Example sentences of "he [modal v] have [vb pp] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , a number of provisions contained in TA 1988 , Part XV ( ss660-689 ) which seek to tax the income arising from the trust property upon the settlor , even though he may have attempted to alienate that income for tax purposes . |
| 2 | Owing to his involvement with Darwin and other staff in the Senior Common Room , he may have wished to avoid any liaison with a student that would have embarrassed College authorities . |
| 3 | Had he lived to see the present development of union organization , with its emphasis on restrictive employment and job demarcation , he might have wished to revise some of his views . |
| 4 | He must be past thirty now , but she would never have believed he could have grown to make such a gross figure of a man . |
| 5 | He would have liked to give more information , ask someone to research the final days of the tsar ; but he knew that would only have got back to the KGB , and in this game secrecy was the only key he held . |
| 6 | He would have enjoyed seeing more of this blue and green misty world with the lingering scents of ancient magic everywhere and he would have liked to see some of its people and found out how they lived and what they did and if they were happy . |
| 7 | ‘ I doubt very much if , even given his religious beliefs , he would have wished to impose that upon me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ One wonders , had he been able to have a say , whether he would have wished to inflict this level of strain on those around him . |