Example sentences of "[noun sg] when he [modal v] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the murderer were a member of the Lab staff , why should he risk his neck when he must have known that the keys were on Lorrimer ? |
| 2 | Even then , there was a moment in the doorway when he could have reached her . |
| 3 | To birdie with a long par-4 coming up was a great bonus when he might have expected to bogey . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's crazy that he even refused to use my blend when he must have known it was working well … ’ |
| 5 | Paul Lane , watching , wondered if there would come a point when he would have to step between them . |
| 6 | Well , both of them should have been wearing their life jackets before they were over water , and X should not have stowed the dinghy in the locker area when he could have kept it closer to hand on one of the spare rear seats . |
| 7 | At the only time in his life when he would have liked to he was so crushed by doubt and diffidence that he kept his eyes scrupulously trained upon the ground , or the table in front of him , or the wall behind the shoulder of the person concerned . |
| 8 | Now he was lenient earlier on in the half the official when he might have shown a red card to Laws . |
| 9 | ‘ We ca n't find out why he drove around his own land when he could have walked . |
| 10 | His teachers at his Plymouth school threw scorn on the idea of going to a redbrick university when he could have chosen Oxford , but he felt a strong pull towards oil engineering and displayed the stubborn streak that was later to characterise his industrial career . |