Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 She may perhaps have felt a little out of place but she articulates a rare understanding of what was going on in the place , all underpinned by an almost total recall of the fascinating minutiae of day-to-day events .
2 If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing .
3 Robert Penfold 's advocacy of pulsed controllers for model railways in the April issue should perhaps have contained a motor health warning !
4 The attainment of his majority would naturally have heralded a larger and more independent following , but Gloucester 's early influence was in areas where there was an established network of royal servants and this shaped his developing retinue .
5 The attainment of his majority would naturally have heralded a larger and more independent following , but Gloucester 's early influence was in areas where there was an established network of royal servants and this shaped his developing retinue .
6 ‘ Relax ’ may only have become a scandal when the BBC in belated confusion ( and in response to teasing video clips ) banned it , but singers Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford promote an explicitly gay image , and ‘ Two Tribes ’ was a pointed response to nuclear defence policy .
7 I saw a live TV transmission of Il trovatore from the Metropolitan in New York a few weeks ago that can only have confirmed a lot of people 's worst prejudices about opera — dull production , dull filming , all wrapped round with a certain amount of superstar hype .
8 Thus , if pursuant to the will of X the property is vested in Y as legatee and Y subsequently sells the property for £550,000 , Y will only have made a taxable gain ( subject to the indexation allowance ) of £50,000 .
9 But Mr Lawson and the Bank may only have bought a week for sterling .
10 It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof .
11 ‘ If she had married before she died , the sister would only have got a small legacy .
12 But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’
13 At that stage Transvaal were still in the running for the night series trophy and his presence would obviously have made a difference .
14 There was as well , similar but a whole step in advance , the why-dun-it , the book which depends for its interest on showing that someone who could easily enough have committed a certain murder but who on the face of it was incapable of that particular crime ( i.e. one who had J. C. Masterman 's aces of spades , hearts and diamonds but apparently not clubs ) is nevertheless seen eventually to be psychologically capable of that crime after all , once probed deeply enough .
15 The right hon. Gentleman may personally have achieved a rather soft landing , but sadly that was not true for the economy of which he was in charge .
16 We should all have received a report from Roger about one or two accidents that have occurred on sites .
17 On the other hand , large size for carnivores would not necessarily have meant a remorseless and continued struggle to find food .
18 Despite all the apparent sophistication of defence analysis , it may thus have produced a set of answers to the wrong question .
19 Applicants must satisfy the general entry requirements for admission to a first degree course ( see p 51 ) , and will normally have undertaken a Foundation Course in Art and Design .
20 Applicants must satisfy the general entry requirements for admission to a first degree course ( see page 51 ) , and will normally have undertaken a Foundation Course in Art and Design .
21 Applicants must satisfy the general entry requirements for admission to a first degree course ( see p 51 ) , and will normally have undertaken a Foundation Course in Art and Design .
22 It thus gained a considerable audience , including many people who would not normally have watched a film of this type given the subject matter .
23 If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title .
24 She believed Spittals would somehow have treated a male officer differently — spoken less patronisingly , with more respect .
25 Could she somehow have taken a wrong turning on the straight , unbranching surface ?
26 We may already have built a rewarding business relationship together and feel that by offering you the shell Account Card this will help to consolidate it .
27 In choosing your background materials you will already have made a commitment to a particular colour .
28 His pupils might already have attended a reading or song school .
29 Instead , structured gestural sequences , or syntagmata as MacNeill calls them , might already have had a rudimentary grammar before they were overlaid by speech .
30 By that time , of course , he would already have effected a great many ministerial and policy changes , but there would still have been sufficient sense of novelty about everything he touched to have ensured his eventual victory at the polls .
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