Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should have done so ages ago ; and if she knew her friend as well as she thought she did , then she would be intrigued and delighted by the whole affair . |
| 2 | surveyor in breach of contract and should have advised further investigation of the property . |
| 3 | The hope was realized — but in a style that must have exceeded even Chapman 's wildest dreams . |
| 4 | Edward indicated that he was not committed to Balliol 's cause , and the arrival of Balliol at Carlisle as a fugitive must have made both king and parliament have second thoughts about his value as an ally . |
| 5 | The material only cost me £25 , so must have saved about £100 there . |
| 6 | Such events must have undermined even Prokofiev 's naive , self-centred confidence . |
| 7 | Finally it was Alexei who made a noise , which might have indicated either disgust or anger , then brushed past . |
| 8 | United might have faced further distractions had Pearce , consigned to a watching role alongside his manager , been maurauding along the left flank . |
| 9 | Any of them might have died prematurely , he might not have been able to earn these sums , and other misfortunes might have occurred so allowance must be made for this . |
| 10 | Thus a man who could have done all sorts of good things is rendered useless ; and the same sort of outcome could follow in a case involving not one but two men , or a hundred or more , or even a whole branch of a family ( progenies ) or at the same time a whole province — if you 're not very careful ! " ( c. 31 ) |
| 11 | He could have moved directly south into the valley of the Dee , but instead he chose to head eastwards towards the vale of Clwyd , to take a cautious look at the borders of Lord Grey 's domain before he turned south to cross the mountains to Valle Crucis . |
| 12 | The cost of hardware is falling every week , until recently the modem itself could have cost over £400 ! |
| 13 | If the dollar fell , the sterling value of the plane could have dropped below £16.8m . |
| 14 | ‘ Howard , ’ says Phil , ‘ how long do you think you could have sat here being at one with the infinite before you 'd felt your bottom aching and your scalp itching ? ’ |
| 15 | If you 'd have said please David I |
| 16 | They add that the impact of the mother 's presence on the marriage may have caused further resentment . |
| 17 | There were two objections to this : firstly it was a British tune and secondly ( though less important ) it was well known that its full version included a line about crushing rebellious Scots ; and while the English national anthem may have pleased aggressively Anglophile spectators , it gave immense offence to thousands of ordinary Scots who quite understandably punctuated it with boos and whistles . |
| 18 | It may have inundated lower Egypt , flooded the Nile and swept back the Red Sea waters to permit the escape of the Israelites fleeing from the Pharaoh . |
| 19 | Such organic-rich shales are likely to constitute a much more widespread potential source for hydrocarbons — probably mainly for gas and condensate — than the coals of the deltas which are restricted to the northern part of the region , although the possibility that isolated intermontane coal basins may have developed further south in the later Carboniferous can not be excluded . |
| 20 | Recession may have arrived late north of the border but economic slowdown and the election has pushed devolution or independence to the top of the business agenda and produced an anguished reaction . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , Messrs Jarvis did produce an ingenious creature which , with its standard outer case , would have fooled even Burke and Hare . |
| 22 | Dinosaurs would have inhabited both daytime and night-time niches determined by regular modes of activity under the control of biological clocks ; i.e. the circadian rhythm . |
| 23 | If Labour had eliminated these plans from its programme and continued to emphasise John Smith 's prudence ( as opposed to his curious ideas about minimum wages and confiscatory ‘ social justice ’ ) , then they would have swung more London and Midlands marginals their way . |
| 24 | Stephen would have liked further education , though he had n't expected Oxford or Cambridge or even , say , Nottingham . |
| 25 | Well i is n't if you 'd asked me last August when we bought the I would have said probably Radio Brittany or Radio Rouane |
| 26 | The king was more distressed by his death than by that of any other person except his own sister , and it seems certain that Berkeley would have received further advancement had he lived . |
| 27 | Before the Macintosh such capabilities would have cost around £25,000 . |
| 28 | Even leading a relatively simple life on Tour would have cost around £12,000 in expenses alone if a professional had played in all 21 events last season . |
| 29 | At the beginning of the 1980 's a typeface would have cost around $4,500 and you would probably have had to wait a couple of weeks while it was digitised from some master copy . |
| 30 | It is quite likely that to have attempted more would have done more harm than good : at all events , nothing more was attempted . |