Example sentences of "[modal v] have make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Threat to insurers AS THE £1.1bn takeover bid by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurer , gets underway for the Pearl Group , a new survey suggests that perhaps the Australians should have made a bid for a building society . |
| 2 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 3 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 4 | I should have made a list . |
| 5 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 6 | One hundred and seventy years have passed since the proclamation of the Hatt-i-Sherif , and in the course of all that time a State like Serbia in Europe should have made a far greater civilisational , cultural and economic leap . |
| 7 | Jacques Tati should have made a film here . |
| 8 | I should have made a point of following up his sickness , thought Cadfael , touched , but I thought he , of all people , would make good sure he got all the treatment he needed . |
| 9 | Secondly , we should have made a moral commitment to the single currency . |
| 10 | It is astonishing that he should have made a riposte about housing benefit being available to the poor for housing costs and to have given the impression that he was in favour of housing benefit . |
| 11 | The Government should have made a statement on the way in which the police national computer operates ; it should not have been necessary for me or the National Council for Civil Liberties to prise information from them . |
| 12 | It was ironical that he should have made a magical 153 against Notts , while England 's batsmen floundered at Old Trafford . |
| 13 | A solicitor for the Robinson family said that the staff at the hospital should have made a call to the Southern General . |
| 14 | I knew that I should have to make a decision . |
| 15 | I could n't help thinking that he must have made a mistake . |
| 16 | It was a strange situation , which must have made a lasting impression on Richard , who was more than usually close to his mother . |
| 17 | ‘ You must have made a mistake . |
| 18 | He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake . |
| 19 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 20 | As for the library , the surviving books without a proper building to house them must have made a dismal appearance . |
| 21 | The segments of lemon embedded in clear apple jelly must have made a ravishing little dessert dish : |
| 22 | Must have made a mint out of the wars . |
| 23 | One of the guards must have made a substitution . ’ |
| 24 | She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake . |
| 25 | He must have made a little joke . |
| 26 | Edward , shying away from disagreeable exposures , supposed that mother must have made a mistake . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 28 | Said he must have made a mistake and it was the Cynthia T. The Cynthia had one of the new masters whom I did n't know , so I could n't do anything . |
| 29 | Timmy must have made a wrong move , drew attention to himself . ’ |
| 30 | The original owner must have made a representation ( by statement or conduct ) that the seller was entitled to sell the goods . |