Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] have have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there .
2 I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’
3 I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks .
4 ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’
5 I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself
6 I might have had a splendid pad ,
7 I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this .
8 he more or less sort of said well I 'll have to have a cheaper car .
9 The Sheffield Bomber said : ‘ I 'll have to have a long , serious think about my future — but I 'll make the decision , on my own .
10 So I 'll have to have a belated erm celebration .
11 ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this .
12 I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself .
13 Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! "
14 Ha I could have had a lovely new one !
15 So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas .
16 If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now .
17 Under other circumstances I 'd have had a snappy answer for her .
18 ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now .
19 If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying .
20 If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’
21 If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’
22 Well any wife of his would have had a miserable life !
23 I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’
24 Her publications list appears to consist of only two papers , but she may have had a greater influence than this suggests ( J. White , personal communication ) .
25 You must have had a hard month of it , ’ she said .
26 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 .
27 You must have had a full life ? ’
28 You should have had a tough education .
29 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 .
30 ‘ No idea — but I gather she must have had a wonky heart . ’
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