Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [modal v] have " in BNC.

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1 It will also face the fact that those who lose least may have to compensate those who lose most , if free riding is to be checked .
2 I mean that would have been a disaster I mean it 's only because I was upstairs and I thought oh I can smell boiling .
3 Because I mean that would have been the first job offer .
4 Well I thought what we wous what we would have done four fi four , five years ago like , I mean that would have been stopped and and and scrapped .
5 I mean that can have that can sort of
6 I mean that must have what it c er millions died in that and er the same thing happened in China .
7 No , no one told me getting the push , just said we were getting a new one so I mean that must have meant that we that he had n't Commiserations , but never mind
8 Fancy building , I mean that must have been done when , when the house was built .
9 Some fear this may have harmed the LME 's reputation , and could drive prices , which have fallen by 50% in two years , still lower .
10 ‘ It 's what you say that will have the effect .
11 I now realise this would have been a mistake .
12 Neighbours , who reported the man as missing to the local council , say more should have been done to see if he was in need of help .
13 Deakin said : ‘ Our aim is to enhance the status of match officials within the top professional game and hope that will have a knock-on effect at all levels .
14 ‘ If it existed , I imagine this would have been what we call a pattern , an unofficial design for a coinage which was never minted .
15 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused .
16 We 'd like to apologise to Hugh Manson for any inconvenience this may have caused .
17 erm I recall that would have been probably nineteen eighty nine
18 Yeah , I I ca n't think of any other things that you know that would have led to us sort of withdrawing our labour , e everything else could 've settled amicably or through discussions with the union .
19 Perhaps you could play along and pretend they were you know that would have been good you could pretend that you were sort of erm I I erm er er Christie Brinkley .
20 I know that would have meant mingling with the masses , but — ’
21 I know that can have serious consequences … ’
22 You never know that could have been my signature
23 ‘ They are both extremely attractive targets but because of the family control neither could have been taken over without consent and , to date , the families have shown no inclination to sell out , ’ said one Continental drinks watcher .
24 ‘ Yes , I suppose that would have irritated a Socialist Republican Feminist like you . ’
25 ‘ I suppose that would have been regarded as subversive by some governments in the bad old days , ’ he said .
26 Well , I suppose that would have been fine if I could have gone along with it , but I was n't quite ready for that .
27 And I suppose that would have been this
28 Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me .
29 There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) .
30 I should 've said that to Marie — I reckon that would 've been OK .
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