Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | He should have raced a lot more , beaten a lot more people ; he was certainly capable of it . |
2 | Anyone over the age of 50 , and in some fields over the age of 45 ( younger for women ) , should have given a lot of thought to answering an interviewer 's question about age . |
3 | We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’ |
4 | In fact er they should have done a lot better , but a lot of Conservative voters did n't bother going out to vote cos it was a foregone conclusion . |
5 | Since he did not have the physical strength of most of the others , this was important for him and must have contributed a lot to his effectiveness . |
6 | They must have heard a lot of wonderful music-making . |
7 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
8 | It must have cost a lot at the start but they |
9 | But they must have cost a lot |
10 | I think he must have eaten a lot of it , though if it tasted anything like it smelt it must have been vile . |
11 | ‘ They are doing it for you and the children. : This must have saved a lot of misery , as she was really listened to . |
12 | I think she must have seen a lot of things at that time which had made her the way she was , seen things in the blackout and in the underground stations . |
13 | Er yes , I s suspect they must have paid a lot of money to have that done too . |
14 | That was another oft-told story in our family because it must have meant a lot in those days , owning your own house instead of paying rent to a landlord . |
15 | But with all the equipment at GCHQ the Government must have known a lot more than I did about the horrors . |
16 | ‘ They must have had a lot of replies , ’ said Penelope . |
17 | Well they must have had a lot of bottle . |
18 | Pete must have watched a lot of Open University programmes on the outside . |
19 | They must have sold a lot of tickets . |
20 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
21 | But Saddam had to just play the whole game , and er , he must have got a lot of propaganda out of this , must n't he ? |
22 | He must have spent a lot of time out in the sun — running ? |
23 | Clare was , well , desirable to say the bloody least , and they must have spent a lot of time together writing speeches , or whatever it is politicians do . |
24 | I 'm sure you must have thought a lot about who killed Dominic . ’ |
25 | Well she must have thought a lot of |
26 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
27 | erm you might have lost a lot . |
28 | Although I might have layered a lot of notes on one part it 's still basically , say , a D minor chord or whatever . |
29 | They might have forced a lot of corners , but they created nothing from them . |
30 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |