Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] have [vb pp] from [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because they might not have come from Alain 's clothing at all and I did n't want to upset him unnecessarily . ’ |
| 2 | It could only have come from Gerry , and Gerry was dead . |
| 3 | I spent a perplexing evening in a Georgia bar some years ago endeavouring to persuade a local that I could NOT have driven from London . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ The tests show the blood could not have originated from Darren Nichol . ’ |
| 5 | And it was the last sort of confession I 'd ever have expected from Oliver . |
| 6 | The boy could n't have come from Thirkett surely ; it was too far . |
| 7 | The cast could n't have come from Stavanger 's teeth : he was wounded in the mouth by a piece of shrapnel during the war , and lost a good many teeth , with the result that he wore a plate with artificial teeth in both upper and lower jaws . |
| 8 | The cranes may also have suffered from Bharatpur 's environmental problems . |
| 9 | And , although he had benefited from the publicity surrounding the death and from the cheapness of the star 's replacement , he would also have benefited from Michael Banks 's drawing power , had he survived . |
| 10 | Their sword cabinet routine ca n't have come from MFI ‘ because there are n't any bits left over ’ . |