Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 By week 3 , you should have lost a few pounds — at least four , possibly as many as eight — and you may notice a number of minor health problems have begun to improve .
2 The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds .
3 My worry about the half is that we should have had a few goals in , rather than just the one .
4 He should have had the same chance as them , Church or no Church . ’
5 Ideally , all patients should have had the same number of follow up visits .
6 but you should have got the same thing from them .
7 I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’
8 ‘ I should have thought a few minutes .
9 She 'd never had a weight problem , of course , but she must have lost a few pounds over the past few days , because the waistband of the shorts she was wearing this morning — which she had purchased in New York only last Saturday — was already far looser than it had been .
10 This was followed by an interview between the President and Von Papen : and I can not help thinking that , during their conversation together , the former must have assured the latter that , so long as she could hold out against Allied demands , Turkey would abstain from hostile action towards Germany .
11 The mill has a large belt wheel at the second floor level and , at such a height , must have presented a few problems with the fitting of the drive belt .
12 The proviso of the key must have raised a few eyebrows .
13 Not that she begrudged her sister happiness , but it must have raised a few " if only 's " in her own mind .
14 My mother always kept letters in their envelopes and a lot of other people must have done the same or the stamp business generally would have been the poorer . ’
15 He dialled Dottie 's number , trying not to dwell on thoughts of the times Michael Banks must have done the same from the same phone .
16 I 've only been on since I read that thing in the square ball , and I suppose loads must have done the same as me and jumped on the bandwagon .
17 She must have seen a few sights in her time . ’
18 ‘ Sure there 's plenty of people must have said the same thing after a visit from you , love .
19 Someone up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam .
20 She must have forgotten a few things in the holidays , like the time I pushed her in the school goldfish pond .
21 He must have had the same kind of feelings as my father had at the prospect of being sent to Fontanellato .
22 A genuine working class origin must have impressed the former Viscount Stansgate .
23 ‘ You must have got a few in the Houses of Parliament , ’ he said , smiling .
24 Mind you I heard he could hear it in the background so he must have got a few kids
25 But if you looked carefully at the left-hand side , where there was a glass-enclosed porch , you might have noticed a few little birds flying around , the odd flash and flitter of coloured wings .
26 He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes .
27 If he was in her place , he might have done the same thing .
28 You and I might have done the same if we had been there , though we would have had none of the technical skill and detailed knowledge of Fleming .
29 ‘ I might have done the same myself , in her place .
30 Its role could have been vital , for in theory skilful negotiators might have made the most of military situations which , at a given moment , greatly favoured one side rather than the other .
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