Example sentences of "[modal v] have set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time . |
| 2 | so I should , er , that should have set the precedent , I get paid for it this year |
| 3 | That night must have set the arts in Britain back years . |
| 4 | ‘ And a pretty penny that must have set the good Canon back . |
| 5 | In Hanover , Sewell was introduced to Professor Havemann , whose plans to visit England in 1777 and in 1796 unfortunately came to nothing ( the missing link , possibly , in a chain that might have set the Hanover veterinary school , founded in 1788 , rather than Lyons or Alfort as an immediate model for the London Veterinary College ) . |
| 6 | She could have set the Alice Liddell down comfortably on any of them , with room to spare . |
| 7 | They could have set the world alight . |
| 8 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , held a key role during Britain 's presidency of the EC and could have set the whole tone of the West 's approach to the problem . |
| 9 | Besides , he may have set the question like that with the object of seeing whether your mind is sufficiently adaptable to vary the order of what you have learnt . |
| 10 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |
| 11 | Had Red Reg turned up here , one felt certain they would have set the whole menagerie on him . |
| 12 | Guillaume makes an impressive debut and with more interesting material , his scenes with Anne Brochet would have set the screen alight . |