Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before leaving London , Belle had been secretary to an hotel keeper and wine merchant , which should have provided useful experience for the venture . |
| 2 | Because of intended aerobatic flight , the refueller had been instructed to leave the tank two gallons short of maximum fuel when refuelling a Tiger Moth ; this should have provided sufficient fuel for two hours 35 minutes flying . |
| 3 | The height of these first forests must have caused considerable problems for the animal inhabitants . |
| 4 | As is often the case with such surveys , no clear consensus emerged over many of the questions and some apparently contradictory points were made ( ‘ Not enough homework ’ ; ‘ too heavy a coursework load ’ ) but the whole exercise must have yielded useful information for teachers and a welcome awareness among parents that here is an open school much concerned about the quality of experience it offers its students and responsive to the views of all partners in the education service . |
| 5 | In the case of the innocent parties they must have known each other for at least two years . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ But he must have had some reason for wanting to talk to you . ’ |
| 7 | Even though Gundovald can never have said some of the things which Gregory attributes to him , the bishop of Tours must have had some reason for putting the words into his mouth . |
| 8 | ‘ You must have had some feeling for him , ’ he said a little crossly . |
| 9 | The implementation of this policy was the work in part of the new Roman episcopal appointees , from Cullen onwards , though the growing hatred of the ascendancy because of the famine and their continued landownership must have provided ample cause for separate schools for the majority of Roman catholic clergy . |
| 10 | And speaking again of the survivors , not to mention our three other visitors , we 'll have to find sleeping accommodation for them . |
| 11 | Seebohm reorganisation might have created one door for people to turn to but often that door was closed . |
| 12 | The Kyalami Ranch was very much the sort of place where James liked relaxing : you might have to wait two hours for your dinner , but never a moment for the sun , and James is a basker , the deckchair his habitat . |
| 13 | Clare was the great exception , an articulate peasant , and he might have described that world for us in all its natural beauty and its deep associations for the human race — twelve or thirteen centuries of unbroken continuity — but he came almost too late for this kind of England . |
| 14 | For anyone else this might have seemed ample funds for an expedition , but for Gould , the cautious man of commerce , even this nest-egg had to be used sparingly . |
| 15 | A few nights later she went with Maureen to Benediction , and as she glanced at her sister , deep in prayer , Anne was conscious of how much Maureen 's faith meant to her , and how her own well-meant interference might have severed that lifeline for her beloved sister . |
| 16 | If you go round and round any more I might have to prescribe some medicine for you . ’ |
| 17 | Such a market might have lacked adequate liquidity for success . |
| 18 | For all I know , Léon Cohn-Casson might have had substantial reasons for believing in his invulnerability . |
| 19 | A large amount of capital ( £200,000 ) was available to the Western Isles Project from the Van Leer Foundation ; it is doubtful whether individuals , however dedicated , could have raised sufficient enthusiasm for action without it . |
| 20 | I think they could have kept that money for that purpose what they want now , not to throw it across there . |
| 21 | Assistant mechanic Jonas found a chip pan on fire in the galley and put it out — this could have caused serious problems for the salvage attempt by a tug on the way from Lowestoft . |
| 22 | Political unrest in Yugoslavia could have spelt bad news for Airtours , which planned to send 7,000 sunseekers there this summer . |
| 23 | But he added that they could have had serious consequences for her if they had been true . |
| 24 | At the time she had had Peter in her tummy and a fall could have had serious consequences for both herself and the unborn baby . |
| 25 | Shildon , he explained , had been dismissed from the Detroit paper towards the end of a long and exhaustive investigation which , if the results had been published , could have had serious repercussions for MacQuillan 's political associates . |
| 26 | Carl and Sam , together , could have provided enough material for several short stories , plays and musicals , enough drama and comedy , violence and sex , to satisfy the most critical of critics , and the most fastidious of theatre-goers . |
| 27 | Charles could have chosen any excuse for the phone call and it was pure chance that he had lighted on the meaningless ‘ numberplate racket ’ I ‘ So that 's what made you drive down in the Datsun , and move the plan forward , and lose a quarter of a million pounds ? ’ |
| 28 | He could have found some excuse for downgrading her . |
| 29 | No Eastern bazaar could have held more wonders for us kids as those highly coloured stalls with their buckets , spades and " Kiss me Quick " hats and all that goes with a seaside bazaar . |
| 30 | ‘ I could have left those papers for another three or four days before dealing with them . ’ |