Example sentences of "[verb] what [modal v] have " in BNC.

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1 Step 3 : Test the model resulting from step 2 for artificial constraints and any misstatements of logic and produce a new cost and time model representing what should have happened during the performance of the contract .
2 At the very least , these models suggest what might have existed and how the few sites that have been detected may be interpreted .
3 Thus , in the case of Parchment , the police committed what would have been a number of breaches of the rules had the accused been in the police station , but , simply because the supposed infractions had taken place before his arrival , the crown court held that nothing wrongful had occurred .
4 Instead he tried to guess what might have been said .
5 A contractor could use the actual performance when not working under claim conditions to establish what should have been foreseeable .
6 She digressed , running through in her mind the bag 's contents to discover what could have interested him .
7 We wo n't ever know what might have been if the two had met .
8 You do n't know what might have crawled in there for warmth during the night , ’ he advised .
9 Otherwise I would have been sent back to my country and I do not know what would have happened to us . ’
10 If he had n't been put into the jail , I do n't know what would have been the result today but … before he even had his jail sentence served , applications were coming in from town an in that short space of time about 1966 , our church more than doubled in membership and in churches .
11 If Uncle had n't been there to support me I do not know what would have become of me .
12 We ca n't know what would have happened if it had tried something else , nor ( and this is important ) what would have happened if someone else had tried the original solution .
13 I do n't know what would have been if I 'd stayed .
14 Simone 's gran , Gwen Turner , said : ‘ If it had n't been for the prompt action of these two ambulancemen I do n't know what would have happened .
15 Well I do n't know what would have happened to me .
16 The image omitted almost constant service to the Sanusis ; it also omitted what must have been at least intermittent contact with the Turks .
17 One wonders what would have become of Steven Morrissey if fate had n't dealt him his measure of success .
18 We must , however , consider what would have happened if the 0 state at Gate B output ( Q ) had given Gate A an output of 1 first .
19 She had decided what must have happened to him , why he was taking so long to return , and why she could never recall his face .
20 I 'm sure none of us noticed what must have been expressions of pure panic on the faces of our two teachers and the several parents who had volunteered to keep their own children and their classmates from certain death by drowning in the pool .
21 She had done what should have been his job .
22 As he declined the invitation it is unnecessary to consider further what would have been the effect of such a joinder .
23 As he declined the invitation , it was therefore unnecessary to consider further what would have been the effect of such a joinder .
24 As he declined the invitation it is unnecessary to consider further what would have been the effect of such a joinder .
25 Both accepted what might have been regarded as a rather dubious honour .
26 Personality flaws stifle it — and we are left to wonder what might have been .
27 Afterwards , she was to wonder what might have happened if Mr Sands 's grand party had not turned up .
28 Neither Jochen Mass nor Patrick Tambay did much to push him towards fresh championships ; his Number One status in the team was assured without effort , and I have often been led to wonder what would have happened if Teddy Mayer had been smart enough to hire a young hot-shot to give Master James a needed shot in the arm .
29 ‘ But it could have been a big spider , ’ she said , her tone distraught as she imagined what might have happened .
30 Guy 's spare , witty style of conversation lifted what would have been a family dinner into a special occasion .
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