Example sentences of "[verb] they [modal v] have [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government deregulation has exposed previously protected service industries to competition and forced managers to make the job cuts they should have made years ago . |
| 2 | for three hours with a sur as the surgeon battled to save his life well I 'd have thought they could have plugged wounds with something other than a finger ! |
| 3 | If traffic lights are used they should have embedded loops to detect approaching cyclists and should give them longer green phases . |
| 4 | The inevitable course for them both had been clear tonight ; if she had stayed they would have made love again — there had been no question about it . |
| 5 | They could not give the impression that they doubted the validity of their king 's claim to the crown of France , for by so doing they would have thrown doubt upon the symbolic and legal importance of Henry VI 's French coronation , rendering illegal the very authority ( the royal one ) upon which the validity of the grants made to Englishmen ( and others ) in Normandy depended . |
| 6 | I suppose they might have got water or something ? |
| 7 | Well as I understand they must have had pumps down there or something to or something to keep them dry because er |
| 8 | Some of the Filbert Street faithful reckon they 'll have clinched promotion by then too . |
| 9 | To Alliance lists they could have given votes in the knowledge that these would not be wasted . |
| 10 | Although foreign governments feared Stalin , I do n't think they would have murdered Kirov , as it was a drastic action and strengthened Stalin 's role . |
| 11 | At first Bell and her supervisor , Antony Hewish , thought they might have made contact with an alien civilization in the galaxy ! |
| 12 | Burnley police insisted they could have guaranteed Bond 's safety . |
| 13 | But now they do er twenty minutes they think they 'd have done wonders ! |
| 14 | None of the patients interviews said they would have taken paracetamol had they been aware of this danger . |
| 15 | and he did say they would have helped Terry if he did n't have all of |