Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a remark he should have reserved for an aging Peruvian marksman called Cubillas . |
| 2 | The failure of Britain 's membership of the European Monetary System should have led to a complete rethink of the Maastricht agreement to move to a single currency . |
| 3 | If at some stage we entered into a single currency , we should have to deal with a different matter . |
| 4 | That in ten years she should have risen from a frightened , defiant seventeen-year-old to this . |
| 5 | It was fitting , in the 50th anniversary year of the Battle of Britain , that the Association should have engaged in a full range of activities aimed at meeting its responsibilities towards former members of the Royal Air Force , both men and women . |
| 6 | It was ironic that while most of the men I knew seemed inclined to some form of polygamy , Syl , now that he was getting older and had less energy , should have decided on a monogamous relationship with me . |
| 7 | It may seem a depressing conclusion to Anselm 's struggle for the primacy that it should have ended in a futile resort to forgery . |
| 8 | It should have come as a complete surprise , but the man swayed , taking Ross 's fist on his shoulder . |
| 9 | It was unfortunate for Virgin that in applying for ‘ exemption ’ to fly into America they should have walked into a simmering row between the American and British governments over the British refusal to allow PanAm to operate a third frequency across the Atlantic . |
| 10 | Cave was older than the rest of the party , and the only one with knowledge of Iran ; he also suffered from a bad back , and must have landed with a fierce combination of jet-lag , suspicion and pain . |
| 11 | To the humans it must have sounded like a high-pitched chattering . |
| 12 | In spite of falling into bed feeling wide awake and convinced she would be awake for hours , she must have fallen into a deep sleep that had lasted for all of ten minutes ! |
| 13 | But yesterday 's rain-hit showdown must have felt like a recurring nightmare for Faldo , too . |
| 14 | One must have served as a recumbent tombstone , since it has a slot at one end to hold a vertical cross . |
| 15 | I must have touched on a sensitive spot . ’ |
| 16 | Originally this state must have led to a great deal of contradictory and ambivalent behaviour , with the bird being tugged in opposite directions by its opposing moods . |
| 17 | Martin Browne himself believed that Eliot was too ready to rely upon outworn social and theatrical conventions , but suggested that they " reflect an unconscious reversion to the drama that Eliot must have seen as a young theatregoer before 1914 " . |
| 18 | ‘ Then he must have gone into a steep dive . |
| 19 | She must have gone through a terrible period in her life ; looking back , she genuinely believed it to be worse than it really was . |
| 20 | ‘ did send a message by telephone which was grossly offensive , or ’ Means the message must have gone by a public telecommunication service and must be very offensive . |
| 21 | It was a hot day and Andy must have started with a distinct dehydration disadvantage . |
| 22 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
| 23 | ( d ) The supplier must have failed within a reasonable time of the request , to comply with it or to identify the person who supplied him with the product ( s. 2(3) ( c ) ) . |
| 24 | Whatever it is about the cuckoo 's gape that acts like a drug on the host 's nervous system , it must have originated as a genetic mutation . |
| 25 | Given the size and importance of the Temple , and the prominent role of the moneychangers , Jesus 's overturning of their tables must have resulted in a full-scale riot . |
| 26 | It was obvious that the fish — the ‘ lowest ’ class within the vertebrate phylum — must have evolved from a pre-existing invertebrate form , yet this had occurred before fossils became plentiful in the rocks . |
| 27 | The three species of bee seem so closely related that they must have evolved from a single carrion-eating ancestor . |
| 28 | ‘ When you got the solicitor 's letter saying you 'd inherited the place it must have come as a terrific shock . |
| 29 | He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat . |
| 30 | Being so far advanced in this objective , even before the evening started , it must have come as a great surprise when the meeting was jolted into controversy by an unexpected suggestion from Councillor B. Watts . |