Example sentences of "they [modal v] have have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 2 | Clearly they failed to bring about disarmament , though they may have had a contributory effect on the decision to suspend tests in 1958 and later on the partial test ban treaty . |
| 3 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 4 | The similarity of their design to cup-and-ring patterns is striking and suggests that they may have had a ritual function . |
| 5 | They may have had a function in aiding the picking out of broken threads on the loom . |
| 6 | Later these people reached all the inhabited areas of the Pacific and possibly America , it having been argued that they may have had a considerable influence on the rain-forest peoples of the New World , evidence coming from great similarities between certain groups in Borneo and central America , similarities greater than between these peoples and their geographic neighbours . |
| 7 | They must have had a key , then ! ’ |
| 8 | Henry could not quite work out why , since her pleasantness was not always followed by a request for money or some other favour ; perhaps she was remembering something he had quite forgotten , an incident during their courtship perhaps ( they must have had a courtship ) or a Henry , now lost to Henry himself , who could have inspired feelings such as pleasure . |
| 9 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |
| 10 | It may not be a good reason to us , but they must have had a good reason to do it , either family-wise or tension-wise , or because of life in general . |
| 11 | ‘ If somebody killed him they must have had a motive , but what ? |
| 12 | ‘ They must have had a lot of replies , ’ said Penelope . |
| 13 | That meant that they must have had a good sexual relationship too . |
| 14 | I think they must have had a bleeper on my car ; I never checked , and they 'd have taken it away when they caught up — damn it , it 's what I 'd have done : a simple radio bleeper with a magnet , you can stick it on in two seconds . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought they must have had a quarrel , ’ Brand said , and I had the impression he was n't heartbroken about it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row . |
| 17 | Hey they must have had a good meal other night . |
| 18 | No they must have had a cylinder there already . |
| 19 | Well they must have had a lot of bottle . |
| 20 | Swindon thought they should have had a penalty . |
| 21 | You know , they 'll have had a night out on the tiles . |
| 22 | Except they 'll have had a four course meal to eat . |
| 23 | They might have had a miraculous escape . |
| 24 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
| 25 | I 'm not saying they 'd have been sucked down with the yacht but they might have had a rather uncomfortable time . ’ |
| 26 | If she 'd taken her courage in both hands , and told him of her true feelings , they might have had a chance to work something out . |
| 27 | ‘ They might have had a good sleep — but we certainly have n't ! ’ |
| 28 | Did you say somebody called but perhaps they had a key though , I wo n't say anything to her , they might have had a key . |
| 29 | The difference in the popular vote was less dramatic : for the CPP , 398 141 ( plus five uncontested seats , where presumably they could have had a landslide ) ; for the combined opposition , 299 116 votes . |
| 30 | Some of Bach 's melodies , however , are so freely formed that it is impossible to decide whether , like the above Sarabande , they could have had a simple outline as their origin , or whether Bach followed a free vein of inspiration , ignoring a well-defined construction . |