Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] have [verb] 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 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Could she have found a strategy for comparing the areas ? |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Could he have had a fall or tripped or something ? ’ |
| 7 | Would I have to place a screen between the two tanks so that the fish can not see each other ? |
| 8 | Erm would you have to do a lot of cleaning work as well in the kitchens ? |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | Why else would he have remained a bachelor ? |
| 14 | ‘ Will you have to wear a carnation and carry a copy of today 's Post ? ’ asked Holly with a giggle . |
| 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 ? |
| 17 | What other ways can you have to close a question , when you want , wan na get a green light ? |