Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] have [vb pp] him [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
2 | I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place . |
3 | Yet , when I was seven years old , I should have thought him a very silly little boy indeed not to have understood about metaphorically speaking , even if he had never heard of it , and it does seem that what he possessed in the way of scientific approach he lacked in common sense . |
4 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
5 | I could have given him a straight rejection , but I suppose that was not in my nature . |
6 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
7 | It was softly lit and there was music with a man trying to sing : I could have shown him a thing or two . |
8 | I 'd have called him a mother 's boy . |
9 | Actually I forgot about it or else I would 've ma I would 've got him a card . |
10 | ‘ Even before you pointed out his similarity to Clinton , I would have given him a reasonable rating . |
11 | I mean , I would have given him a good kick if I 'd do stood along side of him ! |
12 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
13 | ‘ I 've been told you 've recently specialled a similar medical case , but as Mr Francis is an accident case in addition to being allergic to antibiotics , personally I would have considered him a case for a trained special . |
14 | You must have given him a pretty sleepless night through not answering the telephone . ’ |
15 | ‘ You should have smacked him a good one when you had the chance ! ’ |
16 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |
17 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
18 | If she had seen the man I loved she would have thought him a figure of fantasy too . |
19 | He was a good head taller than she was , and in other circumstances she would have judged him the heart-throb type , with his dramatic dark looks , reckless mouth , strong jaw and a piratical scar across one cheek giving his faultless right profile the touch of humanity it needed . |
20 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
21 | They must have thought him a bit insensitive — running off like that , the day after … |
22 | What 's more they might have done him an injury if he had n't pulled off his cassock pretty smartish and turned back into Matt , which calmed them down . |
23 | Should have worn gloves because they would have protected his hands , but they would have denied him the freedom of movement that he now needed . |
24 | They will have done him no good in the housing movement , which recognises that my hon. Friend stands for a real commitment , typical of this Government , to the needs of homeless people . |
25 | Dad said , and it must have cost him a lot to say so little after he 'd been put down by me , ‘ I 've decided I want to be with Eva . ’ |
26 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
27 | ‘ And it might have done him a bit of good . ’ |
28 | If that fool had known what it was , he 'd have given him the money ! ’ |
29 | Then Baldwin saw him again and told hint that were it not for his age and his health ( neither of which had greatly changed in the preceding forty-eight hours ) , he would have offered him the vacancy , but as it was it had better go to Eden . |
30 | ‘ It would have cost him a fortune . |