Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | I might have had a word with him if I 'd caught him . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I might have had a hat-trick and I wanted that . |
| 9 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 10 | I could have had a contract to compare favourably with any offered to anyone at the club . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd have had a job , ’ said Simon . |
| 15 | ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’ |
| 16 | I feel I would have had a chance of breaking my North West ‘ duck ’ . |
| 17 | I suppose it was good at the time that I was n't kissing Andrew , otherwise I would have had a mouthful of sick . |
| 18 | She added : ‘ If I had n't had Steffine with me I would have had a go . |
| 19 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Because if I 'd have come home and it 'd been a mess I would have had a face the longest of all ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Or ‘ In the old days you had no government but you collected taxes from passers-by : you must have had a treasury ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You must have had a reason . ’ |
| 25 | So assuming it was n't bad manners or simply an oversight , you must have had a reason . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You must have had a reason . |
| 27 | From the length of it , she must have had a truck waiting outside the check-out . |
| 28 | She must have had a life apart from what we know about and she 's living it , ’ she concluded , lamely . |
| 29 | She must have had a posting , or else obtained her demob while I was still at Binbrook , because I have a distinct memory of Sheila hammering nails into this crate before despatching it to her new destination , and scornfully refusing all help from J. , who was standing by with the hammer and nails . |
| 30 | Perhaps she should have had a brother or sister for Tina , though being well into her forties by then and having waited twelve years for Tina to come along made that impossible . |