Example sentences of "father [vb mod] have [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing , any hopes my father may have had that to meet the General in person would arouse a sense of respect or sympathy to leaven his feelings against him proved without foundation . |
| 2 | I think my father must have suffered some of this , if only because he refused to have us children christened . |
| 3 | ‘ Your father must have had many acquaintances in business and in his council work , but did he have any close friends ? ’ |
| 4 | I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever . |
| 5 | Naturally , my father would have felt this loss keenly ; but to make matters worse the usual comfort a father has in these situations — that is , the notion that his son gave his life gloriously for king and country — was sullied by the fact that my brother had perished in a particularly infamous manoeuvre . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe my father would have expected that but certainly not this generation of Serras . |