Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people thought we should have beaten England the last time . |
| 2 | There was every reason , apart from the unexpectedness of the news , why this should have given Eliot the greatest distress . |
| 3 | It was this impression that might have cost Labour the marginal seats — especially in London and the South — it needed to make the breakthrough . |
| 4 | Had times been normal we are sure that Mr Crawford would have made Otago the foremost province in the Dominion . ’ |
| 5 | The degree and meaning of prostitution was an important issue in itself ( one estimate would have made prostitution the fourth largest female occupation ) but more important , given the double standard , was the reservoir of venereal disease especially syphilis , that it was perceived as constituting , a threat particularly to the efficiency of the armed services , and it was concern over this that led to the passing of the Contagious Diseases Acts ( in 1864 , 1866 , 1869 ) . |