Example sentences of "he [modal v] have [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flowers , a surprise call-up a month ago when the squads for the World Cup double in Poland and Norway were announced , so much looked the part as Chris Woods 's stand-in that he may have leapfrogged up the goalkeeping queue . |
| 2 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 3 | The water really is n't that hot , usually , but my other one was fiddling with the boiler earlier — he must have turned up the thermostat . |
| 4 | Or in North Africa , having left the 11th Field Regiment , he might have sat out the rest of the war in luxury , gaining rank through time and , come the Peace , have been a live major instead of a dead lieutenant . |
| 5 | Keep him from chasing younger birds — if he could 've summoned up the energy . |
| 6 | ‘ I doubt if he could have kept up the masquerade for that long . ’ |
| 7 | Here he could have seen out the war , but he , and Reg Wallace , another RAF evader , ‘ escaped ’ into France and joined the Maquis . |
| 8 | Had it not been for Pam 's voice cajoling him onward and upward , he would have given up the struggle . |
| 9 | Once his identity was known , he would have to give up the singing . |
| 10 | ‘ Pray , sir , may I ask you , do you think that if St. Paul happened to be travelling with us and had passed the place where he was born , that he would have pointed out the fact to us ? ’ |
| 11 | It did n't stop him from wanting to ask questions but from now on he would have to find out the answers himself . |