Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had not had this picture in his mind , he might inadvertently have written in a way that tried to satisfy different types of individual in the same book . |
| 2 | Any rise in aggregate demand which was rationally anticipated would have had no such effect — it would merely have led to a rise in prices . |
| 3 | Whilst the smallest kind of town can only have served as a market point , those with populations exceeding 500 usually provided more extensive services to their localities , and some had developed specialised manufactures even if on a modest scale . |
| 4 | Modern science could only have come from a belief that there was a God who had made all things to a certain design . |
| 5 | She could only have driven about a mile , she estimated , but as she trudged back along the road it seemed like a marathon trek . |
| 6 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 7 | A study by Parker , however , using a national sample , reached conclusions which were slightly more supportive of labour mobility programmes : Only 13 per cent of his sample said they would not have moved without a grant but 56 per cent said they would have found it difficult to move without a grant . |
| 8 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 9 | ‘ If I was lonely , I would not have gone to a teacher and said so — he would have told me to pull myself together . |
| 10 | In the past , your affection would not have ended in a hug and the giving of warmth to each other . |
| 11 | I would have behaved in the same manner , but I would not have apologised to a man who had just given such a small sentence for the criminal act of killing two innocent victims . |
| 12 | It can not have come as a surprise when , in November 1990 , the ninth biggest US accounting firm , Laventhol & Howarth , had to seek Chapter 11 protection from its creditors , with the ensuing risk of personal bankruptcy for its partners . |
| 13 | Yet his father 's death should not have come as a surprise . |
| 14 | So maybe the lack of interest in Latin American art this week should not have come as a shock . |
| 15 | Equally , Thames & Hudson 's ‘ biography ’ of Keith Haring may have seemed a brave piece of publishing to the general bookseller but , supported by T-shirts , badges , posters and cards from te Neues , it pulled in customers who would not normally have stepped inside a Blackwell shop , thanks largely to the non-book items and the extraordinary point of sale from T&H . |
| 16 | By this stage , you may already have booked into a dog training class . |
| 17 | ‘ My lord , ’ he said , restraining what could easily have blossomed into a glow of triumph , ‘ even a layman may be inspired to speak prophecy . |
| 18 | And they could just as easily have hopped on a train to any other part of the country . " |
| 19 | He used his pace and aerial strength and created some chances , one of his passed could easily have resulted in a goal . |
| 20 | But this latest attack is the worst , and could so easily have resulted in a loss of life . |
| 21 | It was the last place in the world she would ever have chosen for a tryst , as she would tell him when he turned up . |
| 22 | No one is ever fully prepared for bereavement , and even if her husband 's terminal illness was one from which she had known he could not hope to recover , his death will still have come as a shock to her which may create a feeling of numbness and unreality : . |
| 23 | It may possibly have begun as a baptistry or succeeded a cult centre at the spring head . |
| 24 | She had remained her strong English self , and in truth she did put up with a good deal for in her terms a scholar 's life must always have stood for a life of privation , which would explain the furious resolve that clenched the lines in her face . |
| 25 | The largest so far identified lies west of Ryknild Street , emphasizing the fact that the road may once have acted as a settlement boundary . |
| 26 | After a lousy annual meeting and a lousy result against Crystal Palace , Alex Ferguson might reasonably have hoped for a change of fortune . |
| 27 | ‘ They would probably have jumped on a train and gone to London . |
| 28 | Around the east side of the defences , a possible flood bank may also have doubled as a bypass road , though this is probably relatively late . |
| 29 | In addition , divided catalogues or separate classified catalogues could also have acted as a deterrent to subject searching . |
| 30 | It may also have acted as a service centre for the nearby imperial estate centred on Combe Down and for the numerous rich villas which grew up in the vicinity . |