Example sentences of "[modal v] only have [vb pp] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jorg Sambetn , a Givaudan engineer who investigated the accident after it happened , says it should only have taken 15 minutes , and can not understand why the workers omitted it . |
| 2 | I noticed he was carrying something wrapped in a cloth and could only have used one hand for balance . |
| 3 | Had she gone the long way round , using a main road , she would only have added 10 minutes to her journey . |
| 4 | It would only have needed one postponement at the school 's shale pitch to have wrecked Errol 's big opportunity ! |
| 5 | If I liked it , I could re-apply for the one-year programme , and if I did n't , I would only have wasted five months . |