Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] [prep] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I did n't say anything , but I must have reacted in some way and it got through to him , because he seemed more relaxed from that point on . |
| 2 | Erm also the accountant you could 've tried to of got round because you were , you were digging the hole there erm you know where he 's , okay he wants to see the accountant , will this be a good idea I mean you could 've said yeah you know you appreciate that and all the rest of it and you could 've gone more into the tax side of where you , you know , you could 've perhaps er the company could 've benefited by putting some into the pension scheme as opposed erm paying all the taxes maybe you could 've gone in that way . |
| 3 | As he listened to the answers he learned more than he could have done in other ways about the existing culture of the former two separate schools . |
| 4 | There is also a difficulty in conceiving that the observed complexities of animals and plants could have arisen in this way . |
| 5 | If this thread had come from them , it could have happened in two ways . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , we 're all together still , are n't we ? ’ said Cliff 's brother Steve , with some asperity : he could have thought of better ways of spending the evening , given the choice . |
| 7 | In the course of writing this , we have realised that it would be helpful to ask Mbuna keepers ( past and present ) to let us have details of any females they have owned , that may have behaved in this way . |
| 8 | He may have acted in this way because the dog was worrying sheep , or because he wanted to annoy the dog 's owner , or simply because he despises all alsatians . |
| 9 | It has to be stressed at the outset that all sites provided some level of economic servicing , which will have originated in several ways . |