Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have had a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If it was Monday morning , I must have had a skinful the night before .
2 I must have had a fight every two days , ’ he said .
3 I must have had a death wish choosing that .
4 I should have had a bet on Seve before the Open .
5 Someone must have had a word with the band about their playing after the last tour and subsequent departure from east west Records because this show as a 200pc better affair .
6 Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after .
7 I might have had a word with him if I 'd caught him .
8 I might have had a chance if the fates had n't conspired against me , but my left leg 's still giving me some stick .
9 I might have had a hat-trick and I wanted that .
10 Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’
11 I could have had a contract to compare favourably with any offered to anyone at the club .
12 I mean I , it 's no good me husbands to look af , I I this is my second husband but er with my first husband er I I sort of erm if it 's been left to him , God bless him , he 's dead now but if it 'd been left to him I 'd have had a houseful of children you know .
13 If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it .
14 I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’
15 I 'd have had a job , ’ said Simon .
16 ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’
17 I feel I would have had a chance of breaking my North West ‘ duck ’ .
18 I suppose it was good at the time that I was n't kissing Andrew , otherwise I would have had a mouthful of sick .
19 She added : ‘ If I had n't had Steffine with me I would have had a go .
20 I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback …
21 What I was going to tell him , if he was to come over , take my car there when I 'd have taken this car over , I would have had a car to come back .
22 Because if I 'd have come home and it 'd been a mess I would have had a face the longest of all !
23 His trousers and shirt ( an old-fashioned shirt of striped flannel which should have had a collar but did not ) were motleyed with all sorts of paint and a welter of dirt and sweat .
24 Lavenham , which must have had a population approaching 1,000 and ranked as one of the dozen or so richest towns in the kingdom , went into decline following the death of the great clothier Thomas Spring in 1523 .
25 I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA .
26 We made sure that er on each occasion er we reached a figure or a set of figures that would be mutually acceptable to ask the colleague or colleagues and , and then it was registered in the minutes as a , so we could refer back to er any cases er that were similar and that then made life easier for the shop stewards er who may have had a recurrence of the same problem .
27 Another complaint was that the trial judge failed to give the jury any warning about the evidence of Zaidie and Matadial as witnesses who may have had a purpose of their own to serve or whose evidence could be tainted by an improper motive .
28 Pathfinders Tours , who should have had a steam run along the North Wales Coast last Sunday behind Princess Margaret Rose , told us that they have agreed a provision new date with British Rail of August 23rd , featuring the same locomotive .
29 Or ‘ In the old days you had no government but you collected taxes from passers-by : you must have had a treasury ? ’
30 You must have had a reason . ’
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