Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all these bodies bore similar complements of volatiles then this homogeneous accretion ( of volatiles ) would have given the initial distribution in Figure 5.1(a) . |
| 2 | ‘ As no one could have foreseen the sharp fall in the base rate after Black Wednesday , it would have been impossible to predict that variable rates and the cost of fixed rate mortgages would have fallen so far . ’ |
| 3 | It is less sure that anyone in 1975 could have foreseen the dramatic increase in the demand for places in the ten years to follow . |
| 4 | The House will have heard the hon. Gentleman in his honest and decent way — the House respects his honesty — accepting with his opening word ’ nevertheless ’ that that is the implication of Labour 's defence policy . |
| 5 | It would also have provoked a military crisis in that once in the Crimea , the Emperor must become virtually Commander-in-Chief of all the forces , including the British . |
| 6 | Oh I 'm alright do n't worry about me I 'm , they , the person at home , their family must be told as well as you making a note in your accident book that there has been somebody with a knock on the head however mi minor it is , it 's got to be reported , because that knock could have repercussions , it could have broken a small vessel in the brain , it could still be bleeding and that is when compression takes over . |
| 7 | The latter half of the sixteenth century does , arguably , represent a significant turning point in the development of the hierarchy : until that time one can argue that its evolution had been largely functional , that the nature of the hierarchy ensured that those who reached the highest learned offices would have received a thorough grounding in the necessary sciences through both their education and their teaching , and practical training in the application of the law through holding several important kadiliks ; but that after that time , that is , from toward the end of the sixteenth century , the elaboration of the hierarchy was much more negative from the point of view both of learning and of good administration , being essentially an attempt to provide jobs and honours for an ever-increasing number of those seeking both . |
| 8 | To qualify for an ultra race , runners must have completed a full marathon in under three hours 30 minutes . |
| 9 | Brown had , very incautiously , said some things at a private dinner party that on a literal construction would have implicated the Labour Party in a rather nasty intrigue . |
| 10 | Jimmy Airlie , chief Ford union negotiator , said : ‘ The princess should never have picked a foreign car in the first place . |
| 11 | ‘ I was glad she accepted because otherwise I would have looked a right banana in front of all those tourists . ’ |
| 12 | We must have looked a comical sight in those days : a boy and a bird ‘ dancing ’ up the road — two steps , stop , turn , two steps , turn , stop … |
| 13 | He would have enjoyed the odd weekend in Brighton away from the pressures of London life , if only she 'd had a bigger flat . |
| 14 | However , our study was conducted before ondansetron became available , which in our experience would probably have prevented the initial decrease in quality of life in patients receiving cisplatin . |
| 15 | This volcanic cloud could have warmed the upper atmosphere in the tropical latitudes and blotted out the differences in temperature between surface and upper air that when combined with the effects of the earth 's rotation , cause the trade winds . |
| 16 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 17 | At this juncture you may just have noticed a slight differential in pace between the ‘ amateurs ’ in this democracy game , and the alleged professionals . |
| 18 | Now , if you were out and about at about ten o'clock last night you may have seen a greenish glow in the sky . |
| 19 | Most travel journalists will not have been to the Giants ' Grotto , of course , but they will certainly have seen the handy paragraph in the travel company press pack . |
| 20 | How much more depressed he would have been , if he could have seen the silent trombonist in years to come , ensconced in his offices , sifting the sparse and scattered remains of his life . |
| 21 | Such solutions are drastic , and could lead to the wrongful conviction of someone in an oppressive relationship who would have to incriminate a feared partner in order to clear herself , or someone who did not have the capacity to understand the need to offer evidence of their innocence . |
| 22 | In fact , she says , she may even have to sell the six-bedroom house in West London where she runs her Party Planners business , to help cover debts . |
| 23 | The individual teacher may well have made a significant development in his or her own understanding , but that is not a sufficient condition of securing publication ( thesis three ) . |
| 24 | She must have made a huge error in giving change somewhere along the line and she felt defeated . |
| 25 | Louise would not have made an unsuccessful marriage in the first place , and she supposed her marriage must be unsuccessful , because Edward had told her that she was not a woman . |
| 26 | Not only will he be one of the few Democrats to win the presidency in the past 50 years but he will have humiliated an incumbent President in the process . |
| 27 | That is not surprising , because it is inconceivable that we would have used a nuclear weapon in those circumstances , not least because of the negative security assurances which positively precluded their use in such circumstances . |
| 28 | Very occasionally in going beyond the immediate subject a few minor errors have crept in , but no one else could have told the main story in so authoritative a fashion . |
| 29 | In erm Romans chapter three and verse twenty seven it says that er Jesus died for our sins and I 'd just like to leave this thought with you , that n er just like me , when I could have died the other week in that plane crash , that none of us knows how long we 've got on this life and , however long or short it is , there 's no time like the present to get right with God if you , if you are n't and the only way to do that is through Jesus . |
| 30 | Coal tar condensate must have closed the small hole in the lid , and the resulting explosion put a nasty black ring on the dining room ceiling . |