Example sentences of "[vb mod] have put a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So should have put a plus there .
2 Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ?
3 I should have put a stop to it . ’
4 ‘ You should have put a stop to it ! ’ said Florrie accusingly .
5 ‘ Father Marr should have put a flock of sheep in the churchyard in autumn .
6 Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke .
7 She 'll have to put a banana skin at the top of the stairs
8 cos I 'll have to put a bat up my pyjamas
9 It had not occurred to him that Jessica 's behaviour might have put a suitor off , more that Parr would want to go and smack her cheeky face , as he would have done .
10 His head looked like a fudge sundae I swear to God , he could have put a spoon in his ear and a maraschino cherry on his crown and looked no worse .
11 You know , like they 'd have to put a bit of a twist in it I suppose .
12 She kept trying to trample them , slam the door , but he kept kicking it back open and sooner or later she 'd have to put a name to her feelings , and she was afraid , so afraid , that the name was love … but it must n't be , she thought savagely ; it ca n't be .
13 Otherwise I 'd have put a brick through your window .
14 ‘ I left because no one could take what he 's had to take ; surely he 'd have put a gun to his mouth by now ?
15 The point is , darling , that in order to make sure Huerter has a future , we would have to put a lot of money in to restore a bombed-out balance sheet .
16 In Robb v Green Lord Esher MR justified the implication of such a term : " It is impossible … that a master would have put a servant into a confidential position of this kind unless he thought that the servant would be bound to use good faith towards him ; or that the servant would not know … that the master would rely on his observance of good faith … " .
17 If it 'd been me and I were gon na put it there , I would have put a window there to look out of .
18 I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now . ’
19 ‘ I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now … ’
20 ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder .
21 ‘ I shall have to put a report in on him . ’
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