Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] have [vb pp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have strengthened Gloucester 's hand in the region , but it is not in itself an adequate explanation of his arrival there . |
| 2 | This may have strengthened Gloucester 's hand in the region , but it is not in itself an adequate explanation of his arrival there . |
| 3 | The pottery figures show the smiths wearing the conical cap ( pilleus ) , also worn by Dolichenus , and this may have given Richmond the idea that the Corbridge figures were of this eastern god . |
| 4 | There was every reason , apart from the unexpectedness of the news , why this should have given Eliot the greatest distress . |
| 5 | This must have left Carshalton depôt with insufficient vehicles to cover emergencies and on 9 September , following damage by flooding , several of the remaining trolleybuses were put out of action . |
| 6 | From the title , some might have expected Lilley to give an indication of his hopes for revival in the near future . |
| 7 | Jasper had several times mentioned Muriel , and this could have given Alice a clue , if her dislike of Muriel did not always rise promptly in her , preventing her from hearing what she might have done . |
| 8 | This would have given Israel about 10 percent of the original Mandated territory . |
| 9 | This would have brought Mr Bush into the case as his Vice-Presidential office was the first in Washington to be contacted from Central America when an aircraft was shot down by the Sandinistas . |
| 10 | All that might have made Mr Kohl even more overbearing than he has been in recent weeks , to the dismay of West Germany 's allies and neighbours . |
| 11 | Until yesterday , these would have seen Barnes deployed on one flank with Rocastle 's defensive awareness earning him a ninth cap at Waddle 's expense on the other . |
| 12 | Three-quarters of these would have brought Larkin in above Thompson FHE ( Un ) who was elected fifth , with Overend ( VUPP ) as runner-up instead of being elected sixth . |
| 13 | Yet many would have had Allen marked down as a real contender . |
| 14 | Many would have preferred America . |
| 15 | Many would have preferred Mrs Thatcher . |
| 16 | They held on , kept Millwall out ; came close to a fourth but that would have flattered Swindon : 3-1 and a happy new year at the county ground . |
| 17 | That would have made John laugh , I thought ; I can imagine him here after all . |
| 18 | That would have given Silver something to chew on . |
| 19 | It would have been easier to delete the file form the outside , but that would have mindwiped Daine , Tunney and herself . |