Example sentences of "i [modal v] have have [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there .
2 I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’
3 I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks .
4 ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’
5 Enoch Powell later cited this indication of my position as a kind of pledge from which , when events turned out as they did , I should have had the whole Cabinet 's leave formally to withdraw .
6 I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself
7 I might have had a splendid pad ,
8 I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this .
9 he more or less sort of said well I 'll have to have a cheaper car .
10 The Sheffield Bomber said : ‘ I 'll have to have a long , serious think about my future — but I 'll make the decision , on my own .
11 So I 'll have to have a belated erm celebration .
12 ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this .
13 I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself .
14 Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! "
15 Ha I could have had a lovely new one !
16 So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas .
17 If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now .
18 Under other circumstances I 'd have had a snappy answer for her .
19 ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now .
20 If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying .
21 If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’
22 If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’
23 All the same , I doubt very much that when I was in a comparable situation I would have had the same faith and determination that Tom did .
24 Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady .
25 At the beginning of the season I would have had an each-way bet each on Llanelli and Neath to win the title , but you all know what has happened to Neath .
26 I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’
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