Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 He tends to deal with one or more Japanese breeders , and will perhaps have visited Japan himself , to select choice fish .
2 She should perhaps have brought Glyn after all .
3 The arrival of Durham on the first-class circuit can only have strengthened Middlesbrough 's claim to continue hosting Yorkshire championship cricket each season .
4 Anyone entering from outside would only have seen Jim with his feet up in front of the fire , reading a thriller .
5 Also , it can not be ignored that Marco did n't have many options , since Eddie was about to kill him , and Marco 's actions were in self-defence : I think that Marco may only have beaten Eddie up had he not drawn the knife , but not killed him .
6 Although the defection of Clarence , in particular , can only have enhanced Richard 's standing in the king 's eyes , the real contribution of the rebels to Gloucester 's advancement lay in opening up the existing power structure by removing several of Edward 's closest supporters .
7 Although the defection of Clarence , in particular , can only have enhanced Richard 's standing in the king 's eyes , the real contribution of the rebels to Gloucester 's advancement lay in opening up the existing power structure by removing several of Edward 's closest supporters .
8 Elves , like dragons , are embedded deeply in several different traditions of North-West Europe , and the inconsistencies of those traditions may only have made Tolkien itch to create a Zusammenhang .
9 Wear Valley Council may only have promised Stanley United FC two footballs ( Gadfly March 4 ) but the hidden agenda looks more promising .
10 It is inconceivable that Eliza would have married Wickham , just as Lucy could only have married George .
11 Had there been a genuine sense of Arabism during the post-war period , Aziz went on , then the Gulf States would not only have cancelled Iraq 's debts , but would also have organized a comprehensive Iraqi reconstruction plan .
12 Had he pressed on he might none the less have taken Newcastle , which contained many Jacobite sympathisers , but while he dallied , turning aside to Hexham , 15 miles [ 24 km ] west of the city , the Newcastle magistrates called out the militia and trained bands , mobilised a force of 700 tough keelmen , who worked on the lighters in the harbour , patched up the ancient city wall , though they lacked cannon to defend it , and bricked up the gates .
13 Erm the inter-club show erm we had to pay judges er two of them thirty pound , we would normally have got Keith for nothing , I know that we had two judges so we had to pay them er we did like so that 's two fifty pounds and we bought some we had some old trophies which we were able to buy plates for to use for that event .
14 They could comfortably have accommodated Shostakovich 's other ‘ happy ’ Symphony ( No. 9 ) , particularly if these two releases are the fist in a complete cycle .
15 George made a great sacrifice by killing Lennie as the people chasing him were very angry and could easily have killed George through their anger .
16 She knew the geography of the place ; she might easily have followed Newley down to Miller 's End .
17 I could so easily have divided Charlie 's six per cent between Sal , Grace , and that awful Kitty , who had so obviously lied about her brother 's death .
18 ‘ Do n't worry , there was no way in the world that I would ever have allowed Janice to get anywhere near her . ’
19 How could I ever have thought La Tartine d'Albertine would make a good title ? he wrote .
20 If they did not and Harris had been free to work for a GUS company which was not in the mail order business he could still have passed Littlewoods ' business secrets back to the mail order companies because of the structure of the GUS group .
21 Yet although the hardening of lines seems ominous in retrospect and the thin tie of Reinsurance could hardly have linked Russia and Germany for long , it could be argued that in 1888 Bismarck 's system was still successful .
22 And that meant that Downes could not possibly have killed Kemp before that time , and Downes was going to make absolutely certain — as he did — that he was never out of sight or out of touch with his group — except for the odd , brief visit to the loo — at any time that afternoon or early evening .
23 Publication of the essay , presumably in The Criterion , would understandably have hurt Rowse 's feelings ; it might , at the same time , have shown me up as an impertinent upstart .
24 All three directors would probably have liked ICI to narrow its broad span of interests to just two : a bulk commodities business and a value-added specialties business .
25 What will the regular supporters of Manchester United and Leeds United think if either club are denied victory in the Championship because of the greed of some players who could probably have saved Aldershot from their creditors with money from their back pockets ?
26 ‘ She would probably have told Mitchell sooner or later . ’
27 Erm , many of you will also have seen Jean-Claude at previous meetings which he attended in the capacity as to Michel .
28 The expression , ‘ Up Sauchie , doon Buchie , and alang Argyle ’ , which referred to nocturnal activities that ran parallel to the day-time ambience of these great Clydeside boulevards , might also have included Blythswood Square , once home of the infamous poisoner Madaleine Smith , and latterly , numerous other ladies with hearts of loose change and the instincts of a blushing tarantula .
29 They will also have included Oswine .
30 Judith may also have admired Walahfrid 's poetry .
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