Example sentences of "surely it [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it would have torn the sheets to pieces , synthetic or otherwise ? ’ |
| 2 | But surely it would have been both noisy and dangerous ? |
| 3 | Surely it would have to go away soon ? |
| 4 | Yet they 'd been to Spain , Italy and Greece time after time , and surely it would have been natural for Isabelle to want to show off the country of her birth . |
| 5 | Surely it would have been possible at least to give the number of people who had been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , and the number of people subsequently charged . |
| 6 | Surely it could have been better spent on real conservation schemes , or even helping some of those small farmers facing bankruptcy and eviction ? |
| 7 | Surely it should have more potential than the Booker : the romantic novel has a wider mass readership , and there are few prizes for this end of the market . |