Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er because they actually , I mean , the week , the week in Scotland we should have got overtime for that , but we have n't |
| 2 | Such silences must have held sway for most of the day in this household of father and son . |
| 3 | And I cried , I must have cried Kate for two hours . |
| 4 | You must have claimed dole for eight weeks or served on the Youth Training Scheme or be able to produce formal notice of redundancy . |
| 5 | I 'll have to go look for that book then wo n't I ? |
| 6 | They were all eating miniature versions of proper food — a sliver of lamb like a lark 's tongue , a single braised spinach leaf , a mushroom tart no bigger than a cuff-link — like guests in a doll 's house , and trying to ignore the fact that the area around their table , which might have provided space for twelve to stand at a pinch , had now about 300 people in it . |
| 7 | In a few cases , the social worker might have to make provision for young children to be given temporary care away from home , for instance if the patient is a single parent without any relatives who could care for the children . |
| 8 | It is possible to hypothesise that if the District had surrendered its providing powers under the rural areas scheme , the weakened position of WEA Districts elsewhere in the country might have tilted provision for liberal adult education decisively towards university control in conjunction with LEAs . |
| 9 | I know nothing about him , she thought , nothing at all ; he could have robbed banks for all I know . |
| 10 | This could have provided opportunities for structural change and review . |
| 11 | I could have got money for some of them , but that would have meant delays . ’ |
| 12 | I could have won title for United — Atkinson |
| 13 | Payments under this scheme do not affect any legal rights you may have to take action for any loss or damage sustained and do not constitute an admission of liability on our part . |
| 14 | They may have worked years for long hours in restaurants . |
| 15 | Oxfordshire health authority has decided that a threatened £500,000 overspend means it can not open a new cardiology unit which would have freed beds for other uses . |
| 16 | At churches near them they were told they would have to attend services for 26 weeks , then their baby might be baptised . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course I would have to ask Artai for Sidacai to be freed into my custody , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Since the first edition of this book both the Matrimonial Homes ( Co-ownership ) Bill introduced in the House of Lords in 1980 ( which would have made provision for statutory co-ownership of the matrimonial home ) and the Land Registration of Law of Property Bill ( affecting the practice that has grown up following the case of Williams & Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland ) [ 1981 ] AC 487 ) have failed . |
| 19 | But the context in which they were voiced by Lord Woolton was the much wider concern about the nutritional status , and hence the efficiency and morale , of the whole population — in other words , arguments of utility rather than social justice ; unequal shares would have meant starvation for some — hardly the best recipe for a united war effort . |
| 20 | The Constitutional Court on March 3 ruled unconstitutional a bill passed in November 1991 [ see p. 38585 ] , which would have allowed prosecutions for serious crimes committed between Dec. 21 , 1944 , and May 2 , 1990 ( notably in the postwar purges and the repression of the 1956 uprising ) , which had not been prosecuted at the time for political reasons as being in conflict with the Constitution . |
| 21 | A single 30-ton sauropod corpse would have lasted Tyrannosaurus for three years , leading the Halsteads to surmise that among other anatomical reasons T. Rex was a slow-moving scavenger , incapable of moving faster than 2 mph ( 4 kph ) . |
| 22 | Victoria made it clear any schedule would have to make time for both shopping and relaxing , with official duties including opening hospital wards and presenting medals at swimming galas . |
| 23 | No I shall have to find room for some of the pots and leave the glasses in . |
| 24 | On the other hand , any artist who has been at the game long enough will have developed preferences for certain kinds of subject matter , for example Degas ' dancing girls , Céanne 's mountain , or Connard 's bathroom . |
| 25 | Flat rate farmers will have to issue invoices for all supplies of goods and services where the flat rate addition is added . |
| 26 | The organisers hope that the event will have raised £25,000 for charitable projects at home and in the developing world . |