Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] with [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That her husband should have battled with that terrible illness for so long , and then after all of that should have died . |
| 2 | His appeal must have met with some response because although some hundreds of people did leave for Fort-de-France , many hundreds more sought refuge in St Pierre itself , flocking in from the surrounding countryside , so that on the morning of 8 May , as many as 30,000 people were probably crowding the town . |
| 3 | His way into the sport was typical of the drivers of his generation : not having any money of his own , and his parents being both unwilling and unable to finance a career on which they must have looked with some distaste , Hunt had to start where he could : in the event , with a stripped-down Mini in which he learned the rudiments of the sport . |
| 4 | Despite the constant temptation to misuse an artist 's name , there seem to be very few cases where the customer was actually deceived , although this surely must have happened with some pirate or bootleg records . |
| 5 | There was an awkward silence which Maidstone might have broken with some amiable remark to save Sandison 's face . |
| 6 | Even had he not , he might have supported with more equanimity that defeat . |
| 7 | The think tanks therefore had a much greater influence than they might have achieved with any other party . |
| 8 | But Lewis , a Protestant , might have agreed with that . |
| 9 | I could 've done with that ! |
| 10 | I could 've run with that . |
| 11 | Well I could 've bought with that |
| 12 | His hobby is fishing and do-it-yourself things and he 'll just go out and buy the tools and I think , ‘ Oh that money , what I could have done with that money ! ’ |
| 13 | Immediately , Lalage knew just what she could have done with that masterpiece in satin . |
| 14 | I could have done with that on the wall in , on my landing . |
| 15 | I hope I could have done with that |
| 16 | Earth could have done with some , deceptive or not . |
| 17 | HOW we could have done with some frogs ' legs among the dire fare served up for national consumption at Stamford Bridge yesterday . |
| 18 | But this dark , draining story , which could have done with some cheerier moments , is a lot more stylish than that . |
| 19 | I think we sho we could have done with some time to look at it really . |
| 20 | In the third division Hereford could have done with some luck … they went down at home … |
| 21 | In the third division Hereford could have done with some luck … they went down at home … |
| 22 | It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less . |
| 23 | Pearce could have done with more than the seven years he had at British Aerospace to achieve the kind of management culture he would have liked to have bequeathed to the company . |
| 24 | The three-times world champion has a good tale to tell and , while the format could have done with more meat on the bones , this volume certainly does not pull any punches . |
| 25 | Luke could have done with more help , but Umberto had barricaded himself into the tack room with another bottle . |
| 26 | Er we could have done with cars , he says , what are they bringing out this silly thing when we could have done with more cars you know . |
| 27 | I think Teresa felt very much as well that she could have done with more training on target setting and things like that . |
| 28 | I certainly would n't have been invited back to the Parsons ' , but I could have lived with that . |
| 29 | Though he could have stuck with any one of his developments and made a reputation , he is always looking for some new challenge on the lathe . |
| 30 | A good lawyer could have dealt with that . |