Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 2 | Some of them may have become bottom living , crawling hunters for which a gastropod-like shell would have been more appropriate . |
| 3 | I certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time . |
| 4 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 5 | We flew economy — I may have to make this trip regularly if Stanford accept me , and my insurance does n't cover me , so every penny counts . |
| 6 | Well research suggests that something like eighty eight percent , that 's research by Klaus and Bass , Klaus and Bass nineteen eighty-eight , actually I may have got that date wrong so I 'm not sure you should quote the date , anyway it 's Klaus and Bass . |
| 7 | My period comes every month , so I think I may have caught some illness from my husband . |
| 8 | But I must have missed that film . |
| 9 | Yet I must have conveyed some uneasiness to my parents . |
| 10 | I must have passed that florist 's in Rumsey Road several hundred times and never really looked at it , let alone into it . |
| 11 | I must have chosen this day to have gone and met this man . |
| 12 | I must have thought this morning . |
| 13 | No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’ |
| 14 | did I have another conversation , Jess and Lucy so I must have had another conversation with you last night then Jess |
| 15 | I should have attended that Council meeting you know ? ’ he added more lightly , but I was busy , I sent my excuses . |
| 16 | Oh well yes I should have done one word . |
| 17 | She meant I did n't girn or make a fuss , and meant I should have stayed that way . |
| 18 | I should have realised that genius , as some bright spark in the office said , has a lot to do with genes . |
| 19 | I should have made more effort to get close to her , Claudia thought miserably ; all her efforts had been rebuffed , but , deny it or not , the bond was there and she hesitated to turn her sensitive twin over to Roman Wyatt 's not so tender mercy . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 'm bound to say that in your position I think I should have made some enquiry into his bona fides . |
| 21 | But I should have guessed that Hurley and his crowd would again put two and two together and make 22 . |
| 22 | My relationship with my father had not changed , although I should have welcomed some change , since the days of my early childhood : it is difficult for most parents to admit that their children are growing up and therefore in need of a more flexible parental attitude . |
| 23 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 24 | I should have thought veterinary surgery was reasonably remunerative . |
| 25 | I knew I should have found some way to follow that pair up to the pond . |
| 26 | I should have taken better care of you . ’ |
| 27 | I should have taken more care . |
| 28 | ‘ I should have had that witch brought in ! ’ |
| 29 | I should have had more faith in you . ’ |
| 30 | I should have had more sense . |