Example sentences of "i [modal v] have have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there .
2 I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’
3 I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks .
4 ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’
5 I might have had a splendid pad ,
6 I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this .
7 he more or less sort of said well I 'll have to have a cheaper car .
8 The Sheffield Bomber said : ‘ I 'll have to have a long , serious think about my future — but I 'll make the decision , on my own .
9 So I 'll have to have a belated erm celebration .
10 ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this .
11 I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself .
12 Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! "
13 Ha I could have had a lovely new one !
14 So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas .
15 If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now .
16 Under other circumstances I 'd have had a snappy answer for her .
17 ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now .
18 If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying .
19 If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’
20 If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’
21 I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’
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