Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] have [vb pp] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 2 | But for Britain , WEU was perhaps satisfactory : it allowed for the possibility of British association with the leaders of integration , if necessary , and may have permitted some form of British influence upon the latter . |
| 3 | It is interesting to learn that nuclear scientists are now seeking the particles necessary to anti-matter and may have found some of them . |
| 4 | The man smiled at the girl and must have passed some friendly remark , for she looked at him agreeably before returning to her inspection of the petticoats . |
| 5 | Scotland was an unhappy country in the late seventeenth century , partly for reasons beyond the control of politicians or merchants ; the climate grew steadily harsher , for these were the worst years of the ‘ little ice age ’ that ran from 1500 to 1850 and must have had some general effect of encouraging emigration from Europe . |
| 6 | The Yorkes lived next door to the Shergolds and might have gleaned some scraps of information that he could wheedle out of Harriet . |
| 7 | I wished that I was less inhibited by my upbringing and could have done some extraordinary thing to confirm her diagnosis — danced on the table or stated that I would n't ally myself with a man with a face like a toothpaste advertisement . |
| 8 | Fighting back tears , his 50-year-old widow Sam said : ‘ He gave his life to British Airways and could have expected some support from them . |
| 9 | I still wanted to add some more catfish and would have liked some of the Driftwood Cats , Tatia , or Auchenipterichthys , but could not find any , so I purchased four Whiptails , Rhineloricaria sp , and placed them in . |
| 10 | He was a lovely horse , and would have won some good races next year . ’ |