Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pron] [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | He kept their backsides so warm you could have fried eggs and bacon on them ! |
| 3 | Yet , like the rest , this is a persuasive performance , and I only hope we shall have more Arnold from American players . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Master Rickie Crowninshield likes to scuba , ’ McIllvanney said sourly , ‘ and his daddy 's paying for the gear , so gear they will have . |
| 8 | We disembark , walking down the rusting ramp over white cockleshell sand and water so clear it could have come from a tap . |
| 9 | Studies of the impact of the government budget necessarily presuppose what would have been the case in the absence of such a budget . |
| 10 | ‘ I very much doubt you will have the chance to discover , ’ Frere laughed . |
| 11 | So obscure you 'll have to explain that one to me . |
| 12 | ‘ As I said to Sergei back at the hotel , I only wish we could have used our own people to babysit Mobuto . |
| 13 | I only wish I could have hit the third . ’ |
| 14 | I only wish I could have been with Mr Grant when he researched the feature . |
| 15 | you know I only wish I could have heard him |
| 16 | It is the high quality of musical performance , as well as the staging , which somehow make what might have been a curiosity into an entertaining and disturbing theatrical experience . |
| 17 | When the Minister had ended the meeting with the words , ‘ Now , Mr Sanders , what can we do to persuade you to put more investment in Ireland ? ’ the Englishman had replied , ‘ The best advocate you could have , Minister , to influence more investment in your country , is a local plant manager who consistently turns in good results , year after year . |
| 18 | There 's prezzies all wrapped up under the tree , just like we used to have when I lived with Annie and Mum and Dad . |
| 19 | It 's the best result we could have hoped for . ’ |
| 20 | Just think what might have happened , of course , if all those folk were n't being forever vigilant . |
| 21 | Just think what could have happened . |
| 22 | no I ju , I du n no why I just think she 'll have a lad |
| 23 | But I just think I must have had |
| 24 | I just think you should have a good sleep . |
| 25 | It was the best answer she could have expected ; but the memory of Fand sinking to the ground preyed on her . |
| 26 | ‘ I just wish he could have been here to see it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I just wish , I just wish I could have been there , ’ he blurts out . |
| 28 | ‘ I just wish I could have seen his face clearly for one last time . ’ |
| 29 | The reason for her pent-up fury is not disclosed , though we rather suspect it may have something to do with her father 's preference for her sister . |
| 30 | Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time … |