Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always think I should have wrote written a book |
| 2 | Sight down the neck again , and with a bit of luck it should have moved to form a ‘ crown ’ or hump . |
| 3 | Another interesting consequence of the drag effect is that , within a further billion years , all the galaxies should have merged to form a single central elliptical galaxy surrounded by an extensive gaseous and dark halo . |
| 4 | ‘ This was the time when the group should have started to become a real group , but it seemed that everybody had an opinion on how the record should sound and we ended up becoming less of a group . |
| 5 | It is curious and yet inevitable that you , of all people , should have dared write a piece in the NewSS claiming to shed crocodile tears for the alleged disunity among , or between , the opportunistically ‘ revived ’ banners of the ARA and the ANL . |
| 6 | Damn ; should have thought to bring a torch , too . |
| 7 | At this time , 1786 , he must have determined to undertake a full survey of Manchester . |
| 8 | This point means that the accused must have intended to insult a female . |
| 9 | Well he must have think got a lot of good customer here |
| 10 | Somebody must have forgotten to lock a window one night , and designers had managed to get in . |
| 11 | If Shakespeare wrote a play with a cast of twenty-five , then he must have had to write a separate copy for each of the cast . |
| 12 | She must have had to pay a bit for that . |
| 13 | You 'll have to start doing a few jobs for me next week . |
| 14 | We 'll have to have to get a few of these in Radio Orkney I can see . |
| 15 | Yes , I think we 'll have to have have a good look , yes it 's alright when you 've got a few things to get , but when when you 've got the whole list . |
| 16 | At its top a small light gave a spacious feeling as the early ages might have felt entering a mosque or domed basilica . |
| 17 | I had the feeling that if I had n't been present he might have risked uttering a few words to Millie . |
| 18 | It might have continued had a prisoner on death row , Almond Nofomela , not made a dramatic confession on the eve of his execution on October 19 , 1989 . |
| 19 | She had been good at art at school and , had the war not come , she might have tried to make a career out of it . |
| 20 | The shuttle had no on-board weaponry : not a single missile , not even a laser with which they might have tried to cut a way in . |
| 21 | ( If you pride yourself on being intelligent , for example , bear in mind that someone else might have chosen to have a limited intellect in this life in order to learn from the experience , perhaps because they have over-valued intelligence in the past . ) |
| 22 | Dealers are worried that a minority government , which might have to consider seeking a firmer mandate by calling a second general election later in the year , would be hard pressed to keep sterling within its exchange rate mechanism bands during a period of continuing uncertainty . |
| 23 | Adult literacy campaigns ( particularly for women ) , rural employment generation , and land reform or land redistribution which all might have helped to provide a decision-making environment for a small family , as well as other benefits for their own sake , remained at the stage of inaugural addresses , or insignificant pilot projects . |
| 24 | Producer , Lyn Goleby was on a visit to the school to answer questions on the film , which ranged from how much say the author had in shooting the film , to whether ’ The Bridge ’ might have had to have a happier ending if it had been made with American money . |
| 25 | Auto Express did not mince its words : ‘ It 's difficult to see how much more Ford could have done to improve a car that was already very good . ’ |
| 26 | Few could have hoped to show a courage almost as strong as Kelly 's when she learned that her heart and lung transplant had failed . |
| 27 | Naming the first person I could think of , I answered St Francis — because he could have chosen to live a life of luxury and ease , but had in fact followed the principles of Christ in giving away all he owned and living a life of poverty . |
| 28 | It is important , because , as the hon. Member said , there have been earlier opportunities for such legislation — the Government could have chosen to include a measure in their order of business , and a private Member once introduced a Bill , but unfortunately did not have enough time to secure its progress . |
| 29 | He could have failed to get a personal interview with the one man with whom he had some sort of contact . |
| 30 | It is surprising how little the poet 's father shared in these games and sports , which could have helped form a natural bridge of intimacy with his six sons as they began to go their several ways . |