Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 2 | Otherwise ( the point is surely an obvious one ) he would have limited himself to verbal argument . |
| 3 | Could she have treated him to similar displays of ill will as she showed her daughter ? |
| 4 | The consecration of his new basilica on the anniversary of Assandun and the erection of a church on the battlefield could also have owed something to Danish interest . |
| 5 | I would n't have lent myself to any schemes like that . |
| 6 | And he 'd probably have to resign himself to that situation until he returned to Winchester . |
| 7 | keith richardson says that Gloucester made basic errors and could have helped themselves to nineteen points … you ca n't afford to make such errors against a team like Bath and in the end things went badly wrong |
| 8 | and then I could have shown mine to this lady , cos I mean the only difference is is the black and white is n't it ? |
| 9 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 10 | Marx 's recognition of the specificity of motives under capitalism should have alerted us to this problem . |
| 11 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll have to re-allocate you to another job soon , Chief Inspector , unless you can show some progress . ’ |
| 13 | While a splendid Gris , the 1912 gouache-pastel-charcoal ‘ Nature morte avec bouteille et cigares ’ ( est. $300,000–400,000 ) inexplicably sold under-estimate for $280,000 ( £155,600 ) the work 's severity may not have endeared it to many people the biggest surprise was the prices paid for the Legers , which came from all points of the artist 's career . |
| 14 | From now on , he would have to devote himself to private achievements . |
| 15 | It could and should have led him to great opportunities . |
| 16 | He could perhaps have submitted himself to some army medical board , but whether they would have enthused over the application of a 48-year-old epileptic syphilitic with no military experience except that acquired while shooting wild-life in the desert |
| 17 | All in all , it is in no way surprising that Nietzsche should have put them to one side soon after writing them at the turn of the year . |
| 18 | If their historical interest had saved them from the pick , the swinging steel ball , and the bulldozer , their intractable lay-out had discouraged renovators who might have put them to some use . |
| 19 | It would have meant nothing to that pervert to let her stay … he had wielded the knife , the cruel swine … telling her he regretted there was nothing for her when all the time he was still hiring people … examining her through that monocle as though he was God … |
| 20 | Had he asked her to marry him , she would have sacrificed everything to that end . |
| 21 | Furthermore , since I disagree with the view of the Divisional Court on this point in Ex parte Handscomb , but the Home Secretary was obliged for the time being to follow it , there is little logic in saying that he should have extended it to mandatory cases . |
| 22 | The Royal Family will have to adapt itself to new circumstances , and , in some ways , it will be approaching nearer to the people , because it will be sharing many of the problems which all of us have faced . ’ |