Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That should have alerted me to the fact that Dr Tom Courtney was not as he seemed . |
| 2 | His own fault , he should have left it to the river police who had more experience of that sort of thing , but he had felt responsible . |
| 3 | ‘ You should have taken her to the clinic , Rachaela , ’ she said , without accusation . |
| 4 | My visit must have alarmed him to the extent that he decided to check again to ensure he had n't left any clues . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll have to report it to the station , doctor , ’ he started . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll have to take you to the optician 's , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee . |
| 8 | At home I might have fed it to the fish , but here I felt sorry for it and watched until it was time to move on . |
| 9 | The stresses set up by the effects of heat and cold on the glass could have weakened it to the point that it may fracture under pressure in the aquarium . |
| 10 | ‘ His indifference pushed her to the edge whereas he could have romanced her to the end of the world . |
| 11 | Harvey said later that he thought the decision had been harsh and added that there had been no warning given about time-wasting before the game , although he accepted that Tyson could have mentioned it to the players during the match , a fact confirmed by the referee as he left the ground . |
| 12 | As for Joe , who blithely missed a fracture a yard across , she could have pinned him to the wall with a scalpel , she was so cross . |
| 13 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 14 | Oh , I knew that that night I was in a very difficult position , if he had been on the public highway I could have taken him to the police station and taken him |
| 15 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
| 16 | Just the hint of a vengeful smile accompanied the massage that we could n't just walk off with that there dog — we 'd have to take him to the parcels office and sign for him . |
| 17 | After a pause for calculation , he added : ‘ And then I 'd have tethered it to the ground . ’ |
| 18 | You 'd have to compare it to the Rickenbacker 650 reviewed last month — roughly the same price , but a much slicker guitar — or maybe a Hamer Special , if your tendencies are more Gibson-orientated . |
| 19 | In Ancient Rome they 'd have chucked him to the lions . |
| 20 | Major may have made it to the White House before Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand , but that does not mean he is regarded as being more important than either of them . |
| 21 | Now all of this may well have made no difference to the final result ; the courts reading of the facts may have led them to the same conclusion whatever the meanings given to reasonable and unreasonable . |
| 22 | As one consultant said : ‘ We may have overdone it to the extent that , apart from in certain industries , risk management may well already be regarded as old hat . ’ |
| 23 | Now originally he would have given it to the servers who would have taken it out here . |
| 24 | Cissie was the first to recover , and there was no doubt she would have chased him to the ends of Kingdom Come if Beth had n't thrust out an arm to stop her . |
| 25 | And in a way this answer , like the first , was astonishingly appropriate , brandishing a secret truth and a paradox before a man who would have appreciated it to the full , but could not be let into the secret . |
| 26 | Groom stood her ground and , eventually , as a way out of the impasse , telephoned the Woman 's Page editor in London , who advised her that , as she was already in France , she should do the interview and would have to send it to the Ashleys for their approval before publication . |
| 27 | Every road junction has a multitude of signposts in a variety of languages , but we did n't see on that would have directed us to the Roman site . |
| 28 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
| 29 | The path forked when it reached an old log cabin ; left would have taken us to the top of Mount Eddy , right took us on the Pacific Crest Trail stretching from Canada down to Mexico . |
| 30 | He steered a middle course between intimacy and aloofness which would have endeared him to the most demanding of guests . |