Example sentences of "[modal v] have have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 2 | Beautiful piece , one of the earliest I 've seen — but he must 've had a hard head , ‘ coz it broke . |
| 3 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 4 | We should have had a general election last Thursday , rather than three by-elections . |
| 5 | It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique . |
| 6 | You should have had a tough education . |
| 7 | However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ? |
| 8 | Encamped for long spells in the Lansdowne territory Ballymena should have had a comfortable interval lead but McAleese uncharacteristically missed a penalty at either end of the first half . |
| 9 | Anyone who considers what has happened with regard to the sugar and milk quotas or to anything else about which we felt that we should have had a different package but could not achieve it will be aware of how dangerous it is to allow the negotiations to proceed quickly when a longer discussion might result in a better solution . |
| 10 | At the very least , he should have had a local policeman with him . |
| 11 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
| 12 | For those widowed or bereaved in other ways , victory must have had a hollow sound . |
| 13 | [ 5 ] So the dream vision must have had a tremendous impact on his perception of the world . |
| 14 | One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs . |
| 15 | The plaintiff must have had a genuine freedom of choice before the defence can be successfully raised against him . |
| 16 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 17 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |
| 18 | We fill grocery cartons with shoes that have the shape of living feet , a bulge on the left where she must have had a swollen joint ; I did not notice it while she was alive . |
| 19 | The rather un-Byronic 30-year-old Dustin Hoffman must have had a similar experience on the morning of 22 December 1967 when he opened the newspapers . |
| 20 | With the higher populations of Amerindians in the past , such groups must have had a major effect on the structure of the forest . |
| 21 | ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row . |
| 22 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 23 | ‘ Harriet must have had a real skinful yesterday . |
| 24 | Hector McLean the eminent scholar in Anthropology and Celtic Literature who gave so much help to J , F. Campbell in the preparation of " Popular Tales of the West Highlands " must have had a good library and another schoolmaster at Ballygrant , Neil MacAlpine , can not have compiled his Gaelic Dictionary without one . |
| 25 | It may not be a good reason to us , but they must have had a good reason to do it , either family-wise or tension-wise , or because of life in general . |
| 26 | Hey they must have had a good meal other night . |
| 27 | The firearm in an angel 's hands must have had a powerful impact on Indian converts . |
| 28 | ‘ No idea — but I gather she must have had a wonky heart . ’ |
| 29 | Moving on , erm in te you know obviously you must have had a fair amount of c you said you had a fair amount of contact with erm tenants in the flats . |
| 30 | ‘ You must have had a hard month of it , ’ she said . |