Example sentences of "it [vb mod] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the minor , circular designs of the latter , it may have possessed a number of concentric bands . |
| 2 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 3 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 4 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 5 | He says that it was a bit unfair — it may have made a difference . |
| 6 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 7 | Well we do n't have a definite answer erm Gill but we think it may have experienced a shock of some sort during that season and of course when this happens to fruit trees they can go into bi-annual cropping and then they come back again , it may be that this horse chestnut 's experienced something very similar . |
| 8 | It may have had a certain validity , especially in Scotland with its constellation of key organizations within or close to Glasgow . |
| 9 | It may have had a more sinister purpose later , as it is now known as The Whipping Stone . |
| 10 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Grenville 's manor belonged to Edward Grenville of Wotton Underwood , and was worth £10 to him ; in 1606 it may have comprised a house and 89 acres . |
| 12 | It may have provided a perfect ‘ apprenticeship ’ for building a movie empire . |
| 13 | It may have evoked a response in our personal nature , or have been in keeping with the mood of the moment . |
| 14 | It should have sent a search program down the cable first . |
| 15 | The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new . |
| 16 | United were unlucky … so what 's new … they could or is it should have had a penalty in the second half when Chrissy Allen was brought down … |
| 17 | Days before the trading figures were due , when it should have recommended a long position , the firm was likely to recommend going short . |
| 18 | It should have spent a little more time looking at the serious work being carried out by the Health Education Authority and less time on carping criticisms of the authority 's work . |
| 19 | Over 900 of them said : ‘ It should have come a long time ago — very few people have done more for charity , public service and their Party than you have ’ . |
| 20 | Though his extravagance was well rewarded , it must have placed a severe strain on the house 's finances . |
| 21 | ‘ It must have caused a scandal . ’ |
| 22 | Not that she begrudged her sister happiness , but it must have raised a few " if only 's " in her own mind . |
| 23 | If there was a " consumer revolution " in eighteenth-century England , it must have owed a very great deal to an improvement in road transport which , according to one writer , allowed " our very carriages to travel with almost winged expedition " . |
| 24 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud . |
| 25 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 26 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated . |
| 27 | It must have cost a lot at the start but they |
| 28 | In addition it must have passed a special resolution making itself ‘ exempt ’ and that resolution may not be passed if it is a public company , a banking or insurance company or an authorised person under the Financial Services Act . |
| 29 | It must have looked a beautiful sight ! |
| 30 | But on a rainy March afternoon in 1988 it must have seemed a million miles from home . |