Example sentences of "it [vb mod] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may or may not be able to do that because it may have lost consciousness , alright , but we 'll put down warm drink if possible . |
| 2 | It may have saved Sakharov 's life . ’ |
| 3 | Having been bitten by PW it may have made Deloitte shy of Touche . |
| 4 | The eruption which probably had the most far reaching effect on civilization was that of Santorin ( Thera ) in the Aegean , in about 1470 B.C. This abruptly extinguished the highly-developed Minoan culture centred on Crete , and , because the eruption caused the submergence beneath the sea of a large part of the island of Santorin , it may have given rise to the age-old legends of Atlantis , the ‘ lost ’ or ‘ drowned ’ continent . |
| 5 | It may have changed hands as often as eight times in a period of twenty years . |
| 6 | He had lost his watch back in Victorian London and so had no clear idea of time ; it may have taken minutes or hours to get back to the hole in time . |
| 7 | The weather was being at its most uncooperative — it was tippling down with rain when according to his forecast at briefing it should have cleared hours ago , and every single one of the navigators flying that night had been in to complain bitterly . |
| 8 | Above her , the vault seemed so high it should have had rag-clouds like Mars , but it was unearthly white . |
| 9 | You take your moistened paper it should n't be dripping wet like this , it should have had time to dry out a bit . |
| 10 | It should have read £3.99 each . |
| 11 | This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is . |
| 12 | The respect the government accorded them was correspondingly limited : it was significant that among the great civil reforms of the reign that of urban government should have been left until last , and that when enacted it should have concentrated power in the hands of a very narrow élite . |
| 13 | To understand why it should have attracted Nietzsche so strongly at this time , we must turn to the background of his academic specialization , and his great love for Greece . |
| 14 | And it must have stirred memories for his father , Colin , sitting just along from Venables in the Maine Road . |
| 15 | It must have worn Christy out . |
| 16 | But it must have built-in safeguards to prevent abuse . |
| 17 | The answer was lost but it must have reassured Sid , for he sounded somewhat mollified . |
| 18 | A fire brigade spokesman said last night : ‘ It 's a serious matter — but it must have brought tears to her eyes . ’ |
| 19 | And er this bicycle well it would go out of fashion and was put in a , a loft in one of the , it must have changed hands from Mr whom it was made for . |
| 20 | To him , it must have seemed ice cold , indifferent . |
| 21 | Quite what the inhabitants made of that is perhaps left buried in history but it must have impressed Ella for they were married in 1918 . |
| 22 | It must have hurt har because she was a-bloring good tidily ; bloring out . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , judging from where the galaxies are today , it must have happened ages ago — thousands of millions of years ago . |
| 24 | It must have taken years and years — ? |
| 25 | It must have taken Wilson years of research . |
| 26 | It must have had occult properties , |
| 27 | The senders of it must have had misgivings as to whether he would obey as they appear to have decided to back it up with physical intimidation . |
| 28 | See it might have reached temperature before I mean I do n't know , I ca n't do a |
| 29 | Mr Goldring said it might have crossed jurors ' minds ‘ Why should a nurse do these things ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Everytime you lose , you think it might have cost Malcolm the job , ’ said the Welsh international . |