Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] in the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | So , in theory , all should have kept in the same condition as when first stored . |
2 | Any man who had to endure what you endured might have reacted in the same way ’ ( our emphasis ) . |
3 | They might have sat in the same prison cell as he was sitting in now . |
4 | Many of the tenants buying would have remained in the same houses , so there would not have been ‘ voids ’ for allocation in any case . |
5 | The proposition is that had these four countries remained outside the EC , their intra- trade in manufactures would have developed in the same way as their extra-trade . |
6 | If in refusing , he acted as a reasonable man would have done in the same position , because he entertained the same fears , having regard to the character of the proposed assignee , etc , the real purpose of the assignment , the effect of the assignment on the property or other property of the landlord , etc , the refusal will be upheld as reasonable . |
7 | The real problem is that there are situations where negative pecuniary externalities exist , and this means that co-operative R&D ventures may end up doing less R&D than independent firms would have done in the same setting . |
8 | I tried to work out what my father would have done in the same circumstances and came to the conclusion that he would have taken what he so often called ‘ a bold step ’ . |
9 | We can imagine that , if we believed what the Calvinists believed , we would have behaved in the same way . |
10 | I would have behaved in the same manner , but I would not have apologised to a man who had just given such a small sentence for the criminal act of killing two innocent victims . |
11 | A director of social work in another part of Scotland , consulted about the actions his authority would have taken in the same set of circumstances , said that before even considering removing children from home , he would have consulted family doctors . |