Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] with a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penrose 's theorem had shown that any collapsing star must end in a singularity ; the time-reversed argument showed that any Friedmann-like expanding universe must have begun with a singularity . |
| 2 | Yet thousands of men , fathers of families , must have lain with a prostitute at some time , and caught this disease . |
| 3 | She felt that the interview was over , and yet his stillness held her still , and the solemnity of his regard filled her with a curious sense of freedom and enlargement , as though she enjoyed the very fashion of intimacy with him that he might have shared with a man and his peer , even with the prince himself . |
| 4 | I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition . |
| 5 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
| 6 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |
| 7 | I could have done with a bit of weeping and gnashing of the old teeth . |
| 8 | Ironically she rarely used much make-up herself , but right now she could have done with a cover-up stick to hide the dark shadows beneath her eyes and some blusher to conceal at least a little of her pallor . |
| 9 | Her red suit was smart , but too bright a colour for her pale English pink and white skin , her brown hair could have done with a wash and her nails were ragged and bitten . |
| 10 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
| 11 | ‘ You could have done with a couple of stitches here . |
| 12 | He could have done with a saw . |
| 13 | How they could have done with a win this afternoon . |
| 14 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
| 15 | Here were many war-time refugees and exiles from every country in europe , with accents you could have cut with a cheese wire . |
| 16 | The doors were fastened with a padlock which a child of five could have picked with a paper clip . |
| 17 | I tried to imagine how I 'd have coped with a year 's solitary confinement . |
| 18 | Rose would call teasingly but he would have gone with a slam of the door . |
| 19 | In any case , William Tell would have shot with a cross-bow , not a barebow ! |
| 20 | Walt Whitman would have merged with a kerb like that . |
| 21 | If Wright had taken as much care with his finishing as his feud with Saints defender Ken Monkou , Arsenal would have escaped with a point . |
| 22 | It immediately grabbed my nose and twisted it round as it would have done with a fish . |
| 23 | Perhaps Mike business would have survived with a tax incentive to put money in . |
| 24 | He had read a file on Stepan and Ilya Holovich that would have come with a dust coat out of a Home Office basement reserved for the histories of Aliens ( Naturalized ) . |
| 25 | She could imagine the kisses he would have shared with a woman like that … |
| 26 | I would have thought with a child that it would be far better to be N H S. |