Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , Peckham may have recommended him , but it fell to the new Freeman himself to pay his own 46s. 8d . |
| 2 | All Germany may have worshipped him — but not the von Brombergs . |
| 3 | In the second half , Swindon should have sewn it up . |
| 4 | What took place towards the very end of March should have made you realise that this is very much a time to hold you fire when dealing with important professional issues . |
| 5 | Hereford must have thought they 'd cracked it as well when they went and took the lead against Torquay United … |
| 6 | Dan must have built it with just that fantasy in focus , to keep some bust-out bimbo with a big ass and chichis in a style befitting Little Freakin' Egypt . |
| 7 | That set them off again , Harbury enthusiastically reciting the string of reasons why the police had questioned Tavett several times ; Oliver throwing in that Tavett might have known about it but Pascoe must have done it ; Zak saying it was political assassination and nothing to do with the staff of the paper ; Holly reminding him that Scotland Yard 's anti-terrorist branch had found nothing to support that ; and Rosie hushing the clamour because her telephone was ringing . |
| 8 | Oh , what a fool Fernando must have thought her for finding anything suspicious in a locked door . |
| 9 | Cos our Corrinne must have fetched me some drinking chocolate she fetched me . |
| 10 | Arabella must have planted them . |
| 11 | At one time I thought Tatyana may have done it , but now I have evidence it was someone else . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Kathleen may have found me somewhere to live . ’ |
| 13 | The real problem is that Televisa 's experience in Mexico may have convinced it that a strategy which worked well in a market where the company was protected by the government is one that will succeed in the face of intense competition . |
| 14 | So the opposition have not quite as long for their inquests and recuperative action as the bleak dawn of last Friday may have made them think . |
| 15 | After their dubious role in Love Thy Neighbour at Tottenham the previous week — which is now the subject of FA investigation — Arsenal must have known it would be another trying day , even before kick-off . |
| 16 | The circumstances being what they were , Richard must have known I did not , but since he knew almost nothing about me except that I was willing , he could hardly have been expected to care . |
| 17 | ‘ United gave him away and Mike Walker must have thought it was his lucky day . |
| 18 | ‘ Georgina must have got it . ’ |
| 19 | In fact , Branson should have known it was coming . |
| 20 | And Tristram might have sent it to Beatrix when he realized he was dying . |
| 21 | ‘ Colebrooke might have done it , ’ the friar replied . |
| 22 | I 'd rather been hoping Lewis or Verity might have asked me what the file contained by now , and what I was doing , but — annoyingly — neither of them had . |
| 23 | One moment halfway up the straight it looked as if Eddery might have cut it too fine ; the next it was a question of how far he would win by , for this burst of speed was so decisive that it made the top horses in Europe look one-paced . |
| 24 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 25 | The irony was that , by dismissing as irrelevant all talk of the Tyrrell Society , he had closed his eyes to the vital clue Rex Cunningham could have given him : the identity of the man whose photograph Clare Mallender had carried about with her . |
| 26 | Cadfael could have told him , but kept his mouth very firmly closed , though it would have been interesting to answer the query , and hear how this subtle man would respond . |
| 27 | Yet he could not believe that the KGB could have discovered his one small secret . |
| 28 | ‘ Saul could have reported us , but now he 's six feet under , so we 're safe as houses , ’ concluded Josh . |
| 29 | It was likely that , just as Theodora had seen the car from the bridal path , Miss Dersingham could have seen it from the House . |
| 30 | In the twilight of the Great Drought he had come down to the river and filled his wheelbarrow with water until only a Samson could have moved it . |