Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That should have alerted me to the fact that Dr Tom Courtney was not as he seemed . |
| 2 | It is a consideration which I should have applied myself to the assessment of general damages to favour this plaintiff . |
| 3 | Police team manager David Rees said : ‘ We should have switched him to a Saturday afternoon shift . |
| 4 | Although I know that in these matters there is almost no limit to what people will do , I am horrified that Victoria should have subjected herself to an Aids test and — as I have heard happens — the offers of emotional counselling and financial advice . |
| 5 | His own fault , he should have left it to the river police who had more experience of that sort of thing , but he had felt responsible . |
| 6 | The headmistressy tone should have reduced him to an ill-behaved schoolboy . |
| 7 | ‘ You should have taken her to the clinic , Rachaela , ’ she said , without accusation . |
| 8 | The low price of sugar before 1690 , the dangers of war after 1690 , the Company 's inadequate provision for depreciation , and the planters ' unwillingness to pay their debts , might between them have ruined the Company in any case , but the end of the monopoly must have contributed something to the collapse . |
| 9 | It must have transmitted itself to the patients , for even they gave up after their initial attempts at jollity , and by mid-morning a definite air of gloom seemed to have settled over the place . |
| 10 | My visit must have alarmed him to the extent that he decided to check again to ensure he had n't left any clues . |
| 11 | Thus , where the draftsman used the phrase " adjoining premises " in one part of the lease and the phrase " adjoining or neighbouring premises " in another part of it , it was held that the former phrase only applied to property that came into physical contact with the demised property because the words " or neighbouring " must have added something to the word " adjoining " ( White v Harrow ( 1902 ) 86 LT 4 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll have to report it to the station , doctor , ’ he started . |
| 13 | Yes , when you get a bit bigger we 'll have to take you to a pantomime and then you 'll be able to say that . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll have to take you to the optician 's , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee . |
| 16 | Presumably I 'll have to transfer them to a separate tank first , but should it be planted or bare ? |
| 17 | At home I might have fed it to the fish , but here I felt sorry for it and watched until it was time to move on . |
| 18 | By this time I was feeling very friendly towards them and I might have said something to the effect : " If you will just mosey on down this trail ( meaning the main road between Cambridge and Huntingdon ) you will come to Alconbury , some 15 to 16 miles away . " |
| 19 | If you half-closed your eyes and looked at it you might have likened it to a string of coloured beads . |
| 20 | The stresses set up by the effects of heat and cold on the glass could have weakened it to the point that it may fracture under pressure in the aquarium . |
| 21 | ‘ His indifference pushed her to the edge whereas he could have romanced her to the end of the world . |
| 22 | Harvey said later that he thought the decision had been harsh and added that there had been no warning given about time-wasting before the game , although he accepted that Tyson could have mentioned it to the players during the match , a fact confirmed by the referee as he left the ground . |
| 23 | I could have directed you to a loch that is right by the side of the road where you would have caught nothing all day . ’ |
| 24 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 25 | As for Joe , who blithely missed a fracture a yard across , she could have pinned him to the wall with a scalpel , she was so cross . |
| 26 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 27 | Oh , I knew that that night I was in a very difficult position , if he had been on the public highway I could have taken him to the police station and taken him |
| 28 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
| 29 | Just the hint of a vengeful smile accompanied the massage that we could n't just walk off with that there dog — we 'd have to take him to the parcels office and sign for him . |
| 30 | After a pause for calculation , he added : ‘ And then I 'd have tethered it to the ground . ’ |