Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say he should have waited around like a good boy , taken a few duff , even Duff fights , and he would have been rewarded in due course by boxing 's power brokers . |
| 2 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
| 3 | Thereafter he may have been engaged in wholesale dealing in corn and wool , though it is more probable that he continued to lend money under the guise of advancing money against future payment of commodities . |
| 4 | Watson 's lament might have been couched in Shakespearian speech . |
| 5 | The first stage is to gather as large a sample of coins as possible by assembling a collection of plaster casts or photographs of specimens in the world 's principal museums , together with other specimens which may have been illustrated in numerous auction catalogues or hoard publications . |
| 6 | They claimed a report advising against fighting a costly appeal with the electricity giant should have been discussed in closed session . |
| 7 | Although the scribes no doubt made ‘ errors ’ , it should be possible to investigate variable texts in extenso to determine the extent to which variation in spelling ( or indeed in other linguistic dimensions ) is in fact orderly , and whether this variation can help us to work out what might have been happening in spoken English at the time . |
| 8 | The possibility that the unfortunate young gentleman was waylaid seems inescapable ; he was , however , in possession of little , if any , money to attract the attention of would-be malefactors , and that he could have been attacked in broad daylight , in the middle of a city the size of Vienna , appears to us virtually incredible . ’ ' |
| 9 | These could have been described in other language , just as in Burgess 's Class 1 version of Joyce 's Portrait [ 11 ] . |
| 10 | Hence the rate of return on household savings is the relevant measure of the social opportunity cost of public sector resources that could have been used in private consumption . |
| 11 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |
| 12 | They would have been murdered in cold blood . |
| 13 | A new s 382B is also added ; this provides that , if the sole member takes any decision that could have been taken in general meeting , that member shall ( unless it is a written resolution ) provide the company with a written record of it . |
| 14 | Much of the students ' year will have been spent in close cooperation with practising teachers in the French for Communication project . |