Example sentences of "[vb base] he [modal v] have " in BNC.
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1 | His determination to deny them the ‘ improved living and working conditions , proper social protection , dialogue between management and labour ’ aspired to by the Maastricht social chapter suggest he may have had a different community in mind from the sort outside the gates of Timex . |
2 | Well , maybe they were n't his exact words , but I expect he would have come up with something like that had he been asked for his thoughts on Carter 's ‘ Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ . |
3 | I expect he could have managed the operation much more easily by himself . |
4 | I expect he will have gone home to bed . ’ |
5 | ‘ Well , I expect he will have . ’ |
6 | ‘ Now I realise he could have raped me . ’ |
7 | But before he 's even fit enough to be flown home , doctors say he 'll have to spend at least a fortnight in hospital . |
8 | I say he 'll have to make a will now . |
9 | They say he should have waited around like a good boy , taken a few duff , even Duff fights , and he would have been rewarded in due course by boxing 's power brokers . |
10 | They say he could have a future when he 's finished his studies . " |
11 | ‘ And if he 's got things like your class take for granted you jump right on him , say he must have nicked them . |
12 | ‘ If he 's got things like your class take for granted , ’ the girl had said , ‘ you say he must have nicked them . ’ |
13 | You say he can have it when Hoomey and all swim however many lengths in four minutes , whatever many it has to be . ’ |
14 | NICK FALDO knows that but for his Saturday stumble he would have waltzed away with the US PGA title yesterday here at Bellerive . |
15 | But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them . |
16 | I hope he 'll have a nice Christmas . |
17 | I suspect he would have been rewarded by now had a private conversation of his on a car telephone not been picked up and leaked a couple of years ago . |
18 | I suspect he would have been making exactly the same speech but saying that the figures were suspect because they had been come from somewhere else . |
19 | Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time … |
20 | erm Professor Ron Dore is going to talk a bit about when education should stop and I suspect will be saying some of the things that you 've already hinted at , and then later on Professor Colin Lacey will be talking about some aspects of teachers and teaching and training of teachers , and I suspect he will have something to say about mobility of teachers and careers of teachers as , as well . |
21 | ‘ For all I know he 'll have disappeared already , ’ I said as we went downstairs . |
22 | ‘ With a player like David , you know he 'll have a quiet spell , and then hit a hat-trick , ’ he says . |
23 | I could have resisted him until we were married , and I know he would have waited , but it was me who did n't want to wait . |
24 | I know he would have liked to defend his title , ’ said Irish region PGA captain Hanna . |
25 | we know he must have had a father , from our knowledge of the world , but we did not know what he was . |
26 | But you know , I felt like saying , well , you know he could have been a bit more considerate and concerned when we were actually going out with each other ! |
27 | So I said that if he , if he went with Rudy , I know he 'd have off and he just grins do n't you ? |
28 | Well it 's a very very competitive race I I I suppose he may have the best chance but there are an awful lot with good chances . |
29 | ‘ I suppose he might have had cramp or something . |
30 | One friend said : ‘ Well , I suppose he might have with Sara , but I think it is unlikely . |