Example sentences of "they [modal v] have have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 2 | They may have had a function in aiding the picking out of broken threads on the loom . |
| 3 | No they must have had a cylinder there already . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought they must have had a quarrel , ’ Brand said , and I had the impression he was n't heartbroken about it . ’ |
| 5 | I think they must have had a bleeper on my car ; I never checked , and they 'd have taken it away when they caught up — damn it , it 's what I 'd have done : a simple radio bleeper with a magnet , you can stick it on in two seconds . |
| 6 | Henry could not quite work out why , since her pleasantness was not always followed by a request for money or some other favour ; perhaps she was remembering something he had quite forgotten , an incident during their courtship perhaps ( they must have had a courtship ) or a Henry , now lost to Henry himself , who could have inspired feelings such as pleasure . |
| 7 | ‘ They must have had a lot of replies , ’ said Penelope . |
| 8 | Well they must have had a lot of bottle . |
| 9 | They must have had a key , then ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If somebody killed him they must have had a motive , but what ? |
| 11 | Swindon thought they should have had a penalty . |
| 12 | You know , they 'll have had a night out on the tiles . |
| 13 | If she 'd taken her courage in both hands , and told him of her true feelings , they might have had a chance to work something out . |
| 14 | Did you say somebody called but perhaps they had a key though , I wo n't say anything to her , they might have had a key . |
| 15 | Once the door was shut , they could have had a dance band going full blast and you 'd never know it in the next room . |
| 16 | The difference in the popular vote was less dramatic : for the CPP , 398 141 ( plus five uncontested seats , where presumably they could have had a landslide ) ; for the combined opposition , 299 116 votes . |
| 17 | They 'd have had a lot . |
| 18 | Thirty five , but that includes the meal as well , they 'd have had a meal in the restaurant there wo n't you ? |
| 19 | ‘ I was never less than fifty feet from the wall and at that distance , with a small pistol in the dark they 'd have had a job to hit a double-decker bus . ’ |
| 20 | Also , one of my carers — who is very caring , goes all the time , does the work for the person — is very young and quite quiet , and I feel … well last week a doctor came in to see her client , and if it had been one of the older carers I 'm sure they would have had a go at the doctor and forced him to do more than he actually did . |
| 21 | They would have had some sort of premonition , or maybe some would say they would have had a revelation from God . |
| 22 | But those involved in entente floral feel at least they would have had a fighting chance of clinching the title . |
| 23 | I was sep separate and apart from that , they would have to have a operating room and a dispensary there , you see that 's what they would have to have , I mean , if there gon na have P D S A premises , this is what you 've got to have , cos very often the animal has to be put under and all sorts of things , you know what I mean , it would n't be just an office with say like a physician and a tenants , it would be a case of a , a surgery and things in that nature which would be required by , er quite a number of animals . |
| 24 | Those clamps had to be locked at the Air Force base where they were loaded So they would have to have a key there . |