Example sentences of "we [modal v] have [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | was a bit drunk one afternoon at about four o'clock and he said , ‘ If it was just an ‘ oul book we could have done something for you but with marrying this foreign woman you 're a hopeless case . ’ |
2 | In the hushed , beaten dressing-room after the World Cup final , there was a united whisper — ‘ If only we could have done it for Goochie ’ . |
3 | In the hushed , beaten dressing-room after the World Cup final , there was a united whisper — ‘ If only we could have done it for Goochie ’ . |
4 | Or we could have left you for dead . |
5 | He 'd galloped all the way to Leafield and we would have lost him for good if someone there had n't recognised him . ’ |