Example sentences of "they [modal v] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the library , the surviving books without a proper building to house them must have made a dismal appearance . |
| 2 | The story that one of them must have told a Daily Sketch reporter a year later was that sitting in a West End club and finding the cold unbearable they had decided to go somewhere warm . |
| 3 | Each of them might have engaged a separate average adjuster to advise him : had these not agreed , a dispute could have arisen between the parties which they might have submitted to arbitrationa somewhat unusual course in business of this kind . |
| 4 | Any of them could have hidden a secret staircase . |
| 5 | To accept them would have meant a complete recantation of all his actions over the past five years . |
| 6 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 7 | which is useful when they may have to wait a whole year for payment for their wheat harvest , or for the sale of fat cattle . |
| 8 | In addition he has stressed the crankish nature of many of its supporters and the fact that it drew that support from only a very small section of the working class — even though they may have formed a significant proportion of the BUF 's small membership of between 5,000 and 40,000 members throughout the 1930s . |
| 9 | The Durotriges , with most probably the southern branch of the Dubunni , gave the Romans serious trouble , so it can be assumed that they may have supplied a strong detachment to help oppose the Medway crossing . |
| 10 | There 's concern they may have copied a similar incident , screened on the television series ’ The Bill ’ , just the day before . |
| 11 | But we do know that the most obvious surviving monuments , the stone circles , take that form , and we can at least speculate that they may have performed a similar function . |
| 12 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 13 | Clearly they failed to bring about disarmament , though they may have had a contributory effect on the decision to suspend tests in 1958 and later on the partial test ban treaty . |
| 14 | The similarity of their design to cup-and-ring patterns is striking and suggests that they may have had a ritual function . |
| 15 | Later these people reached all the inhabited areas of the Pacific and possibly America , it having been argued that they may have had a considerable influence on the rain-forest peoples of the New World , evidence coming from great similarities between certain groups in Borneo and central America , similarities greater than between these peoples and their geographic neighbours . |
| 16 | Once their condition has stabilised they may have to face a whole range of issues : new restrictions ; new sensations ; new embarrassments ; new lifestyles . |
| 17 | They may have lacked a proper use of the King 's English , and a knowledge of the finer points of etiquette and accepted behaviour in conforming to certain standards . |
| 18 | They must have gone a good two miles before they met another car . |
| 19 | ‘ If they were foreigners , ’ he said slowly , ‘ they must have obtained a royal licence to enter England . |
| 20 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 21 | ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row . |
| 22 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |
| 23 | It may not be a good reason to us , but they must have had a good reason to do it , either family-wise or tension-wise , or because of life in general . |
| 24 | That meant that they must have had a good sexual relationship too . |
| 25 | Hey they must have had a good meal other night . |
| 26 | An an er , and er then they must have got a massive erm in a couple of months time , you know , they 're not gon na be able to control him , he might be , well if he hits me , I 'll just hit him back . |
| 27 | Certainly they were decorative and they must have added a barbaric vibrancy to the temple 's complex roof-line , but they also indicate a general dedication of the building to Poteidan . |
| 28 | They should have held a joint conference . |
| 29 | Had the Lebanese gunmen not been so enthusiastic in their celebrations , they might have noticed a small but symbolic incident which cast a shadow over the Syrians ' arrival . |
| 30 | ‘ They might have had a good sleep — but we certainly have n't ! ’ |