Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 2 | I 'd have done it with minimalist technology ; say , beans swelling in water and lifting a diaphragm and bare wire to a contact for the time-fuse . |
| 3 | Burton did the job on screen as efficiently , one felt , as he would have done it in real life . |
| 4 | He would have seen it as infantile behaviour . |
| 5 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 6 | I have great admiration for all those involved in the Academy of Culinary Arts and think it a fine , courageous and important creation , but can someone explain how a meal of such ineptitude can be served in its name , and how some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the world can have eaten it without public comment ? |
| 7 | The solicitor who gave those undertakings was not made a party to the proceedings , although if he had been held out by his firm as a partner , s14 of the Partnership Act would have fixed him with potential liability . |
| 8 | It could be only a very moderate charge , in the darkness , since any gallop could have put them into dire trouble over unseen obstacles , whinbushes , ditches and the like . |
| 9 | The person taking the goods must have taken them in good faith without notice of the agent 's lack of authority . |
| 10 | Some women would have taken it in good humour . ’ |
| 11 | It was a sensible decision and he may have taken it in full awareness of this . |
| 12 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |
| 13 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |
| 14 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 15 | ‘ Swindon are a good side , but we would have beaten them at Ayresome Park but for a crazy final ten minutes . ’ |