Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A few years ago you would niver have heard of such a thing . ’ |
| 2 | By the end of the struggle France had lost almost every single colonial possession she had , so that French imperial history had to begin all over again in the nineteenth century , but nobody in 1690 could have guessed at such a result . |
| 3 | No civilisation under Imperial influence would have developed in such a direction ; it must be concluded therefore that they discovered the technology for themselves . ’ |
| 4 | Charles could picture the smugness with which Alex Household would have sat in such a sanctuary and discussed the frenetic activities of the Taunton company . |
| 5 | Where broad discretionary powers have been conferred upon public authorities the courts take it upon themselves to review the exercise of those powers to ensure that the body does not make decisions which are so unreasonable that no reasonable body could have come to such a decision ; to ensure that the decision-makers are not biased and that decisions are not made mala fide or for any improper purpose . |
| 6 | If people had imagined in 1933 that things would have come to such a pitch , they 'd never have voted for Hitler . |
| 7 | They can hardly have come as such a surprise to Daum . |
| 8 | They would not have responded on such a scale otherwise . |
| 9 | Nor was there any instance , as far as I could see , of the faithful lover dying before his long wait was rewarded ; or thought of how the heroine might have felt in such a case , with brothers and sisters flown the nest , father and mother dead , hero dead , the house empty , and the mind , so long attuned and subjected to the needs of other minds , no longer able to recognize and adapt to its own needs . |
| 10 | I could never have agreed to such a plan , but was pleased at Mick 's change of mood . |
| 11 | You could hardly have dreamed of such a possibility . |
| 12 | But to resist ecstasy : who would have thought of such a thing ? |
| 13 | No one really sensible would have got into such a mess in Other world — letting the panic take over and not even trying to think straight . |
| 14 | However , Turner does n't believe that he would have arrived at such a conclusion if he had continued to live and write in Ireland . |
| 15 | He would , somehow , behave as the true Wolfprinces would have behaved in such a situation . |
| 16 | Some of the vacant buildings may have deteriorated to such a condition that restoration costs would be prohibitive . |
| 17 | In a matter as fundamental as that of the constitution of the church , God could not have allowed that error should have persisted over such a period of time . |
| 18 | three years ago , they actually announced first round dates which would have allowed for such a break and only changed their mind after being petitioned by a group of players who had been persuaded by ATP to say they were unhappy to play immediately after the Open . |
| 19 | He pulled her to her feet , marvelling that so slight a creature could have put up such a fight . |
| 20 | Conditions late in Æthelred 's reign could well have resulted in such a movement , for apart from the effects of famine and enemy harrying , those landowners with dependent peasantry may often have expected them to shoulder much of the tax burden , and that burden had been particularly heavy between 1011 and 1014 . |
| 21 | If you had n't been so boring in the pub I would n't have left in such a temper ! ’ |
| 22 | Nor could it have happened on such a scale had the banks ' powers of credit-creation been constrained by the prudential rules governing national financial structures . |
| 23 | He should not have lost with such a lead . |
| 24 | Perhaps not the best saint the church should have chosen for such a profession . |
| 25 | These would have evolved in such a way that the displayer would have appeared bigger and more frightening . |