Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx 's recognition of the specificity of motives under capitalism should have alerted us to this problem . |
| 2 | You should have phoned us at the Club . ’ |
| 3 | It is remarkable that mental qualities that were selected for these purposes should have stood us in such good stead in the very different circumstances of the present day . |
| 4 | PLAYER : ( Acknowledging the description with a sweep of his hat , bowing : sadly ) You should have caught us in better times . |
| 5 | Okay he should , he should have tapped us as a resource certainly . |
| 6 | From 1943 onwards he probably did n't miss a single performance in which I was taking part and he must have seen Us in Traviata every time it was done . |
| 7 | In fact , I would have hoped that an European interpretation might have presented us with a radically different perspective , something to argue about . |
| 8 | At the time of this translation we were not sufficiently in touch with Burmese poets and authors or with Buddhist monks , who together might have helped us to be more truly indigenous . |
| 9 | We were all keen walkers , and enjoyed the challenge of remote places , but nothing in Britain could have prepared us for this close encounter of the furry kind . |
| 10 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 11 | Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals . |
| 12 | Nothing could have prepared us for Holmes ( named after Sherlock Holmes as his ears resembled the detectives hat ) . |
| 13 | It could have turned us into a cinder . |
| 14 | ‘ I told the police they could have warned us in advance . |
| 15 | You 'd have had us over the edge in a minute ! ’ |
| 16 | You see it may be that Dean 's right I must admit I think I , I agree with Dean I think he is right that the real problem is that natural selection may have fitted us by , as it were , rigging our emotional system . |
| 17 | The changes have been more fundamental and some of them may have affected us in ways that we do not immediately recognise . |
| 18 | Our policy on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography may have led us to over estimate the association , but without performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography on unselected patients with HIV infection ( with and without cryptosporidiosis ) , precise figures can not be given . |
| 19 | In this passivity , the infancy of stratigraphy may have brainwashed us into thinking that this is the true nature of the stratigraphical record . |
| 20 | Our early encounters with power may have deterred us from ever wanting to use it in a similar way ; having suffered from a cold , distant father or a smothering mother , and inevitably having attributed power to these parents , we may well decide that power is a negative force and not for us . |
| 21 | Today 's photo session may have taken us from dog track to town hall , from tube station to The Longest Market in Britain ( fact ! ) , but the travelling has n't covered the cracks in the area 's cultural structure . |
| 22 | The new book was to be handed to me by the minister , the Revd Dr Adam Burnet , only after we had signed the register — no self-respecting hotel would have accepted us with different names . |
| 23 | A villainous raid upon the Stockade where the men do lie and even upon ourselves where we dwell at Belmont would have robbed us of all we have assured thus far by the Grace of God . |
| 24 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 25 | No doubt the grand-old Victorian would have reprimanded us for our thriftlessness , extravagance and improvidence . |
| 26 | Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London . |
| 27 | Werner came to our rescue with the loan of a hundred dollars , which would have to see us through the three or four months it might take us to reach Aru . |
| 28 | In fact , if I had n't been living here I doubt they would have noticed us at all ! |
| 29 | English and French smugglers would have provided us with enough of pilots and we had indeed already a few … |
| 30 | Every road junction has a multitude of signposts in a variety of languages , but we did n't see on that would have directed us to the Roman site . |