Example sentences of "that [modal v] have [verb] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet any influence that might have radiated from the Capital appears to have had little effect upon these northern fells . |
| 2 | After a few minutes , his breathing quickened and he started making noises that might have come from a monkey-house at feeding time . |
| 3 | He called for ‘ democracy through good behaviour ’ , a maxim that could have come from the mouth of Chairman Mao . |
| 4 | Gravel on the shoes that could have come from the Cathedral . |
| 5 | While the politicians and administrators who framed the Act would not have wished to have espoused the notion of the ‘ undeserving poor ’ they felt unwilling to risk the public criticism that would have resulted from an approach to poverty that involved ignoring the potential waste on the ‘ work-shy ’ and the fraudulent application in order adequately to meet the needs of the majority of applicants . |