Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] 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 .
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