Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That puts me in mind of Montesquieu ’ — ; the French philosopher and belle-lettrist whose Persian Letters may have formed the inspiration for Goldsmith 's Citizen of the World : both employed the satirical device of having their society scrutinised by visitors from a far-off land . |
| 2 | If this was the case , then its great central mountain massif would have formed the end of India 's Western Ghats . |
| 3 | Produced properly , argues La Mar , it could have formed the sort of entry into the mainstream that The Comic Strip Presents … first gave to alternative comedy . |
| 4 | At least one member of the jury said he would not have given a sentence of death ( which must be unanimous ) had he known that Prejean had suffered prolonged mental and physical abuse from his guardians . |
| 5 | Anyone over the age of 50 , and in some fields over the age of 45 ( younger for women ) , should have given a lot of thought to answering an interviewer 's question about age . |
| 6 | Lord save us , I would have given a bag of silver for the sounds and smells of old Cheapside ! |
| 7 | The British government has backed down under pressure from the House of Lords over a controversial proposal that would have given the Secretary of State for Education formal responsibility for the way in which universities are run ( see Nature 362 , 275 ; 1993 ) . |
| 8 | When royal forefathers were generically called Ptolemy , as was the dynastic custom , knowledge of family pedigree could have given the edge in court intrigue . |
| 9 | ‘ But when could Mr Pipkin have given the poison to Sir Thomas ? ’ asked Auguste reasonably . |
| 10 | Although I might have layered a lot of notes on one part it 's still basically , say , a D minor chord or whatever . |
| 11 | If I could have foreseen the progress of events over the next two years I would probably have stood up and run directly back to Boulogne . |
| 12 | Although at the time of his discovery Priestley could not have foreseen the use of oxygen in aeronautics as Vital Air for the aeronauts to breathe when the atmosphere became too thin , such use was suggested as early as 1784 . |
| 13 | The constable need not have witnessed the conduct in question before he utters his warning ; he could act on the basis of a report that he received from a person who has been caused harassment , alarm or distress , or on the report of somebody who has witnessed it . |
| 14 | Detectives hunting the raiders have appealed for anyone who may have witnessed the incident in Brodie Avenue just after 6pm on Tuesday . |
| 15 | Only she could have heard the vein of ice underlying the apparently welcoming words . |
| 16 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 17 | But you must have heard the criticism for things like the pile of bricks , the pile of carpet felt . |
| 18 | Yes , I 'd like to come back er to Mr Brighton on the question of regeneration in West Yorkshire , and er settlement South West of York , some people here today would not have heard the views of Leeds and Bradford on the H one discussions yet , about er why we are objecting to the restraints in three North Yorkshire districts , Harrogate , Craven , and er to less extent perhaps , Hambledon , on migration levels , erm we we argued there |
| 19 | She was sitting with her back to him , and did not turn round even though she must have heard the sound of horse 's hooves on the hard pebbled path behind her . |
| 20 | I believe that when we shall have heard the testimony of Paul Alexandre and seen Modigliani 's magnificent drawings dating from this time , a truth much more beautiful than the legend will assert itself on its own . |
| 21 | The sight must have frightened the watchers at Kleine Scheidegg and Grindelwald . |
| 22 | The Bill would have altered the definition of rape which at the time was classified in the Italian Penal Code as a ‘ crime against morals and custom ’ , so that it became a crime of violence against the person . |
| 23 | Your Mr may have explained the position to Joe of Samuel McCauls Limited when he was over in Northern Ireland last September , but Joe did not inform me of your company 's position . |
| 24 | This sympathy may have explained the level of applause she got at the end of her opening song , so that she came more confidently to centre for her second . |
| 25 | ‘ Especially when he must have guessed the kind of reception he 'd get . ’ |
| 26 | Too much exclaiming and protesting would have aroused a degree of doubt as to his sincerity , but Herluin clearly felt that here was nothing worse than some confused stupidity among too many helpers in too much panic and haste , and what was lost would be found as soon as everyone calmed down and halted the hunt for a while to take thought . |
| 27 | Gloucester may subsequently have joined the king in pursuit of the rebels , but the next firm reference to his presence in his brother 's company is not until July , when he accompanied the king into Yorkshire to deal with the rebellion of Warwick 's kinsman lord Fitzhugh of Ravensworth . |
| 28 | Gloucester may subsequently have joined the king in pursuit of the rebels , but the next firm reference to his presence in his brother 's company is not until July , when he accompanied the king into Yorkshire to deal with the rebellion of Warwick 's kinsman lord Fitzhugh of Ravensworth . |
| 29 | In his memoirs he admitted that he had secretly aspired to it for decades , but had not pressed the issue for tactical reasons ( because it would have made him vulnerable to the charge of Bonapartism and perhaps also , as Debré argued in his memoirs , because popular election of the president in the circumstances of 1958 would have placed a majority of votes in the hands of the peoples of the French Community ) . |
| 30 | The document should have provoked a number of doubts in your mind . |