Example sentences of "[modal v] have [be] [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they should have been using better cutlery , thought Robert , or calling Hasan ‘ sir ’ and making sure he had the best chair . |
| 2 | I should have been discharged earlier but I had developed a cold and they insisted I stay until it had completely cleared up . |
| 3 | Shotwell ( 1955 ) attempted to distinguish between bones from different sources by devising an index of completeness of preservation , by which species represented by most complete remains must have been transported shorter distances and therefore have come from communities close by , while species with less well preserved remains must have come from more distant communities . |
| 4 | This categorisation could have been carried out in other ways , and other purposes seen here as secondary could have been given greater prominence . |
| 5 | The ‘ rope ’ binding around the front and headstock is very tasty , as are the snowflake fingerboard inlays ( although they could have been installed straighter ) but I 'm not at all sure about the classical-style rosette complete with touches of green and fluorescent pink . |
| 6 | Besides , she thought , if Finn came back and she found him not repellent he would have been rendered kinder by his infidelity . |
| 7 | One obvious alternative to the appointment of the Commissioner would have been to give further jurisdiction to the Industrial Tribunals , instead of the High Court , to enforce such rights which now fall within the scope of the Commissioner 's work . |
| 8 | Yet had the assessment panel system not existed in most cases equal amounts of time would have been occupied later but in the negative cycle of suspensions , parental interviews , referral procedures and the preparation of reports . |