Example sentences of "[modal v] have found [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | two or three should have found the back of the net … |
| 2 | two or three should have found the back of the net … |
| 3 | ‘ You 're not to worry about a thing , Rachaela , ’ she must have found the name out from a nurse . |
| 4 | The children must have found the silence or edifying talk at table somewhat tedious , as also the prohibitions on all dancing , dicing and wrestling . |
| 5 | Before you can say Edward de Bono , it might have found a way of creatively accounting your taxes , so the taxman actually owes you money . |
| 6 | Perhaps there was hope , perhaps all was not harsh antipathy , perhaps a better daughter might have found a way to soften such a mother . |
| 7 | If he had persevered a bit more , he might have found a landlady whose idea of cooking extended beyond steak-and-kidney pudding and spotted Dick . |
| 8 | Indeed , there was a period about three years ago when it looked as though even 35mm slides might have found a match with the introduction of devices like the VideoShow system which project the image on the computer 's screen directly onto a conventional viewing screen . |
| 9 | Balboa and Magellan might have found the classification very droll , but the fact remains that for purposes of cartographic , organizational and now administrative convenience , the Pacific Ocean is simply-far too big . |
| 10 | We might have found the pair of scissors that killed Nicola Sharpe . |
| 11 | If Deaconess Tilley had n't been there at the time , she might have found an excuse to say no . |
| 12 | If he were simply bored , I should have thought , begging your pardon , that he could have found an occupation rather more civilized than grease-monkeying in Swindon — ’ |
| 13 | I am confident from the discussions that I have had that we could have found the basis for an agreement . |
| 14 | If he had kissed her with passion or some brutal demand to impose his will on her then she could have found the strength to fight him , but there was no way she could resist this aching tenderness , this joining that made them one whole . |
| 15 | Out in the street Marshall said : ‘ If that piece of paper is what it looks like we could have found the killer . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd have found a dressmaker ! ’ |
| 17 | RESEARCHERS in Texas may have found a way of reducing brain damage in road accident victims who have been drinking excessively . |
| 18 | LONDON Marathon founder Chris Brasher knows an athlete when he sees one and the former Great Britain international may have found a medal winner in the shape of Moving Out , who looks something to bet on at Uttoxeter this afternoon . |
| 19 | It may be for a perfectly simple reason , for example a partner may have found a job which entails moving out of the area . |
| 20 | ‘ Handiman made everyone think about the handicapped person in their family that it 's easy to deny , ’ says Damon , who may have found the character 's roots in his own childhood club foot . |
| 21 | IN the midst of a defeat from the world champions , Andy Roxburgh may have found the vindication he was looking for in an exercise that was thought to be without relevance for Scotland . |
| 22 | If you thought that science was invariably characterised by clarity of vision you may have found the quantum world unexpectedly murky . |
| 23 | For the scientists at CERN may have found the W particle . |
| 24 | A BRITISH woman may have found the body of her murdered 20-year-old son after a three-year hunt . |
| 25 | As Mary admitted she liked to see the videos first alone — she also may have found the situation rather threatening . |
| 26 | If the Young Pretender had marched into England directly after Prestonpans , which had been fought on 21 September , he would have found a country ill-prepared to resist him , but many of his followers were reluctant to cross the Border . |
| 27 | ‘ Floy would have found a way , ’ said Fenella firmly . |
| 28 | But armed forces are not known for being bastions of sentiment and it is definitely true that had the SAAF really needed to replace both types , it would have found a way to do so . |
| 29 | But the ancient world would have found a lot more uses for citrus fruit . |
| 30 | I consider that she would have found a job by early Autumn and therefore the sum must be more than a , nearly a year 's earnings and I assess it at eight thousand pounds . |