Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] have [verb] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice could have yelled with relief . |
| 2 | Penny could have shouted with joy . |
| 3 | For a moment she hesitated , then , her mouth set in a determined line Elise would have recognised with misgiving , set about dampening her cotton nightshirt and then her hair and face to simulate perspiration . |
| 4 | Constance could have wept with happiness . |
| 5 | Clive James should have stayed with book-reviewing : his destruction of ‘ Princess Daisy ’ must be the funniest thing he ever wrote , even though he admits that ‘ to pour abuse on a book like this makes no more sense than to kick a powder-puff ’ . |