Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pron] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that . |
| 2 | She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship . |
| 3 | Why could n't he have given her a different choice , one that did n't involve old loyalties ? |
| 4 | I could have given him a straight rejection , but I suppose that was not in my nature . |
| 5 | I mean , I would have given him a good kick if I 'd do stood along side of him ! |
| 6 | ‘ Even before you pointed out his similarity to Clinton , I would have given him a reasonable rating . |
| 7 | But Jack did n't know that and , even if he had known , it would only have given him a false feeling of security , because the threat from streptomycin , when it came , was not of a hind that he could have imagined or foreseen . |
| 8 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 9 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 10 | In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas . |
| 11 | Under the energetic leadership of H. L. Dowbiggin , Inspector-General from 1913 to 1937 , the police gained sophistication which may have given them a relative advantage over some lawbreakers . |
| 12 | ‘ They might have given you a rough ride at first , but you survived — more than survived ! |
| 13 | ‘ You shitbag , Tiny , you could have given us a bloody heart attack . ’ |
| 14 | He 'd probably have given us a proper meal and , and — ‘ |
| 15 | And erm if they could have given us a proper explanation why they 'd gone back and prove us wrong them fair enough . |
| 16 | In my wildest imaginings , I could not have foreseen what a wonderful life lay before me . |
| 17 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 18 | The many hours we have spent playing , seeing , hearing whilst making these films have taught us a great deal . |
| 19 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 20 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 21 | That way you 'd have saved everyone a whole lot of trouble . ’ |
| 22 | If you 'd told me this in the make-up room when you came to have your hair cut , you 'd have saved yourself a needless journey . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 24 | Many a godly Jew must have felt what a wonderful thing it would be if Moses ' longing could be fulfilled , ‘ Would that all the Lord 's people were prophets , that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ’ ( Num. 11:29 ) : and that is just what the prophets were led by God to foretell for the last days . |
| 25 | Someone should have seen what a good wife she would have made . |
| 26 | But her belief that all women , regardless of wealth , should be offered clothes that were artistic and beautiful , not brash , sexually offensive or uncomfortable , would have made her a worthy member of most of the nineteenth-century dress reform movements . |
| 27 | ‘ If I did not believe that , I would have advised our club president , James King , to go to a venue that would have made us a comparative fortune . ’ |
| 28 | It remains to decide whether the Unionists would have accepted fusion if Lloyd George could have made it a real option in 1920 . |
| 29 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 30 | Everybody must have thought what a dismal day this is . |