Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] have [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the traffic implications in grid-locking the roads of Caerphilly , up Manor way , it might even have had repercussions for the hon. Gentleman 's constituents . |
| 2 | ‘ Knowing you , ’ said Gay , ‘ you 'll never stop having adventures — and probably landing yourself in one dreadful pickle after another ! ’ |
| 3 | Further , employers could not have it both ways ; if they sought summary conviction before justices of the peace , they could hardly have had penalties of a harshness imposable only by the courts . |
| 4 | I could hardly remember having muffins before , although I 'd seen the muffin man in his white apron , a towel over his arm and a tray of muffins every Sunday afternoon . |
| 5 | They will not necessarily do so , and they may positively dislike having shares rather than cash . |
| 6 | They may also have had misgivings about the power and influence of residential staff over children , and the potential abuses which could and sometimes do occur . |
| 7 | A number of firms may also have had problems in achieving the synergies expected of newly formed structures . |
| 8 | Likewise the middle-aged mother may also have had aspirations which had for many years been put aside until her parenting responsibilities were at an end . |
| 9 | They may even have had servants , and I remember seeing photographs of her in a beautiful gown . |
| 10 | Others who may well have had reservations about him ( though we shall probably have to wait some time before their reflections can be made available to us ) were the oil-company spokesmen to whom he advanced new facts of life during the earnestly disputed discussions between OPEC and the major companies in Tehran in December 1973 . |
| 11 | The Minoans , under the influence of exactly the same drug , may well have had visions of a fantastic , maze-like building , and based the design for the Labyrinth on their visions . |
| 12 | Pauline thought would still continue to have rivals , of course . |
| 13 | More often the remains will be very slight , but most villages would formerly have had farms or cottages occupying what today are often grassy paddocks in gaps along the streets . |