Example sentences of "have [vb pp] have [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry has claimed to have developed a method for breaking down large amounts of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
2 | If , as we have suggested , those closest to the person who has died have had the opportunity to discuss what should happen , maybe with the person himself , and their wishes are known , then the decision has already been made and it is a united one . |
3 | Captain Ieuan Evans acknowledged : ‘ The level of enthusiasm our victory has caused has taken the boys a bit by surprise but , as Bob said , it 's gratifying to see how the boys have responded . ’ |
4 | The reduction in costs which this has achieved has enabled the business to perform most satisfactorily in what has been a very difficult year in all its major markets . |
5 | And I 'm not sorry that I did that because erm I would n't like I would n't have like to think that er anything I 'd done had escalated the situation you know . |
6 | Very briefly , I would 've preferred to have seen a contract based on the end performance with the grass being cut to a structured length . |
7 | While the politicians and administrators who framed the Act would not have wished to have espoused the notion of the ‘ undeserving poor ’ they felt unwilling to risk the public criticism that would have resulted from an approach to poverty that involved ignoring the potential waste on the ‘ work-shy ’ and the fraudulent application in order adequately to meet the needs of the majority of applicants . |
8 | In operational planning , the Declaration of Common Purpose , which Macmillan would have preferred to have called the Declaration of Interdependence , led to even closer relations between the British and American air forces . |
9 | Erm you closed questioned which I thought Martin made very difficult for you but er obviously intentionally but erm what else is it you mentioned erm pension or benefits from the navy , you never actually picked up on whether he had any erm pension benefit from , from the forces which is something that , that we would have had to have made a note of . |
10 | It was held that there had been no negligence , but on grounds of public policy the court would not award compensation where the plaintiff would have had to have broken the law . |
11 | First , the young person would have had to have found a job , and that job would itself have to offer day release , which at the age of fourteen would amount to two days a week . |
12 | No , cos I was gon na pay the butchers which I would have had to have changed a note and you said I 'll pay . |
13 | " He 'd have had to have opened the door and then left it open when he reset the alarms . |
14 | I 'd have loved to have seen a database import facility in the software . |
15 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
16 | While I would have liked to have seen a bit more about 9 Sqn 's contribution to the Tirpitz attacks , I appreciate that this is a book about 617 Sqn . |
17 | I mean what you 're looking for is a reduction or what you would have liked to have seen a reduction in the land allocation for employment needs , and yet in the other breath you are saying to North Yorkshire , you should really cater for one hundred percent migration . |
18 | Many of us would have liked to have seen the savings that were made , recycling of the passenger transport area . |
19 | I 'd have liked to have cut the face off of him with a few choice words . |
20 | He would have liked to have made a run for Mexico but he had work to do , and there was n't a chance of their surviving that long a race against the hurricane . |
21 | She would have liked to have made the truth plain — that the feeling , though not one to be taken too seriously , was mutual . |
22 | You would have liked to have extended the business a little m more then , would you ? |
23 | Sandys would have liked to have unified the policy direction and command of the three Services as part of his Reformation . |
24 | He would have liked to have taken a doggy bag to restaurants and collar extras he could n't quite fit in , like garlic bread , crusty granary rolls and After Eights . |
25 | But I would have liked to have got the napkins to match , but she said they do n't come in with the napkins . |
26 | Dot would have liked to have had a hand to hold . |
27 | They would have liked to have had a baby together , but she lost triplets , was very ill , and it seemed a family was not to be . |
28 | He wanted to write something which would be profoundly true and he would have liked to have corrected the image of Modigliani which developed very early on in a number of dubious publications . |
29 | I would have liked to have shown the audience last night the footage that I did in Panama . |
30 | ‘ I would have liked to have finished the season with a win but , in the end , we did just enough to win the league . ’ |