Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 After a while , the villagers suspected that their priest must have stumbled across some sort of treasure , for how else could the funding of his good works be explained ?
32 His way into the sport was typical of the drivers of his generation : not having any money of his own , and his parents being both unwilling and unable to finance a career on which they must have looked with some distaste , Hunt had to start where he could : in the event , with a stripped-down Mini in which he learned the rudiments of the sport .
33 A line of pikemen must have looked like some kind of rampaging porcupine . ’
34 My second uncle must have slept in this room .
35 Despite the constant temptation to misuse an artist 's name , there seem to be very few cases where the customer was actually deceived , although this surely must have happened with some pirate or bootleg records .
36 She must have known about that sign , about the people coming to put it up .
37 Theo must have known in any case : he was always his parents ' confidant and advisor , as well as his brother 's .
38 When we got there the street was crowded with people who must have come from all parts of the City .
39 A few fishing boats sat in the lagoon , some outrigger canoes were drawn up on the sand and one small pleasure yacht , which must have come from another island , was anchored to a buoy .
40 In each case , the new school now contained fry of two different sizes , and so it was clear that some must have come from another family .
41 The network of shires and hundreds brought royal government to all landowners of any substance , and must have acted as some kind of counter-weight to the influence of local lords and feelings of local separatism .
42 She had smelly white plastic miniskirts with heavy steel chain belts that must have belonged to some fetishist , and acrylic ribbed halter-tops clinging to her almost concave tits .
43 Plainly , since he had been aware that she had ‘ run away ’ from him , he must have still been in Prague that morning , and must have returned to that hotel suite some time after she 'd left .
44 A man 's voice replied , ‘ Elizabeth , dearest Elizabeth , you must have thought of these things fully as much as I !
45 But first you 'll have to deal with this man and woman to satisfy yourself one way or the other about them .
46 I think that they 'll have to go in you 'll have to go into each area .
47 I suppose I 'll have to go to this Sheldrake man for my pigs . ’
48 ‘ That 's possible — he knows I 'll be looking for him — but he 'll have to remain in this country until he can collect his legacy , and by then he 'll expect me to have given up . ’
49 . I think it 's too late to order today but I 'll have look through those leaflets .
50 aye and you 'll have to start saving this month
51 ‘ If they think you 're right I suppose we 'll have to send in another team to scour through the garbage again .
52 You 'll have to speak to that boy again today .
53 ‘ I 'll go back to my dad 's business until Christmas but then I 'll have to look for another job , hopefully I 'll be able to stay in golf .
54 I 'll have to look for another job , but there 's nothing suitable in this area .
55 Thorfinn said , ‘ If the landings take place on the north side , they 'll have to look for more boats upriver and get themselves across till we can come . ’
56 And she said , ‘ You know , I 'll have to look in this trunk here , but I have n't got the time , I must be off now … ’ .
57 That 's what I 'll have to get for these chairs
58 And then if er you want a so solicitor with you on that day we 'll have to come to some arrangement with you privately about the costs .
59 The William and Mary declaration being 1688 , it suggests that such a lease might have run from that date , but it could have been earlier , in which case such an arrangement would have been almost certainly ultra vires .
60 Given these kinds of powers , benefits and resources , it is interesting to speculate upon what the appropriate local authorities might have done during this period .
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