Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [adv] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least one writer has speculated that Carver may recently have lost a son ( by circular argument , in that selfsame Stirling plague ) , but the truth is we simply do n't know what , if any , personal reference is composed into the music . |
| 2 | The comparative stability of the oligopolistic structure in the United States may well have bred a complacency which Japanese and German capitalists , faced with rebuilding their position on world markets almost from scratch , could never afford . |
| 3 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 4 | If he 'd been thrown in cold against Juventus 's £8 million man , McLaren might well have suffered a very different fate from the rave reviews that greeted his outstanding display . |
| 5 | Furthermore , if world sugar prices had remained high , Moscow might even have realised a profit in its Cuban trade by reselling imported sugar on the world market ’ ( Gouré and Weinkle : 1972 , p. 75 ) . |
| 6 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
| 7 | It looks as though Robert may well have assembled a fleet at Fécamp , seemingly in 1033 , and that it visited Mont St Michel , where Edward made a gift to the monks . |
| 8 | Were one to substitute the word ‘ nature ’ for the ‘ nature of art history ’ , then Degas might unwittingly have written a fitting description of this most recent book on his work . |
| 9 | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Mimi Rogers fill up the background prettily enough , but director Roger Donaldson could really have used a sharper script |
| 10 | And Becker could hardly have landed a more dangerous floater with a first round match against compatriot Marc Goellner who , along with Karbacher , is part of the new wave of top German players . |
| 11 | Had Canada won against the Swedes , Australia would then have had a home tie against them with the chance to recoup some of their financial losses in Cyprus , coupled with the incentive of knowing that further success would probably earn them a home match with the United States in the semi-finals . |
| 12 | A similar incident occurred with me in 1983 between Australia and Argentina from even further out from the goal-line , and on that occasion I felt Australia would definitely have scored a try but for a deliberate knock-on by the defenders and awarded a penalty try . |
| 13 | ‘ Jamie would never have done a silly thing like climbing up the archway . ’ |
| 14 | She believed Spittals would somehow have treated a male officer differently — spoken less patronisingly , with more respect . |
| 15 | Indeed , the loss of the Asmar network 's continuing surveillance of NARCOG 's operations in Lebanon may well have had a bearing on the bombing itself . |
| 16 | Bridgend did score a good try through Gareth Thomas from a tapped penalty , while at the other end Jones should really have kicked a second penalty after Jenkins had been penalised for treading heavily on Yendle . |
| 17 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 18 | Walt Disney may well have appreciated a tool like this for taking the drudgery out of the cartoon business but it has more serious applications in logo design and very effective business graphics ; one of the stock Adobe illustrations is a plot of the stock market showing a bull turning into a bear ! |
| 19 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 20 | The Smiths may well have attained a state of parody but , amazingly , it did n't matter . |
| 21 | South America could easily have had a marsupial anteater , alongside its marsupial sabre-tooth " tiger " , but as it happens the anteater trade was early filled by placental mammals instead . |
| 22 | Fergie may well have bought a cut diamond at cut price but how he fits in remains a poser . |
| 23 | Lancashire might easily have lost a second wicket when Nick Speak backed up too far . |
| 24 | John could hardly have found a better influence . |
| 25 | Buster Keaton would never have worn a straw hat , he stresses , and London is scoured for a felt one . |