Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 , the justices should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting . |
| 2 | ‘ the justices were under a duty to make any secure accommodation order only for as long as was necessary ’ — and again the guidance and regulations are referred to — ‘ In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 the magistrates should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting . |
| 3 | She said Judge Allen should have made an example of Clarke and she criticised an earlier sentence he received for a 1983 drink driving offence — a £150 fine and 18-month ban . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman should have received an answer by now . |
| 5 | Indeed the adjective must be so understood ; if we try to imagine using , in the structure of ( 16 ) , an adjectival property which is not ascribed to the entity of the noun phrase ( nor helping as a qualifier to identify any entity of the sentence ) , there will be only two possible outcomes : If it is a property semantically compatible with the verb , the result will be taken as an ungrammatical way of expressing a thought which should have incorporated an adverb : ( 17 ) Alastair likes his beef tea great Alternatively , it will be a property that is not compatible with the verb either ; but , in that case , there will be no way of guessing what that property should be applied to — it will in effect be semantically " loose " , so that the whole will be incomprehensible : ( 18 ) the process left the documents puzzled Thus , the property of the adjective qualifies , in purely syntactic terms , the inner grouping of verb and object ; it is applied to the entity of the noun phrase , but not directly , only as part of an interlocking structure with three elements — as in certain engineering and architectural structures , each of three elements needs the other two in order for the whole to function effectively . |
| 6 | ‘ I told you we should have sent an ex-policeman … ’ |
| 7 | Last week 's article ‘ What 's wrong with German Science ’ ( p 277 ) should have contained an acknowledgement to the generous help of Dr Christoph Schneider now at the Wissenschaftsrat ( Science Council ) in Köln . |
| 8 | Whenever a student should have regularly attended an entire course of study , and should have passed an examination before the college and its Professors , he should obtain a certificate … an infirmary , in which diseased horses and other cattle might be received … a forge for farriery would be equally necessary … |
| 9 | It is on behalf of the latter that we should have had an opportunity of voting in Committee , which we were denied , and that we should have an opportunity tonight to vote in the House . |
| 10 | By now , they should have had an outline to present to the sponsors . |
| 11 | Now then all we 're doing , what we should have done is that we should have had an opening balance at the beginni or the end of December when the di information was first struck . |
| 12 | But now the shot by Gemmell and the rest of the players of and the bench are curious they thought they should have had an off should have had an offside in that er buildup . |
| 13 | ‘ They should have had an interviewer questioning people and going into things more deeply — maybe in a phone-in format , ’ he said . |
| 14 | That I should have had an abortion or given it away . |
| 15 | In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy , there was no reason why Connelly should not have been helpful or why Jones should have falsified an entry in his notebook . ) |
| 16 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
| 17 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA ( Master of Business Administration ) or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
| 18 | ‘ The police think she — Sybil — must have disturbed an intruder , and there 's some suggestion that the same person killed Angy . |
| 19 | My guess is , he must have written an account . |
| 20 | Then she slumped back in her chair , mouthing the nicotine-dosed chewing gum she used instead of cigarettes , and I thought I must have imagined an intensity of which she was surely incapable . |
| 21 | ‘ It must have made an impression on you , that case , ’ observed the Inspector drily . |
| 22 | I must have made an impression ! ’ |
| 23 | It must have caused an uproar ! |
| 24 | Vast pearls , which some poor oyster must have needed an epidural to produce , circled her neck and wrists . |
| 25 | A luxurious yacht like that must have carried an engineer — we can find that out easily enough — and it 's a fair guess that the engines would have been maintained in an immaculate condition . |
| 26 | I took their advice , but I must have had an inclination towards food to have ended up as I have . |
| 27 | Marek and Jozef must have had an affair . |
| 28 | And Rona Pondick — who must have had an epiphany upon first seeing a photograph of Kurt Seligmann 's 1937 three-legged Ultra Furniture stool — is showing hanging legs , dismembered breasts and fur balls with teeth in them at Jose Freire all this month ( until 5 June ) . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought you must have had an accident — I even checked out the hospitals this morning . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Come on , Miss Pargeter , someone must have had an interest in giving Nicola a leg up ? ’ |