Example sentences of "they [modal v] have [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that they may have shot down Plt.Off . |
| 2 | When people get it , they may have to go into hospital or a special home , to rest , or perhaps to stay . |
| 3 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that many companies find that the loyalty given to them by disabled people more than makes up for any days that they may have to take off work to undergo treatment ? |
| 4 | They may have to settle for royalties which are lower than they would prefer . |
| 5 | The early evolutionary stages of development of wings are still in question they may have developed from outgrowths of exoskeleton from the body that assisted gliding initially , and then acquired a propulsive function . |
| 6 | The placing of such stones often suggests they may have served as boundary markers between tribes , and the linking of different symbols could signify intermarriage between families . |
| 7 | In those pieces that are workable for both groups , it seems perfectly plausible that the string and wind ensembles could have played simultaneously the statement in the first entrée that the bride and groom are led by the violins and oboes suggests as much or they may have played in alternation . |
| 8 | Well if they , they may have bought from Japan or something of that sort , erm , got ta little bit stronger yesterday , one seven one three five in New York . |
| 9 | A further problem is that in most cases the witnesses ’ recollections of the events may have been biased by descriptions already given in interviews with the police and discussions they may have had with others . |
| 10 | Among churchmen , even those few bishops who had given enthusiastic support to the coup of 1327 had done so largely out of exasperation with the Despensers ' greed on the Marches or with royal failure to defend the north against Scotland : such personal links as they may have had with Isabella and Mortimer were strained both by a peace which left the north exposed and by Mortimer 's ruthless venality . |
| 11 | You can also record the letters they suggest , and talk about them afterwards , how likely they were , whether they were pure guesswork or genuine predictions , which words they may have had in mind , etc . |
| 12 | Irked by their failure to secure full English support for Habsburg policies , they may have attributed to factiousness and incompetence what was simply a sensible reluctance to tie England too closely to the Imperial coat-tails . |
| 13 | As capacities evolved , they may have combined with others that have evolved for quite different reasons to create new characteristics that then acquired an evolutionary life of their own . |
| 14 | They may have been killed by the giants ; they may have starved to death ; all the men of the Armada remembered were the pitiful wails of the pair echoing over the still waters as the ships sailed back into the open sea , and south . |
| 15 | Keep in touch if your child watches without you ; take note of any new phrases or ideas she has , and remember they may have come from television . |
| 16 | They may have come upon documents relating to their early life when they cleared out the dead parents ' papers . |
| 17 | Wearing quality materials like cashmere , they must have felt like princesses . |
| 18 | Imagine how they must have felt in St Peter 's Square at the start of their journey — apprehensive , isolated and with no knowledge of either Italian , French or German . |
| 19 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 20 | ‘ They must have decided in Cas that she is n't hepatitis , ’ said Juliet . |
| 21 | They must have known for weeks . |
| 22 | Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime . |
| 23 | To hope for a return to how they must have looked before mine shafts and blast furnaces — one of the most strikingly attractive regions in Britain — is too much to expect . |
| 24 | ( In a sense they must have worked in tandem since Liebknecht , whose English was n't very good , addressed primarily German-speaking crowds . |
| 25 | The researcher flitted around with a note of regret in his voice that maybe they should have gone to Rentokil 's greenhouses as was originally offered and planned . |
| 26 | Marius was dismissive about both of them and thought that if they could n't manage two weeks of bedmaking and personal organisation then they should have stayed at home . |
| 27 | There is no reason why they should have to live in poverty and near-poverty . |
| 28 | They live at home with their families and , if they should have to travel from Cwmbran to Newport , for example , or from Pontypool further on to Newport , many people would be deterred from getting involved in the voluntary forces . |
| 29 | It left Rangers ruing a series of missed chances in a game they should have won before half-time . |
| 30 | But whilst some women drivers on the M4 today are concerned about their personal safety , they do n't agree that they should have to pay for protection . |