Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you .
2 ‘ Surely someone should have checked out the complaints more carefully . ’
3 For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail .
4 The believe planners should have turned down the application .
5 ‘ It is much to be regretted , that the owner of the Purse Crag should have cut down the beautiful trees , which served so wonderfully to enrich the prospects on this side of the water .
6 But there is little civic pride in Maan that its actions should have set off the train of events .
7 By now you should have picked up the signs directing you back to the Cat & Fiddle .
8 I much regret that such a new Member of Parliament should have picked up the churlish habits of other Labour Members .
9 The speed of descent must have cut down the exposure to any residual gas since he felt none of the earlier weirdness as he approached the still sealed engine room door .
10 The water really is n't that hot , usually , but my other one was fiddling with the boiler earlier — he must have turned up the thermostat .
11 In her haste to get away , she must have bundled up the documents and ledgers that she had been working on and brought them back with her .
12 The cavern was so huge that Benny thought they must have hollowed out the entire mountain .
13 Someone must have torn out the right hand page . "
14 My own present stance and the position of the boy in the bed must have thrown up the embroidered , tasselled triangle hanging in blue , white and gold on the chapel wall .
15 The trio were modifying the trolley with implements they must have brought in the pockets of the golf-bags .
16 Emil , who must have picked up the same signals , spoke with a true leader 's decisiveness .
17 You 'll having going down the bottom of the road here in a minute .
18 No my friend 's in the trade I said they 're basically working but they 've got a halt on somewhere because they 've come back you 'll have to sort out the you 've got but er they 're only one ten
19 ‘ I 'll have to lock up the pages before seven , and I doubt Mike will be able to do more than meet the deadline .
20 and then we 'll have to cancel out the garage , so do n't know how much that 's gon na be .
21 ‘ We 'll have to go down the off-licence . ’
22 No , oh I know what I never got that ai n't finished I 'll have to go down the shops , I might go down
23 They 'll have to take out the men again , no ?
24 ‘ Madam , they 'll have to ring down the curtain .
25 ‘ Mind you , you 'll have to write out the replies yourself in your own handwriting and in your own words — they 'll expect it to come from you . ’
26 The police were very sympathetic , but as the inspector in charge told me , ‘ I 'll have to hand over the papers to the Director of Public Prosecutions — or one of his staff .
27 You 'll have to peel back the carpet .
28 People will puke up all over the place and since it 's your fault , you 'll have to clear up the mess .
29 This might have shored up the dollar for a time had the US balance of payments improved as expected .
30 Moisture from the inflated covers might have gingered up the pitch somewhat for the third day , and with the ball still quite new , England 's bowlers were clearly interested in a breakthrough .
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