Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though she had been angry with fitzAlan , she would not have blurted out the bare facts to just anyone . |
| 2 | I might have checked out the financial aspects of buying into the station , but one thing I 've learned over the years is that you can never do too much research . |
| 3 | I much regret that such a new Member of Parliament should have picked up the churlish habits of other Labour Members . |
| 4 | Someone must have torn out the right hand page . " |
| 5 | ‘ Just one would have wiped out the entire company . ’ |
| 6 | It may have wiped out the Minoan civilization in Crete . |
| 7 | Within five years Labour 's industrial policies would have wiped out the competitive advantage we have gained in the last decade . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd have got out the padded shoulders and the four-inch heels had I known you were going to appear looking like someone whom Central Casting had sent to play — ’ her gaze flicked over his well-groomed appearance and immaculate suit ‘ — the Wall Street tycoon , ’ she said astringently . |
| 9 | Their movements would have kicked up the fine silt carpet on the bottom of the lake , obscuring vision . |
| 10 | The cavern was so huge that Benny thought they must have hollowed out the entire mountain . |
| 11 | The problem , in terms of the present discussion , is to explain how the evolution of the id and the ego up to the point at which hunting began could have resulted in its success and could have brought about the adaptive advance represented by self-reproducing hunting bands . |
| 12 | They may have gone down the medium wave dial from 10.17 to 8.55 , but their new premises in Ludlow is more than a few steps up from the barn . |
| 13 | ‘ It is much to be regretted , that the owner of the Purse Crag should have cut down the beautiful trees , which served so wonderfully to enrich the prospects on this side of the water . |
| 14 | Would they have switched off the cold fountains in Trafalgar Square ? |
| 15 | Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . |
| 16 | I mean , I 'm n this is no criticism because you , you could n't er , you 'd have taken up the whole hour if you 'd included examples . |
| 17 | For the first time in warfare , motorized trucks were the sole means of transport , for to have used horses would have choked up the whole movement of supplies . |
| 18 | ‘ These would have blown up the entire gold and diamond market , ’ the bomb squad chief , Nandkumar Chowgule , told reporters after the area had been cleared . |
| 19 | Hayman would have sent out the single team , confident that they would handle the job quickly and efficiently . |
| 20 | Here the examiner will probably have divided up the possible marks in his mind among the component parts , and an answer to one part , be it ever so brilliant , can earn only the appropriate total for that part . |