Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are so widely prescribed you may have taken them yourself . |
| 2 | He suddenly realized she could have died , that something awful could have taken place after he passed out . |
| 3 | Ace suddenly realized he might have taken other damage . |
| 4 | Was after world war one anyway I mind of that , so say it might have been in the twenties he might have done I would n't say proper |
| 5 | He kept their backsides so warm you could have fried eggs and bacon on them ! |
| 6 | Yet , like the rest , this is a persuasive performance , and I only hope we shall have more Arnold from American players . |
| 7 | It does n't bear thinking about , but I only hope I shall have learnt something from you in order to carry it on in some way or another . ’ |
| 8 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 9 | But on reflection , she had realized that no one had taken the friendship with the USSR wholly seriously , and now the realization of how much worry it must have caused the Führer and ‘ the greatness of his diplomacy ’ made her feel ‘ quite small ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Master Rickie Crowninshield likes to scuba , ’ McIllvanney said sourly , ‘ and his daddy 's paying for the gear , so gear they will have . |
| 11 | So do n't encourage the people to do that but that is true if it 's so valued you would have thought there would have been an outcry , there has n't been . |
| 12 | We disembark , walking down the rusting ramp over white cockleshell sand and water so clear it could have come from a tap . |
| 13 | ‘ Coffee , please , ’ she grinned , so relieved she could have hugged him . |
| 14 | Hoomey set off up the hill , half running , so relieved he could have cried . |
| 15 | Studies of the impact of the government budget necessarily presuppose what would have been the case in the absence of such a budget . |
| 16 | If Carson had been predictably agreeable and obviously interested she would have accepted the lift and that , apart perhaps from the promise of a follow-up lunch some time , would have been the end of it . |
| 17 | They could not give the impression that they doubted the validity of their king 's claim to the crown of France , for by so doing they would have thrown doubt upon the symbolic and legal importance of Henry VI 's French coronation , rendering illegal the very authority ( the royal one ) upon which the validity of the grants made to Englishmen ( and others ) in Normandy depended . |
| 18 | In so doing he may have had access to local traditions . |
| 19 | Sometimes one or other would misuse that privilege and perhaps shout more than was otherwise seemly , ‘ but the fact that we 'd grown up together meant we could have our rows and know that the next day one of us would apologise , and it would all be forgotten . ’ |
| 20 | Some anonymous little department at D15 that took care of people who got out of line , but would that necessarily mean they 'd have a go at me ? |
| 21 | ‘ I very much doubt you will have the chance to discover , ’ Frere laughed . |
| 22 | So obscure you 'll have to explain that one to me . |
| 23 | She nudged me , and I , innocent enough to think I could have a boyfriend like her , accepted the dress and the make-up . |
| 24 | ‘ As I said to Sergei back at the hotel , I only wish we could have used our own people to babysit Mobuto . |
| 25 | I only wish I could have hit the third . ’ |
| 26 | I only wish I could have been with Mr Grant when he researched the feature . |
| 27 | you know I only wish I could have heard him |
| 28 | ‘ One can only speculate what would have happened had this not been done but I seriously doubt if we would be meeting here today had not the capital infusion been made in 1990 and this plan put into place and well executed . |
| 29 | Well , had we given in then god only knows what would have happened in both our quarry and the other two quarries . |
| 30 | ‘ God only knows what might have happened if ye had screamed . ’ |