . |
| 14 | I would have slowed down a lot more than that . |
| 15 | The writer had used 4 oz in 80 oz of 32 index fluid and , although I would have carried out a similar treatment as that ten years ago using saline , I consider this type of case nowadays has to be treated in a different manner , with up-to-date fluids and up-to-date knowledge — there are many first class fluids on the market today . |
| 16 | The thesis which should have brought about a major revolution in the study of religion , society and culture has instead been ignored , repudiated and contradicted ; the promised revolution has totally aborted and in general nothing remains in modern applied psychoanalysis of Totem and Taboo save an emasculated , diluted and vitiated remnant . |
| 17 | And can I tell you , that if we 'd just done Covermaster , somebody could have picked up a point there . |
| 18 | One of the most important limitations on statutory safeguards is the insistence that , to qualify for most rights , you must have built up a specified period of continuous employment . |
| 19 | She might have taken on a job as a waitress for the summer , but she was damned if she was going to let people treat her like a mindless robot because of it . |
| 20 | She might have quietened down a bit by now , but you know what she 's like . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah , I think you 'll have to go round a bit . |
| 22 | So you 'll have to put on a bit more flesh if you want filmstar legs . |
| 23 | And that , you 'll have to take out a mortgage to do that . |
| 24 | But perhaps you 'll have to grow up a bit more before you realise that . ’ |
| 25 | Maybe that way she could have coaxed out a little information about his affair with Elise . |
| 26 | If she could have picked up a rock she would have hurled it at his rotten head . |
| 27 | you 'd have to hunt about a bit I 'm afraid . |
| 28 | She would have rustled up a little casserole or coq au vin while he laid the table beautifully . |
| 29 | Essentially , they were administrators , who would have built up a following among other administrators who supported their attitudes and often owed their careers to them . |
| 30 | When you and your fiance visit the minister of your church , you will have to fill out a form giving your personal details such as date of birth etc . |