Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [modal v] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone somewhere must have seen her . ’ |
| 2 | Now Dean Street , where he killed her , is n't exactly a quiet area ; someone somewhere must have seen or heard something . |
| 3 | Surely someone somewhere should have checked to make sure that it was correct . ’ |
| 4 | But if it does develop into open scandal I suppose someone eventually will have to deal with it . |
| 5 | I personally would have prefered two millimetres , the full width of tread and full circumference . |
| 6 | I personally would have preferred that decision to already have been taken . |
| 7 | ‘ I obviously should have briefed you , George , but I had no idea you 'd do such a fast job on putting all this together . ’ |
| 8 | Erm and I I was n't feeling on top form and er looking back , I perhaps should have gone to a doctor then . |
| 9 | I always might have known that . |
| 10 | So in a sense , although I have n't recorded in the meantime , I st I still would have ended up in the same place . |
| 11 | And I still would have known the real father , known him and loved him . |
| 12 | ‘ But I possibly should have kept hold of Edward Sheringham . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I would have loved to join the elitist few who have made 500 League appearances and , but for my spell in the Conference and my long list of injuries , I probably would have done it , ’ added McDonough , who netted 89 goals in 460 league games . |
| 14 | Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them ! |
| 15 | Oh well it were n't to me cos I probably would have given you the eight |
| 16 | Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought . |
| 17 | Erm that 's something I 've got er before I arrived here today in all honesty I probably would have said yes . |
| 18 | I probably would have stayed longer if I had n't fallen in love with Isobel . |
| 19 | If there had been a loose lamp-post in sight I probably would have grabbed that . |
| 20 | If I had felt that I could n't cope with him , I probably would have had him adopted , or had an abortion , but it was my choice to have him . |
| 21 | I probably would have worked out well , I 'll be the spare man , I 'll need four men working on five lathes , because I 'll need a spare lathe in case one falls over , so I can keep four running , I 'll need four men in case one of them 's sick or one , when they go on holidays I can fill in , so we can always get four lathes working . |
| 22 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
| 23 | For the wear I got out of it , I probably should have paid half the price . |
| 24 | And then I honestly will have to go away . ’ |
| 25 | One of these days , she thought , I really shall have to make my mind up . |
| 26 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 27 | What I really would have liked would have been to disappear with as little fuss as possible . |
| 28 | This in the Friend of the Earth , Germany she stayed with us , I really would have liked you to meet her . |
| 29 | I really would have done . |
| 30 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |