Example sentences of "they [modal v] have [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probable that they either crashed or were shot down , although Stirling states that there was evidence that at least some of them may have reached their target . |
| 2 | At the same time , however , discussion tended to be dominated by certain sets of people ; by academics , by Americans , by mathematicians and scientists , by people with little experience of younger children or of the teachers who normally guide them , by scholars whose passionate concern for their own disciplines and the elegance of thought within them may have outweighed their concern for the school curriculum and the balanced development of school children . |
| 3 | If they need some quick cash they may have sold your father to another group as a long-term investment . ’ |
| 4 | Conversely , the colour may well be perfect but they may have had their fill before you arrived . |
| 5 | It is now also dawning on us that , while they may have dropped their hippie beads and trinkets , they failed to let go of their new world view . |
| 6 | They may have driven my mother away , but they wo n't get rid of me so easily . |
| 7 | But , to judge from the unsureness of their gait , they must have lost their sea legs somewhere between Sheffield and Colchester , perhaps after an incident involving a couple of bottles of Drambuie . |
| 8 | They must have heard my scream . |
| 9 | They must have played their part in the overthrow of Thomas of Lancaster and the Lords Ordainers at the battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March . |
| 10 | Landing kicks on target has been Gloucester 's main weakness this season and when Roberts made it two out of two just before half time they must have thought their luck was changing . |
| 11 | I mean this they must have got my name through Miriam so they must already have worked out the they were working |
| 12 | And it would , I mean they , they would n't of even had expensive houses anyway but they must have taken their value away tremendously . |
| 13 | ‘ First you claim that the family is collaborating with the kidnappers , then you say they must have used their influence to have me sent here . |
| 14 | I 've got a lot to tell him and Jim and by then they should have seen our chairman . |
| 15 | ‘ They should have asked my permission . |
| 16 | They should have increased their lead 20 seconds into the second half when Sinclair 's hand ball on the line brought them a penalty . |
| 17 | Surely Bentham would want to say that they should have sought their pleasure in other ways which would , in fact , have been equivalent , but it is quite a problem to say what is meant by ‘ equivalent ’ here . |
| 18 | They should have penetrated his disguise and they should have alerted the Royal guards and the Fiana and every sorcerer in the Palace so that he could be driven out . |
| 19 | ‘ The estimate is by the end of the year they should have reduced their product range by about 20% . ’ |
| 20 | Rare woods , special inlays , great tone and the knowledge that you 'll be the envy of everyone who has n't got one , and by the end of the year they 'll have missed their chance , too . |
| 21 | By nine-thirty they 'll have collected their boarding passes and by ten the ship will be virtually deserted . ’ |
| 22 | P.B. They might have changed their tune , they might have changed their job description , but the job description was she was going out to primary schools . |
| 23 | P.B. They might have changed their tune , they might have changed their job description , but the job description was she was going out to primary schools . |
| 24 | The party in the Commons would probably have done so , though not without a severing of all connections by a determined minority ; there is little doubt though that the party outside parliament would not have accepted fusion , or that they could have prevented its implementation . |
| 25 | They could have accepted our offer of co-operation on a short Bill to return to the rating system as a first step towards a more general reform . |
| 26 | People like Garth Crooks , Mike MacFarlane and Garry Thompson traced back how they could have made their blackness the basis for defeatism , admitting that ‘ there 's no way a black guy can make it in this society . ’ |
| 27 | They could have taken our property and we are paying our poll tax . ’ |
| 28 | I have often shown them how using repetition wisely , they could have halved their labour and produced a more coherent work . |
| 29 | If they could have restored his sight I am sure they would have . |
| 30 | If I 'd have refused to rejoin the army they 'd have stopped my pension , and that 's the only income we have . |