Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the car 's lights disappeared round the corner , it occurred to Charles that he should perhaps have asked the man to wait . |
| 2 | They wo n't like it in here , too hot ; but it 's quicker for the morning , otherwise I 'd only have to cross the yard to get them . |
| 3 | In concerning ourselves with the needs of pupils , we may too long have ignored the need to give our teachers services and support and help them to feel adequate to cope with the demands that education in the modern world is making upon them . |
| 4 | Lord Hope said in the case of the first witness that his additional evidence would not have led the jury to reject the evidence of Thomas Leighton , who had corroborated the boy 's account of the attack . |
| 5 | You do not have to destroy every cloud to see the sky . |
| 6 | Conversely Mortimer should not have invoked the earls to revolt against the king . |
| 7 | The oldest , the first born if you like , the , the nearer one may have reje , may not have accepted the right to redeem her , but Ruth is not , has not been rejected because there is another kinsman waiting . |
| 8 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 9 | If he had n't agreed to appear we could not have raised the cash to make the show . ’ |
| 10 | One did not have to oppose the war to oppose its consequences ; and there was nothing in the least unpatriotic about the demands for ‘ equality of sacrifice ’ . |
| 11 | To achieve it he had to work on individuals , exploiting relationships which were not open , public ones : he could not have called a meeting to appeal to everyone 's obligations as a relative by descent and by marriage , as if these were of the same kind as those of a citizen , an Arab or a Muslim . |
| 12 | And a mere pickpocket would not have taken the trouble to steam the envelope open . ’ |
| 13 | An elderly parent living alone invariably has problems to cope with , though , in some area of life , and ideally the people to help them should be members of their own family ; people who know their character and understand their needs , those they do not have to make an effort to relate to and trust , and who can move around freely in their homes , to sort through the various ‘ pockets ’ of their anxiety more easily than any stranger can do . |
| 14 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 15 | In that case the laws of physics would hold even at the beginning of the universe , so God would not have had the freedom to choose the initial conditions . |
| 16 | It is likely that he chose a group of men to be his special disciples — apostles — because at that time a women would not have had the freedom to become travelling evangelists — to go round preaching and teaching . |
| 17 | The point that we were making in drawing attention to it was that , if the Labour party had been in power , he would not have had the freedom to buy shares in BT . |
| 18 | Whyte ( 1955 ) agrees : ‘ As I sat and listened , I learned the answers to questions I would not have had the sense to ask if I had been getting my information solely on an interviewing basis . ’ |
| 19 | The first was the industry which Eliot was prepared to devote to such poor material , even to the extent of giving this particular piece three readings : whereas most publishers or critics might not have had the patience to complete one . |
| 20 | ( They will not have had the chance to mate with males from their own stock culture . ) |
| 21 | While Mr Fallon will probably not have had the chance to read the report , we think it unwise for him to dismiss it out of hand . |
| 22 | Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking . |
| 23 | He would not have had the opportunity to command the attention of the media . |
| 24 | Had the Prime Minister called a general election in October 1978 , as was expected , the Commons would not have had the opportunity to inflict a spectacular dismissal . |
| 25 | You attempt things you previously would not have had the courage to do because you know you possess the power to save yourself ’ . |
| 26 | I know that in the past I would not have had the confidence to let children work on the problem . |
| 27 | The fact that growing numbers of students are making the personal decision to go into higher education each year suggests strongly that our system of student support , far from providing a deterrent , is encouraging more people to go into higher education , who perhaps would not have had the confidence to do so or the belief that it is appropriate for them . |
| 28 | In any case he would not have had the confidence to approach one . |
| 29 | Aquifers hold an enormous amount of water , and we do not have to raise the money to build them . |
| 30 | I agree , she would not normally have expected the remainder to fall in and be useful to her , but of course if she had had children , it would have been valuable to them . ’ |