Example sentences of "have [verb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | In these circumstances , it might well have modified its present adaptation to ground dwelling and nesting to something more appropriate to the more complex tundra environments that then existed . |
| 3 | She would have enjoyed her little trip to London . ’ |
| 4 | Esther Clark was about eighteen years older than her new husband , but may not have revealed her actual age to him . |
| 5 | DR ADAMSKI may have brought his Musical Pharmacy to town , but is he offering a cure or just hawking quack dance mixtures ? |
| 6 | DR ADAMSKI may have brought his Musical Pharmacy to town , but is he offering a cure or just hawking quack dance mixtures ? |
| 7 | It was clear that Alistair Bruce and John Moir would have to devote their entire time to preparing the case for the four families . |
| 8 | Besides , with GEMU , which no East German politician dare oppose , East Germany will already have yielded its monetary sovereignty to the West German Bundesbank and with it a lot of its room for political manoeuvre . |
| 9 | He announced at the beginning of that year that ‘ if Hitler had worn a dhoti he could have mistaken his mystical approach to life for that of Mr Gandhi ’ . |
| 10 | It might be said to have gone further than Scandinavian legislation in distinguishing the position of the wife from that of her unmarried counterpart , since it would arguably have denied her equal access to the law . |
| 11 | Wierzbicka ( 1988 : 103ff ) , following on Bolinger 1984 , points out likewise that " if my attitude to an event is such that I am glad or sorry about it , this means that in advance of this event I could have predicted my emotional reaction to it " . |
| 12 | Another part of her mind was still registering the fact that , at some time during last evening , Luke must have mentioned her impending departure to Sam who , presumably , had told Anna . |