Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] have [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If would have thought we should have had it two years ago , if we 'd got moving , but we have n't . |
| 2 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
| 3 | ‘ We believe that we might have had it this year were it not for the election . ’ |
| 4 | Yet the bowler could have had him three times , two sixes just clearing the fielder and a top edge over the wicket-keeper falling harmlessly . |
| 5 | Well she goes June come on , could have had it next Friday I think something must be happening next Friday , she goes to Australia on the seventh well maybe that is next Friday Oh no it 's the is n't it ? |
| 6 | Auriculas are the most desirable of flowers but if you are n't green-fingered , or would like to have them all year round , Carless & Gray sells diy fake-auricula kits which you assemble and paint yourself . |
| 7 | The pragmatists , who would like to have it both ways , believe that raising taxes will bring any incipient recovery to a halt , by putting up prices and reducing the spending power of consumers , who already face the prospect of sharply falling pay settlements , which could well dip below inflation this year . |
| 8 | Or they may say have you any proof of purchase ? |