Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [modal v] have be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I thought what we wous what we would have done four fi four , five years ago like , I mean that would have been stopped and and and scrapped . |
| 2 | Fancy building , I mean that must have been done when , when the house was built . |
| 3 | Two points are worth remembering from all this : perfect swims do n't last forever and for every one that declines another will have been changed by the same forces into an excellent one . |
| 4 | Neighbours , who reported the man as missing to the local council , say more should have been done to see if he was in need of help . |
| 5 | Both migrants and non-enrollers believed more could have been done to help . |
| 6 | ‘ They are both extremely attractive targets but because of the family control neither could have been taken over without consent and , to date , the families have shown no inclination to sell out , ’ said one Continental drinks watcher . |
| 7 | Those of the gentry and clergy who perceived this may have been driven by instinct and may have over-reacted . |
| 8 | If a small proportion of the effort and money given to the study of immunology and human disease had been given to the study of pharmacogenetics in specific disease states much would have been learned . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose that would have been regarded as subversive by some governments in the bad old days , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The first point to make is that this is the same book as originally published in 1974 and retrospectively numbered ‘ 36 ’ in the series — we feel this should have been made clear by titling it ‘ Revised Edition ’ in the style previously followed . |
| 11 | At first I thought this must have been intended for someone else and began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope . |
| 12 | I think that may have been construed as impolite , so I smiled and replied that , yes indeed it was still a bit to go before the top , and wow , certainly it was proving mighty tough . |
| 13 | I 've already explained how I think that could have been done . ’ |
| 14 | To say more would have been to overstate the case , but as a first preview it got by . |
| 15 | At some date , presumably after the twelfth century , the village moved or was moved westwards and its gridplan suggests this may have been planned . |
| 16 | It believes more should have been done to ease the severity of the jobless situation . |