Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for those who could receive a smattering of instruction at home , or who had spent a short while at day schools in their infancy , they may well have nourished a plant that might otherwise have ceased to grow , or even withered . |
| 2 | Left : Most wide waterway craft were built with a more spacious cabin and many boatmen lived on board although they may also have kept a house on shore . |
| 3 | They may however have achieved a realization of theoretical proposals : but we can not be certain about that until further research has been undertaken into the workings of the Household . |
| 4 | All I can say is , I think they must never have spent a night in The Bar if they think that , or never a good night . |
| 5 | They might also have started a family . |
| 6 | Again , the trade guilds probably had enough storage space in their own guild-halls for the coffin and cloaks , they might even have had a private stock of candles . |
| 7 | They might well have done a thousand years ago , but the Imperial Age converted that horizontal relationship into a vertical one so that Sri Lankan schools still teach vertical history ‘ Ceylon Under British Rule ’ and Senegal continues its cultural obsession with France . |
| 8 | Instead Garvey looked a jaded team and although they pressed hard for long periods , they could well have suffered a heavy defeat after a host of elementary mistakes gave Bann opportunities which should have been punished . |
| 9 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 10 | To celebrate the occasion , they could hardly have offered a more attractive programme — two of the top favourite operas of all time , plus a full-scale concert of the most popular music of Vienna . |
| 11 | Had vocation advisors been around they would doubtless have recommended a commercial future on the scientific side . |
| 12 | Good auditors have used the right when they would otherwise have had a duty anyway … |
| 13 | They guessed it was an emotional response to another womb death ; though , heaven knew , they would hardly have wanted a child , in their mid-forties , even if Charsky 's infertility could be miraculously cured . |
| 14 | They will also have developed a new technique for controlling reactions within a fusion reactor . |
| 15 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |