Example sentences of "[vb base] we [modal v] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Billeting Office found us accommodation , but no one appeared to be responsible for us otherwise , though I expect we could have gone to our administrative chief Harold Fletcher , if we had been in any serious trouble . |
| 2 | — ‘ If there is a Taig , ’ he said , ‘ you realise we 'll have to do something about it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I still say we should have called the police . ’ |
| 4 | I am taking one final bit of advice before I bat it back to Noel Wilson in the Computing Service , and I imagine we will have reached some conclusion to the game before the end of June . |
| 5 | It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly . ’ |
| 6 | It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly |
| 7 | To develop the recreational bow rudder paddle stroke we will have to study good recreational WW paddlers and not slalomists . |
| 8 | But for Hurricane Andrew' we would have reported a profit of almost $22m in the third quarter and a return to profitability in for the nine months . |
| 9 | Even in an age where appearances are sometimes not all they seem we could have sworn that every one was — the naughty word seems inescapable — a woman . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean we might have to leave here ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh God , you mean we 'd have to live with builders as well ? ’ |
| 12 | Well it does really , I mean if we , it 's a question of whether the budget will stand the staff , is n't it , it 's not whether we , er I mean in terms of of redundancies it 's whether we cou , if we appointed people we could afford to keep them on , whether or not there was work , I mean we could have create work in some senses . |
| 13 | ‘ If we succeed we will have established the foundation of our lasting security into the next century . |
| 14 | Whether we would go to the full two fifty I think will have to be you know we 'll have to wait till nearer the time . |
| 15 | I do n't know how you do sludge and that there and it 's it 's everything it 's a con you know we ought to have kept some and shown you because it is it is I 've never seen anything like it myself . |
| 16 | Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions . |
| 17 | ‘ But their spinners are pretty useful and we know we will have to bat well second time around . ’ |
| 18 | I know we used to have to run to school in the morn er for the shopping in the morning . |
| 19 | I suppose we would have to spend 4 million , ( Ndlovu 2.5m , McLaren 1.5m ) . |
| 20 | And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose we might have had one or two lucky escapes there did n't we ? |
| 22 | ( Dolefully ) I suppose we 'll have to go to sleep . |
| 23 | ‘ Knocking Leeds United is n't exactly new , and now that we 're champions I suppose we 'll have to put up with it all the more . ’ |
| 24 | But I suppose we 'll have to hang on to them now until the owner gets back . ’ |
| 25 | I shall certainly be supporting what I suppose we 'll have to call Knicker Aid by riffling through my scanties drawer , though I trust the recipient of these exquisite items will have the initials WB . |
| 26 | ‘ If they think you 're right I suppose we 'll have to send in another team to scour through the garbage again . |
| 27 | Indeed , only when the first wail of an approaching siren drifted up from below did Ursula remark : ‘ I suppose we 'll have to tell them everything . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , I suppose we will have to arrange some things , ’ said Franca. ‘ like , I suppose you mean , the timetable , which nights you spend with Alison and so on ? |
| 29 | I suppose we will have to take appropriate action will we not … . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose we should have to ask the French for help . |