Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 2 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 3 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 4 | She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship . |
| 5 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 6 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 8 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 9 | ‘ You should have smacked him a good one when you had the chance ! ’ |
| 10 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 11 | Must have cost him a few thousand to have it done . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That must have cost you a great deal , Caroline . ’ |
| 13 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 14 | Seventy years of Byrd on record must have given us a good 50 versions of ‘ Ave verum corpus ’ but not a single one of ‘ Deus venerunt gentes ’ The reasons for this are not hard to find . |
| 15 | He must have found it an educational experience . |
| 16 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 17 | It must have taken her an awful lot to write those words , and they were why I felt I could go back and see her now . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to give me a few minutes to get myself ready . |
| 19 | I 'll try , but you 'll have to give me a few days before you pull her in . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We 'll have to give it a few days to get properly weather-beaten . |
| 21 | We 'll have to give you a new name . |
| 22 | Oh I always give you first cup , I 'll have to give you the last one then . |
| 23 | Now we could n't do it anyway next year , we 'll have to do it the following year as we 've heard earlier . |
| 24 | So I think you 'll have to buy me a new one . |
| 25 | In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas . |
| 26 | ‘ They might have given you a rough ride at first , but you survived — more than survived ! |
| 27 | Ironically , one of Mr Yeltsin 's critics , Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , speaker of parliament , might have swung him a few votes by appealing at the start of the session for deputies to behave responsibly , seek compromise and encourage ‘ dialogue , not monologue ’ . |
| 28 | It remains to decide whether the Unionists would have accepted fusion if Lloyd George could have made it a real option in 1920 . |
| 29 | Because of the missing front leg , the Collector had to sit well back and to one side ; even so , he sometimes forgot about it and , waving an arm for emphasis , narrowly avoided plunging to the floor ; this could have caused him a severe injury since the floor was some way below . |
| 30 | They could have followed us the four hours to Dieppe in the hope of picking up trade on the way back ; but that makes for a ten-hour day . |