Example sentences of "[vb mod] have found a " in BNC.

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1 If he had persevered a bit more , he might have found a landlady whose idea of cooking extended beyond steak-and-kidney pudding and spotted Dick .
2 Before you can say Edward de Bono , it might have found a way of creatively accounting your taxes , so the taxman actually owes you money .
3 Perhaps there was hope , perhaps all was not harsh antipathy , perhaps a better daughter might have found a way to soften such a mother .
4 Indeed , there was a period about three years ago when it looked as though even 35mm slides might have found a match with the introduction of devices like the VideoShow system which project the image on the computer 's screen directly onto a conventional viewing screen .
5 He could have found a much more durable and attractive later edition for £20-£30 .
6 ‘ You 'd have found a dressmaker ! ’
7 I would appeal to anyone who may have found a Suunto-ML wrist computer on site to contact me or Caernarfon police station .
8 RESEARCHERS in Texas may have found a way of reducing brain damage in road accident victims who have been drinking excessively .
9 In addition to the mycoplasma , Taylor-Robinson thinks he may have found a new anaerobic bacterium ( one that can not live in the presence of oxygen ) which also seems to be associated with NGU .
10 It may be for a perfectly simple reason , for example a partner may have found a job which entails moving out of the area .
11 LONDON Marathon founder Chris Brasher knows an athlete when he sees one and the former Great Britain international may have found a medal winner in the shape of Moving Out , who looks something to bet on at Uttoxeter this afternoon .
12 Scientists may have found a new vaccine for malaria .
13 ‘ It was quite appalling and , had we known it was going to happen , I 'm certain we would have found a different way of dealing with our problem . ’
14 Nevertheless , they did not forget the main object of their expedition and kept a careful record of all the plants found , though they commented that had the journey been made a month or two sooner , they would have found a greater number of rarities .
15 In Susanna Jennens Leapor would have found a woman able to fend for herself in adversity .
16 If the Young Pretender had marched into England directly after Prestonpans , which had been fought on 21 September , he would have found a country ill-prepared to resist him , but many of his followers were reluctant to cross the Border .
17 But the ancient world would have found a lot more uses for citrus fruit .
18 In the next few weeks , as the Angevin court moved south from Caen , the tensions came to the surface and in Bertrand de Born the muddle , the bickering and the bitterness would have found a fascinated observer .
19 ‘ Floy would have found a way , ’ said Fenella firmly .
20 ‘ Do you reckon Steen would have found a replacement ? ’
21 But armed forces are not known for being bastions of sentiment and it is definitely true that had the SAAF really needed to replace both types , it would have found a way to do so .
22 I consider that she would have found a job by early Autumn and therefore the sum must be more than a , nearly a year 's earnings and I assess it at eight thousand pounds .
23 If we can characterise this marking of topic-shift , then we shall have found a structural basis for dividing up stretches of discourse into a series of smaller units , each on a separate topic .
24 You will have found a sample sheet of this new paper in last month 's issue .
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