Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] have have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there .
2 I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks .
3 ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’
4 I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself
5 I might have had a splendid pad ,
6 I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this .
7 The Sheffield Bomber said : ‘ I 'll have to have a long , serious think about my future — but I 'll make the decision , on my own .
8 So I 'll have to have a belated erm celebration .
9 I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself .
10 Ha I could have had a lovely new one !
11 So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas .
12 If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now .
13 Under other circumstances I 'd have had a snappy answer for her .
14 ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now .
15 If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying .
16 If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’
17 If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’
18 Well any wife of his would have had a miserable life !
19 I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’
20 When Myra was regressed she was unable to come up with anything which might have had a distressing effect upon her before the incident with her cousin .
21 I suggest that the discrepancy between the climate modelling results which indicate seasonal temperature extremes , and the increasing body of geological information documenting a temperate climate , may be explained by the fact that the palaeogeography used in the models does not take into account the existence of these lakes and rivers , which would have had a major influence on the regional climate .
22 You must have had a hard month of it , ’ she said .
23 Moving on , erm in te you know obviously you must have had a fair amount of c you said you had a fair amount of contact with erm tenants in the flats .
24 You must have had a full life ? ’
25 You should have had a tough education .
26 We fill grocery cartons with shoes that have the shape of living feet , a bulge on the left where she must have had a swollen joint ; I did not notice it while she was alive .
27 ‘ No idea — but I gather she must have had a wonky heart . ’
28 " She must have had a fanciful imagination , or been delirious .
29 Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it !
30 ‘ Is there anybody who might have had a serious grudge against your father ? ’
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