Example sentences of "she [modal v] have [vb pp] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , he was shocked that she should have chosen to play such a part . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , she was killed the night before last ; but she could have gone missing some time before that . ’ |
| 3 | Fabia , although she would have liked to ask that question , knew that they were not well enough acquainted for her to ask , or pass any comment that was more than a surface one . |
| 4 | She would have liked to make some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind so she went out , closing the door behind her . |
| 5 | ‘ I can walk , ’ she began , and might have added that she would have enjoyed to do that — had she got the chance . |
| 6 | On these grounds she would have preferred to give all selected schools £4,000 rather than select generally mediocre candidates into two categories . |
| 7 | Still , she thought , bracing her shoulders , if she had been a real mother she would have had to endure many such problems with a teenage daughter . |
| 8 | With a head as hard as hers , she would have failed to register any number of missiles lobbed her way , such as the Scarman Report which followed the Brixton riots of 1981 . |