Example sentences of "but [adj] [modal v] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that might have left you , the reader , with an empty feeling — like you had just eaten a dozen vol-au-vents when it was actually a three-course meal that you ordered . |
| 2 | But that would 've tied in again with , with the beginning because what is affordable erm would he get the benefits that he was wanting at the end of it . |
| 3 | It would have been easier to delete the file form the outside , but that would have mindwiped Daine , Tunney and herself . |
| 4 | This would have been very difficult , because the site is on a low hill and some means would have had to be found for overcoming the unfavourable gradients ; a siphon effect has been suggested , but that would have involved making the whole length of piping airtight , which seems scarcely credible . |
| 5 | He could have told her about the IRA kidnapping him , but that would have alarmed her and the whole household . |
| 6 | Cars , of course , could and should have been excluded but that would have spoiled the fun . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , but that would have become progressively more risky as people began to stir . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We could have said woodland instead of forest but that would have conveyed the idea of something small . |
| 10 | He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room . |
| 11 | I could have got money for some of them , but that would have meant delays . ’ |
| 12 | Seb could have gone to the Hankses ' cottage and perhaps worked on his learning with Carrie , but that would have meant paying a visit to Anna in her sick room and listening to his mother chatting about the plans for the wedding . |
| 13 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 14 | But that would have solved nothing . |
| 15 | The frosted glass panel with my name on it had been cracked , but that could have happened at any time . |
| 16 | a reasonable profit but some would have made more than others . |
| 17 | There were of course anomalies , but some would have occurred whatever mechanisms for resource allocation had been adopted . |
| 18 | He had always thought he had no illusions about the artificiality of people 's reactions to him , but some must have taken root unaware . |
| 19 | There was no rope connecting one with the other but this might have disintegrated completely over the years . |
| 20 | Leslie had stated that he actually saw a telegram saying that ‘ all had been caught ’ , but this may have referred to the four spies which had been picked up near Rye in Kent . |
| 21 | He could have written them by hand but this would have defeated their objective . |
| 22 | A Harley Street doctor had recommended in-patient care but this would have cost the family too much . |
| 23 | The Company had hoped to be allowed to run cars across in service , but this would have necessitated Parliamentary Powers , which were not needed if a line was never to be used for passenger carrying . |
| 24 | He had a supply with him when he was captured , but this would have run out by then . |
| 25 | A south entrance on Wharfedale Road was considered , with a main corridor along the longer north-south axis , but this would have sliced the building into two narrow segments , so entrance doors on Crinan Street to the west were finally adopted . |
| 26 | But this would have left a great swath of territory to the west in Republican control . |
| 27 | I was told , back in those days , that he had built a working steam model of the locomotive to go with the coaches , but this must have left the district some years earlier , as my father never saw it , and never met John Griffiths , though he knew of Ernest from about 1910 , having started his articles in that office . |
| 28 | She realised that she was much too aware of him , but this should have come as no surprise . |
| 29 | It may seem obvious to try the investigation yourself first , but this can have hidden dangers . |
| 30 | By the end of the century , use of drugs in cases of terminal illness was more common ; but many would have shaken their heads at the thought of patients dying drugged , as is the norm today . |