Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps some of his churchmen allowed personal ambition and family loyalties to involve them in the political divisions of the reign , and so may have welcomed a change of dynasty in 1016 . |
| 2 | So should have put a plus there . |
| 3 | A preheated cupping glass would then have been placed over the wound and the cooling action of the air inside would have produced a vacuum capable of sucking the blood out . |
| 4 | The Leonardo drawings alone would have made a fine exhibition , although not one to fill the entire first floor of Palazzo Grassi . |
| 5 | That alone would have lasted a week and been enough to take in and remember . |
| 6 | The sight alone would have won a more sentimental soul , but the Balmoral workers shared their countrymen 's pride in hard headedness . |
| 7 | In his Preface to the Gardeners Dictionary , Miller invited communications on ‘ new experiments in relation to this art ’ and , at a time when scientific work was developing rapidly , this request alone would have attracted a large response . |
| 8 | A hand somewhere might have touched a secret spring , for a whole wall was turning on a hinge to reveal a hidden chamber . |
| 9 | The formation of liberal thought by those who normally might have taken a pride in never bothering to think at all was remarkable . |
| 10 | They 'll not be as lively as they ought to be come morning , but tonight will have got a whole lot of unhappy things out of Seb 's system . |
| 11 | It also may have answered a few queries over which he may have pondered in his youth and then discarded to the rear of his mind for later consideration . |
| 12 | United also might have had a penalty in the second half when City skipper , Keith Curle , appeared to push striker Mark Hughes over in his box , but referee Robert Hart , waved play on . |
| 13 | unresolved oedipal problems ( which formerly might have produced a typical hysteria ) may today lead to a state of unrestrained and self-destructive acting out , and to delinquency , simulating a picture of psychosis , as the ego remains weak and the superego ineffectual in the face of uncontrolled drives . |
| 14 | If the Diamond Phoenix had been supplied with proper drivers it most probably would have done a little better , overtaking the Western Systems . |
| 15 | To the passengers in the skies over the Atlantic drinking free champagne to celebrate the first anniversary of Virgin Atlantic , oblivious to all the dramas which had unfolded to keep them airborne , it probably would have seemed a bargain . |
| 16 | The brochure also would have outlined a number of other aspects in in more detail than I could give you on the phone . |
| 17 | Yes , but I would have thought that you know I M R O sh should of then I asked , I write and asked them the question , I r really would have expected a reply to come back , yes , we found this and so and so , but we then scraped a little bit further and erm . |
| 18 | She really would have preferred a cup of tea , but could n't refuse when they 'd gone to so much trouble . |
| 19 | Many women retiring today may have paid a reduced rate contribution under a scheme which was abolished in 1978 . |
| 20 | Some of the equipment in here must have cost a small fortune — it would be dreadful , would n't it , if there should happen to be an accident ? ’ |
| 21 | Voluntary organisations like the Rainer Foundation are at last being listened to and boroughs that ten years ago might have had a dozen children 's homes now have only a couple . |
| 22 | Beverley Lewis , a disabled woman who died in her mother 's home in Gloucester three years ago might have had a better chance if the city and not the county controlled it 's own social services . |
| 23 | Paul Allen 's 21st-minute winner was the only entry on my score card , but the chaps from the WBC keeping tabs on Nigel Benn and Nicky Piper down the road at Ally Pally would have had a much busier afternoon . |
| 24 | In the midst of religious and political wars of startling insanity , the idea that God at least must have created a rational , knowable order must have acquired immense attraction in a world where religion and politics were still inseparable . |
| 25 | Someone up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam . |
| 26 | A goal then might have made a big difference . |
| 27 | A moment 's pain then might have avoided a lifetime of imprisonment since . |
| 28 | It is rare to find in his writings any acknowledgement of the possibility that Britain 's dominion overseas might have had a less than immaculate conception . |
| 29 | But however long or short it was , Nicodemus certainly must have learned a , a tremendous amount as he listened to Jesus . |
| 30 | Tom never should have taken a driver because there 's a lot of trouble near the hole ( 316 yards , par-4 ) . |