Example sentences of "he [vb mod] have have little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cedric Downes had himself been on the phone for about five minutes , trying frustratedly to contact British Rail about times of trains to London that day ; yet he could have had little notion of the irrational and frenetic impatience of the man who was trying to contact him ; a man who was betweenwhiles cursing the incompetence of British Telecom and bemoaning the cussedness of the Universe in general . |
| 2 | When Menzies opened the door to radio communication , he could have had little appreciation of one aspect of its future impact . |
| 3 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 4 | The King 's desire to join the Queen is a mystery , for , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ he would have had little joy out of her . ’ |
| 5 | When Michael Marks first wheeled his Penny Bazaar barrow into Leeds Market in 1884 , he can have had little idea that his actions were to one day progress Marks and Spencer to become the nation 's leading retailer . |