Example sentences of "[modal v] have made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must 've made a mistake — Marie said she 'd write to me . |
| 2 | A solicitor for the Robinson family said that the staff at the hospital should have made a call to the Southern General . |
| 3 | Jacques Tati should have made a film here . |
| 4 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 5 | I should have made a point of following up his sickness , thought Cadfael , touched , but I thought he , of all people , would make good sure he got all the treatment he needed . |
| 6 | It is astonishing that he should have made a riposte about housing benefit being available to the poor for housing costs and to have given the impression that he was in favour of housing benefit . |
| 7 | I should have made a list . |
| 8 | The Government should have made a statement on the way in which the police national computer operates ; it should not have been necessary for me or the National Council for Civil Liberties to prise information from them . |
| 9 | Threat to insurers AS THE £1.1bn takeover bid by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurer , gets underway for the Pearl Group , a new survey suggests that perhaps the Australians should have made a bid for a building society . |
| 10 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 11 | In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 , the justices should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting . |
| 12 | ‘ the justices were under a duty to make any secure accommodation order only for as long as was necessary ’ — and again the guidance and regulations are referred to — ‘ In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 the magistrates should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting . |
| 13 | She said Judge Allen should have made an example of Clarke and she criticised an earlier sentence he received for a 1983 drink driving offence — a £150 fine and 18-month ban . |
| 14 | I could n't help thinking that he must have made a mistake . |
| 15 | ‘ You must have made a mistake . |
| 16 | He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake . |
| 17 | She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake . |
| 18 | Edward , shying away from disagreeable exposures , supposed that mother must have made a mistake . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 20 | Said he must have made a mistake and it was the Cynthia T. The Cynthia had one of the new masters whom I did n't know , so I could n't do anything . |
| 21 | She must have made a mistake herself . |
| 22 | ‘ But they must have made a mistake — that ca n't possibly be right ! ’ |
| 23 | Must have made a fortune ! |
| 24 | Must have made a mint out of the wars . |
| 25 | But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment . |
| 26 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 27 | Individually or collectively , they must have made a decision to keep their wits about them for the committee meeting . |
| 28 | One of the guards must have made a substitution . ’ |
| 29 | The original owner must have made a representation ( by statement or conduct ) that the seller was entitled to sell the goods . |
| 30 | ‘ It must have made an impression on you , that case , ’ observed the Inspector drily . |