Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] [adv] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The England coach , who is also assistant to Ian McGeechan on the Lions tour to New Zealand this summer , and who has been in Scotland since last Thursday , admitted yesterday that the Scots ' performance against Wales ‘ had been very impressive and must have surprised quite a few people , especially down south ’ . |
| 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 | A year or two ago I would have believed him , and maybe the truth would have come out a few months later . |
| 4 | Nostalgia buffs are gathering for an auction of items which most would have thrown away a few years ago . |
| 5 | She came with me for no reason at all , whereas it would have taken quite a few other PCs to shift her . |