Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They debated about whether it was right for Tinkerbell to look such a ‘ raggedy ’ fairy : should she have worn a dress ? |
| 2 | Should he have become a friar or a student ? |
| 3 | stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you |
| 4 | Since it 's not getting past the ROM stage when I boot up , is this a fault in the ROM , or could I have contracted a virus ? |
| 5 | Could she have found a strategy for comparing the areas ? |
| 6 | I thought them extraordinary Performances for a Girl of her Age , and one that had so little Advantage ( or rather none at all ) either from Books or Conversation : But my bad State of Health prevented me from making any further Enquiry concerning this young Genius , till about fourteen Months before her Death , when I was first inform 'd she had wrote a Tragedy . |
| 7 | Mr Etyang said : ‘ Professor Gresham may be an eminent pathologist in the UK , but he is a human being — could he have made a mistake ? |
| 8 | Could he have had a fall or tripped or something ? ’ |
| 9 | Would you have given a penalty ? |
| 10 | Would you have thought a year ago that you would be spending your next name-day in Paris ? |
| 11 | At any other record company , the protesters would not have got beyond the uniformed commissionaires on the door ; at no other record company would you have found a group still wearing kaftans . |
| 12 | And I think that would have been the the classic situation where we would We 've got a procedure now for dealing with it and I think this covers all and I unless somebody wants to further debate the matter I 'll er I will propose that we adopt these the financial regulations for the er Tyneside Film Theatre Limited . |
| 13 | Yes in the vicin I I did n't know the cupboards were near the bed , but yes , in relation to the bed those two places would it have taken a fraction of a second to strip off the duvet to check what was under it . |
| 14 | Why else would he have remained a bachelor ? |
| 15 | Not only will you have got a report which is useless , but you will also have to get another one . |
| 16 | When the Minister next meets the chairmen of the health boards in Scotland , will he have had a chance to study the correspondence from Tayside about the relocation of the casualty department of Dundee royal infirmary to a green-field site at Ninewells ? |