Example sentences of "you [vb mod] have [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of those aspects of your personality which you may have perceived in a negative way might be regarded by others as positive elements of your character . |
| 2 | Voluntary work in the community can be just as useful as anything you may have done in a paid capacity . |
| 3 | You may have heard of a technique called ‘ path analysis ’ and have wondered if it referred to the methods discussed in this chapter . |
| 4 | George you may have seen in a wine bar , often in the company of younger lawyers ; or at the theatre , with a blonde ; or on the steps of the Garrick , with or without a blonde . |
| 5 | ‘ You must have put in a lot of hard work . ’ |
| 6 | You must have worked like a black . " |
| 7 | The patience and persistence which you must have learned as a fisherman would result in pulling us through . |
| 8 | In one bookshop in Kent you might have imagined for a moment that you were actually in a teacher-training college library . |
| 9 | BELVILLE : It is still my opinion that if I had not discovered the parson as I did , you might have gone to a length that would have put your present situation out of both our powers . |
| 10 | ‘ I doubt if you 'll have heard of a Romany having a magistrate removed from office either , Mr Peck , but make one arrest here and you 're very likely to be the first . ’ |
| 11 | Once again , you know , you 'd have thought in a green field construction site that you would n't get access problems and in er , a restricted area like a city centre building or er , a you would get access problems . |
| 12 | Here were many war-time refugees and exiles from every country in europe , with accents you could have cut with a cheese wire . |
| 13 | ‘ You could have done with a couple of stitches here . |
| 14 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 16 | You could have vanished into a Scotch mist and taken a boat to one of the Western Isles — with all the plate and linen , etc. , etc. — for all I am aware . |
| 17 | PAMELA : I thought , sir , you would have distinguished between a command where my conscience was concerned an a common point . |
| 18 | I would have thought you would have gone for a commission . |
| 19 | Where once you would have had as a matter of necessity a plot with at its heart some intricate deception , often unlikely , now your plot will arise from the characters you want to write about . |
| 20 | If you were really fortunate you will have gone on a training course , far too few companies bother to invest in improving their staff 's skill in desktop publishing , and have learned at least some of the basic operations . |