Example sentences of "[modal v] have had the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a mystery why only one genus of this formerly diverse group should have had the capacity to survive to the present day . |
| 2 | Candidates for an overseas assignment should have had the opportunity to digest all information given to them on the new job , country , life style , compensation package and effects on their careers and families before being interviewed for the post . |
| 3 | CRUMLIN Road jail escaper Joe Doherty should have had the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before a decision was taken to delay a review of his sentence until he had served 10 years in Northern Ireland , a court has heard . |
| 4 | He really should have had the sense to bring his emergency bag and the roll of towelling with him , but Rose 's terrified urgency had sent him on his way with all speed . |
| 5 | ‘ I should have had the support of my team but they are gutless . |
| 6 | She should have had the decency to keep away . |
| 7 | He should have had the guts to demand more or get out . ’ |
| 8 | This is the wrong way round , should have had the grapefruit before the er , egg and bacon . |
| 9 | Graham said the Swedish FA should have had the courtesy to inform him . |
| 10 | Middi said yesterday : ‘ I was very annoyed — they should have had the courtesy to tell us . |
| 11 | You should have had the credit . |
| 12 | He 's seen the film 36 times already , and all I can get out of him is how he should have had the part . |
| 13 | ’ You should have had the damson pie , ’ Fred said . |
| 14 | Sole also believes that ‘ we should have had the game won by half-time ’ , and contends that Doddie Weir 's perforated eardrum — caused by Wade Dooley 's elbow — changed the course of the game . |
| 15 | The truth is that Chelsea should have had the game sewn up long before Beasant 's blunder . |
| 16 | ‘ Many of us felt he should have had the courage to admit that the job was n't working out instead of using his reputation as England manager to negotiate a lucrative overseas contract and then leaving everyone high and dry without a second thought . |
| 17 | That is the objection er the whole fundamental objection to what is proposed in the Bill as it is a centralising measure was shown quite clearly er er a a by the desire of the Home Secretary to increase his own power as when he intended to appoint the Chairman absolute impudence in my view er to suggest tha that he he should have had the power to appoint a chairman and although congratulations have now been er er poured upon him for withdrawing to wh what 's a position , I would sooner congratulate your er Your Lordships , er all of whom spoke in such a manner that it would have been impossible for the Home Secretary to have carried the measure through . |
| 18 | Bell said : ‘ My only complaint about the game was that we should have had the penalty before Glentoran scored . |
| 19 | They evidently thought that Meryl Armitage should have had the job . |
| 20 | Because on the basis of the economic models and the way which we look at determinants of demand in economics , this should n't have happened , we should have had the reverse , we should have had fewer holidays being taken and certainly fewer overseas holidays . |
| 21 | ‘ Sarah told me that he never went out without several pounds in his wallet and , in any case , he should have had the week 's housekeeping money on him . |
| 22 | If the laws in question were the great legal compilation known as the Codex Euricianus , then the king must have had the support of numerous Roman lawyers from relatively early in his reign . |
| 23 | ‘ But you must have had the order , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Then , the Hommage à Picasso with which Gris made his sensational début at the Salon des Indépendants of 1912 , must have had the character of a tribute to the chef d'école . |
| 25 | He must have had the equivalent of a good twelve cups of black coffee . |
| 26 | You must have had the window open . |
| 27 | If there were anything to remove , he best of all must have had the chance to do it . |
| 28 | He saw him pull a couple of rabbits out from under a bush so he must have had the boots too . ’ |
| 29 | Somebody must have had the idea of converting all the RAF waste food into pork and bacon and of course there was plenty of labour at hand . |
| 30 | They must have had the house under surveillance , like . |