Example sentences of "[vb mod] have made [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I was glad of this ; I should have made every effort to see to her comfort in the cottage but I could imagine the thunderous impact that Préfleur would have on her .
2 Alison believes the letter should have been sent to the person who caused the crash and the local authority should have made every effort to see this was done .
3 In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 , the justices should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting .
4 ‘ the justices were under a duty to make any secure accommodation order only for as long as was necessary ’ — and again the guidance and regulations are referred to — ‘ In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 the magistrates should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting .
5 Individually or collectively , they must have made a decision to keep their wits about them for the committee meeting .
6 I might have made a mistake to turn down offers when they were there .
7 Sheridan might have made a difference given the chance — but then we 'll never know quite what sent the skilful midfielder packing to Sheffield Wednesday after hardly a sniff of the City Ground .
8 He might have made a pass given time .
9 They might have made an effort to get the right costumes .
10 A very weird man — who , if The Pistols had stayed together , could have made a fortune flogging those snaps to a Sunday dreadful .
11 He realised that he was , in fact , looking at a man , so heavily clothed , hatted and booted in furs that he could have made a fortune doing tricks at the Glasgow Fair .
12 She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction .
13 In dismissing the taxpayer 's appeal , Mr Justice Rattee said that the taxpayer could have made the returns accompanied by an indication that there were matters still outstanding which might affect the contents of the returns .
14 In other words , we identify a particular event as the cause because we know how it could have made the effect happen , not because we know it happened before the effect .
15 Yet they may have made no effort to give her anywhere she can go to , having allocated a large bedroom to one of their small children and relegated her to the tiniest bedroom in the house , to which she can never withdraw unless she actually gets into bed .
16 If , back there in the dining-room , he had tried to kiss her , she knew she would have made no effort to stop him .
17 Without warning the air was split by a high pitched banshee wail , rising and falling on a sliding scale of pain that would have made the slates fall off the roof if there had been any .
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