Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager of the recruiting bureau may or may not be present at the interview , but may be present when discussion takes place afterwards , or may have submitted a written report on the recruit 's attitudes and progress so far in the bureau . |
| 2 | The nautiloids achieved their widest range of adaptations and greatest variety of form in the Ordovician and Silurian periods , with various coiled forms , straight , pipe-like forms , and curious dumpy species with restricted apertures that may have adopted a sluggish ( possible filter-feeding ) mode of life . |
| 3 | This old ballad contains lines that may have inspired a blue-grass ditty of the Kentucky mountains , ‘ Roll in My Sweet Baby 's Arms ’ . |
| 4 | Watching him ride thus , strongly recovering from wounds that might have killed a lesser man , and whistling softly and contentedly into the sea wind , it was impossible to think evil of him . |
| 5 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 6 | Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach . |
| 7 | Somehow containing her fury , she flashed him a smile that would have made a lesser man shrivel . |
| 8 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 9 | Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant . |
| 10 | Only then did the American boy notice his extraordinarily long curling fingernails , the mark of a high-ranking courtier that would have made a Western-style handshake awkward and discomfiting for both parties . |
| 11 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
| 12 | And , after two weeks that would have cracked a lesser man , Taylor proved he still has what it takes to ensure that England can qualify to be one of the outside contenders . |
| 13 | Five thousand did so , and may have played a decisive part in turning a 5,060 Tory majority into a 580 Labour one . |
| 14 | He had a distinctive hooked gold earring in his left ear , wore a blue denim jacket and jeans and may have had a chipped front tooth . |
| 15 | One , in the grounds of Tullie House Museum just outside the fort gate , was 12.2m ( 40 ft ) by at least 67 m ( 219 ft ) , with a substantial plank floor over a solid foundation , and may have had a military function ; attempts have also been made to interpret it as the base for a rampart surrounding an annexe to the fort . |
| 16 | You were John Mayall 's longest-serving side man , and must have seen a good few guitarists and drummers come and go … |
| 17 | It was about five miles round and must have resembled a spinning top , floating above this anonymous planet . |
| 18 | One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs . |
| 19 | Applicants seeking credits for areas of study , for Sections of the certificate level areas C1 or C2 , or for elements from within an area of study at diploma level must submit their application to the HCIMA and should have received a favourable decision prior to enrolment on a programme or area of study . |
| 20 | Koeman gave Holland 45 minutes of limited credibility and might have inspired a Dutch goal in the second minute when his early through-pass beat Brazil 's offside trap and sent Kieft clear on the right . |
| 21 | He inherited wealth and could have lived a leisured life but preferred to pursue his earlier interest in natural philosophy . |
| 22 | Peter Scudamore is on record as saying that Sabin du Loir is one of the best horses he has ever ridden , and could have gone a long way towards towards justifying that high opinion but for falling in last year 's King George at Kempton when holding a healthy lead . |
| 23 | Eddie Gray is genuinely regarded by some clever football people to have been every bit as good as best , and could have made a similar name for himself had he not been dogged by injury . |
| 24 | That was a great great left footed shot and could have got a nasty deflection , it 's luckily for Shrewsbury it went straight through everybody and er over for a goal kick . |
| 25 | She was always impressed by his fame and would have liked a theatrical career . |
| 26 | She was a pretty woman and would have had a good figure had she not been pregnant . |
| 27 | We had agreed at the start of this thing that pressing the Harwich local council for housing would probably be more trouble than it was worth : if one of their inspectors had decided to check my circumstances with the port authorities , the customs people would inevitably have found out about the way in which I had been using their cupboard ( and would have had a pink fit , probably ) . |
| 28 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 29 | He hoped to make amends in the 200 metres and would have started a clear favourite had first the marksman and then the referee not barred him from lining up for the heats . |
| 30 | Slivers of black burnt onion , petrified bacon rinds , lacy brown scraps of fried eggs and scores of other morsels from tomatoes , sausages , steaks , chops , liver , potatoes , bread and baked beans here lay cheek by jowl , and would have afforded a rich reward to anyone interested in Mr Piggott 's diet over the past year . |