Example sentences of "[conj] you [modal v] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mug up on a few details : whether they called the masters ‘ beaks ’ or ‘ dons ’ ; whether sweets were referred to as ‘ tuck ’ or ‘ sock ’ ; where you would have slept , in a ‘ house ’ or ‘ dorm ’ ; what barmy school game was played on them once a year . |
| 2 | Look critically at your environment , at your home and place of work and at the halls or rooms where you may have to attend meetings . |
| 3 | ‘ There are English holiday areas where you could have marketed your tiles , ’ Vitor said , plainly dubious of her argument . |
| 4 | Is that where you should have stopped ? |
| 5 | Or or you would have to take the whole thing off again . |
| 6 | What happens next depends on the particular model : you may find that the machine goes automatically into record mode on switch-on , or you may have to press an additional button to ready it for recording . |
| 7 | Firstly , make the Friday night meal a cold one , because your guest may arrive late or you may have to go and meet your guest at the bus or railway station . |
| 8 | Or you may have moved on by then . ’ |
| 9 | Try to track down more details of either the EEC Standard Industrial Classification or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases than are given in Section 6.4.1. ( you may be lucky enough to have a sight of the complete listings or you may have to scan EEC or World Health Organization publications for information . ) |
| 10 | Perhaps the patient always made the key decisions in the home , or you may have taken those decisions together , whereas you might now find yourself having to make the decisions for the patient , yourself and other members of the family . |
| 11 | Or you may have to seek one out . |
| 12 | Or you may have worked out area problems in maths lessons at school . |
| 13 | You must follow these to the letter or you may have to pay private charges . |
| 14 | If the draught is sluggish , it may be improved by fitting vents in wooden floors near to the fireplace ; or you might have to install a vent in an outside wall . |
| 15 | Or you might have become part of a large co-operative farm , where you would virtually farm as you were told in every facet by those in charge . |
| 16 | You might , for instance have to alter the way the murder you had in mind is committed or you might have to go so far as to alter the motive of the murderer or even find a completely different person to commit the central action . |
| 17 | Come back where you were or you 'll have to get in . |
| 18 | Either that or you will have decided to build that extension you 've both wanted for so long to put that rattan furniture in , and when it 's finished discover that the blessed stuff does n't fit at all . |
| 19 | I wrapped it up or you could have seen it . |
| 20 | ‘ Or you could have kept down on the platform , ’ Ace added . |
| 21 | You 've got the today or you should have got them . |
| 22 | And you 're your graph paper few metres long , or you 'd have to cramp this scale up quite a bit bring it closer together . |
| 23 | I know you say she 's very nice but she ca n't be all that special or you 'd have fallen for her donkeys ' years ago . |
| 24 | It ca n't be all that strong or you 'd have arrested him by now . ’ |
| 25 | Hydrangea florets can be picked and pressed in the autumn when they are a lovely green shade with reddish tinges , although you may have to choose your bush carefully as they do not all have the same density of colour . |
| 26 | Hardware installation is straightforward , although you may have to reset the comm port jumpers on the IDE controller — COM 2 seems the safest bet for the Teleputer . |
| 27 | Chances of advancement are good although you may have to move agencies to get it . |
| 28 | But best of all for parents , cleaning up is easy because gloop washes away ( although you may have to scrub hands a bit to get rid of the red colouring ) . |
| 29 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 30 | Previous experience in advertising or marketing is obviously an advantage but it is possible to become a junior account executive without it — although you would have to expect to be something of a dogsbody at first . |