Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people . |
2 | Now originally he would have given it to the servers who would have taken it out here . |
3 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
4 | But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones . |
5 | He must have heard her at the door . |
6 | There was a pause in which you could have heard a pin drop — if you could have heard anything over the machine noise which had so invaded their senses that it had the quality of silence . |
7 | He tells us — largely as he must have heard it from the horse 's mouth — the history of programmed machines , the development of McCarthy 's own interest in combining human common sense with the brute number-crunching force of early computers , and how this led to his own contributions , perhaps the best-known of which is the invention of LISP , now the standard programming language of artificial intelligence . |
8 | I certainly would n't have guessed it from the way you 've been behaving . |
9 | I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time . |
10 | He should have placed himself in the middle between Laura and Maggie he thought . |
11 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
12 | Age Concern expressed reservations in its response to the Griffiths Review of Community Care that contracts for certain services might prove unprofitable to private sector providers after a few years , by which time District Health Authorities would have divested themselves of the resources to provide similar services . |
13 | When , sometimes , I think back on the beauty of life on a South Seas island , I start to wonder how fate could possibly have propelled me from the rain and bedraggled leafless winter trees of England to such distant enchantment . |
14 | They are entitled to these benefits , they should have received them in the past , and they should have received them by law . |
15 | I asked the governor whether I could have a visit in the probation department so that Karen did n't have to see me in the gym with everyone else and I could talk to her a bit more intimately . |
16 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
17 | ‘ I 'll have to report it to the station , doctor , ’ he started . |
18 | The only th the only thing is , is th is what we 'll do the beer , whether we 're gon na have to connect it to the brewery or whether we can get it through ourselves , I do n't know . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | ‘ Well , you 'll just have to hump it up the stairs as best you can , wo n't you . |
21 | You do n't even have to hit them off the ground . |
22 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
23 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
24 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
25 | The Chief Justice said that exclusion depended on all the circumstances : here the interview was conducted with propriety and the solicitor would have added nothing to the knowledge the detainee already had about his rights . |
26 | Thus , where the draftsman used the phrase " adjoining premises " in one part of the lease and the phrase " adjoining or neighbouring premises " in another part of it , it was held that the former phrase only applied to property that came into physical contact with the demised property because the words " or neighbouring " must have added something to the word " adjoining " ( White v Harrow ( 1902 ) 86 LT 4 ) . |
27 | If it had n't been she would probably have dropped it on the way here . |
28 | ‘ Could he have dropped it in the car ? |
29 | She 'd have to catch him in the morning — But catch him she would , she vowed silently . |
30 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |