Example sentences of "we [modal v] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may have met the murderer , yet it may equally be someone in the Tower or the city about whom we know nothing . ’ |
| 2 | That 's why I would expect to see and we planned to some extent , we may have under-planned an increase in costs . |
| 3 | We may have made a mess of most of them , including parliamentary democracy , but the cricket culture we have successfully assimilated and , as Graham Gooch may tell you , perfected . |
| 4 | I may now have an inkling of what has happened to me over the last few years ; I may have lined up a few suspects , even tentatively put my finger on ‘ who done it ’ ; I may have my own private detectives working alongside the regular police , and we may have made an arrest or two , but the file has not been closed . |
| 5 | Using this approach we believe we may have discovered the signal . |
| 6 | We may have to sound a warning note of challenge as well as minister a word of comfort . |
| 7 | ALONG with many other newspapers , we may have given the impression that California was suffering from a five-year drought ( ‘ The other desert war ’ , February 16th ) . |
| 8 | But in the end , we may have to save the honour of Genoa the Superb by attacking her . ’ |
| 9 | For instance , departure timings may change , a hotel may close down or overbook , we may have to amend an itinerary , or sales of that holiday may not reach a level which would be economical for us to operate . |
| 10 | Although the project can provide advocates , Hickson says it may be some time before mothers want this service , and even then , ‘ we may have to keep the counselling and advocacy work separate ’ . |
| 11 | We may have to work a bit on Europe after a recent P.G.A . |
| 12 | ‘ Since most experts seem to preclude a major upturn in energy prices before the end of the century , we may have to develop a combination of policies and taxes to stimulate the market for improvements in efficiency now as insurance against disruptions from climate change later . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Think we should 've taken the gag off ? ’ |
| 14 | We should 've had a picture of that . |
| 15 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 17 | We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’ |
| 18 | The State Paper Office , a most convenient fire-proof building , which cost the public £50,000 , is , we hear , to be pulled down ; and the mania for pulling down is to extend not only to it , but , in order to complete the ‘ congruity ’ , we should have to Gothicise the Horse Guards , and apply Gothic exteriors to all buildings in the neighbourhood . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose that 's when we should have called a halt , but now I do n't know how either of us could bear it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I still say we should have called the police . ’ |
| 21 | Then again maybe we should have visualised the scene in 1980/ 81 and done something about it then . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose we should have to ask the French for help . |
| 23 | It is my understanding that as this would be a loan between two national bodies it would not be appropriate to issue an indemnity , although we should have to agree a value with you . |
| 24 | ‘ I told you we should have sent an ex-policeman … ’ |
| 25 | Leaving aside the problem of what time period to specify , we should have to ransack the libraries of the world to find a complete list of published works written during the period . |
| 26 | Perhaps we should have written a chapter explaining our reactions to critics such as Brian Doyle or to books such as Terry Eagleton 's Criticism and Ideology ( 1976 ) , but I doubt whether the Working Group would have easily reached agreement . |
| 27 | The thing that saddens me is that we 're supposed to have a T U C , that organization is supposed to draw together the various trade unions and what are we seeing , an ideal opportunity slipped from our grasp when the miners were facing the issue of jobs to public service workers should have linked up with the miners and we should have took the government on |
| 28 | I wondered if we should have taken a cab . |
| 29 | We should have taken a taxi , thought Mrs Grandison unhappily as she and Lady Selvedge , jostled by crowds , hurried down the passage leading to the northbound Bakerloo trains . |
| 30 | ‘ If we had wanted to deal with it at the time , we should have taken the action then . ’ |