Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd have heard him all over the shop , ’ he said , ‘ and he came off the phone complaining that he 'd just lost 40,000 . |
| 2 | If anything could have frightened us away from the proposition it would have been the failure of the Leader of the Opposition to advance a sensible argument on anything at all . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , I could n't have explained it clearly to the dog . |
| 4 | Whether control of these facilities by the CPSU fulfilled this requirement is debatable , but before we jump to the conclusion that we could not have expected anything else from the Soviet system , consider the chequered history of the First Amendment to the United States constitution , which reads inter alia : ‘ congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech . ’ |
| 5 | Is it possible , ’ wondered the earl , appealing deferentially to Prior Robert 's more profound instruction in things holy , ‘ that for some beneficent purpose of her own she may have transferred herself miraculously from the place where she was laid ? |
| 6 | You must have disturbed them right in the act . " |
| 7 | Judging by the many Figures covered by the first letter of the alphabet — fifty-eight at the beginning — it can be appreciated that Miller had been justly advised ; such expansion throughout the work would have priced it far outside the purse of the ‘ generality ’ if , indeed , it could have been completed in his lifetime . |
| 8 | I think Davison would have done it easily in the promotion year but he got injured … apart from that ( altho did nt Ray Hankin score 20 in about 79 ? ) |
| 9 | We are forced to work fast and badly , but we do n't know whether there is any point to it because it may all be swept away in a month ; on the other hand , nothing at all may happen , in which case we will have done it badly to no purpose . |
| 10 | And the reason I call it a candid portrait is because I do n't think that the he may have seen somebody there with a camera , but he certainly was n't posing for the camera . |
| 11 | We did laugh so much during those months — you must have seen us sometimes at the cafe . |
| 12 | The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else . |
| 13 | He could have humiliated me totally with a one-night stand . |
| 14 | ‘ I should have told you earlier about the pain , Shelley , but I thought you 'd had enough ill people for one day , ’ she explained . |
| 15 | If he had realized this , he might not have classed it light-heartedly as a " Not-hawk " - that is , anything from a wren to a pheasant — and continued on his way up the slope . |
| 16 | We stared in stunned shock , realising that the pilot must have made one last superhuman effort not to come down right on our heads , but then just could n't manage those last few yards which would have brought them safely onto the runway . |
| 17 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 18 | Those in the know — the core group of researchers in any field who spend a lot of time at conferences and seminars chatting about the state of the art — will simply disregard the anomalous result , or they will have gossiped it away in the bar after the meeting . |
| 19 | She would have known him anywhere by the very set of his head , the mere shape of him , even so cramped and disabled . |
| 20 | Someone once said he 'd have known me anywhere by the voice but he 'd have passed me by in the street on account I look much better in person than I do on the telly . |
| 21 | If no-one saw the caravan being towed along any of the main roads in the area , then Allen believes the gang may have stored it somewhere in the vicinity . |
| 22 | Her family had tried to stop the marriage , but she would have followed him anywhere in the world . |
| 23 | He ca n't have told Sister , or she 'd never have pitched you straight into the A.R.R. Unit . |
| 24 | It must have taken her most of an evening . |
| 25 | These I was given , but , as I soon discovered , directions which would have taken me there in an almost straight line . |
| 26 | You may think they were tainted , but we know they were tested at the priory and I doubt the Lady Eleanor would have taken them solely on the Prince 's word . ’ |
| 27 | Instead of walking him round the beat , he should have taken him straight to the police station . |
| 28 | ‘ My grandfather could probably have taken you unerringly to the chapter and verse which said exactly that , ’ she averred . |
| 29 | Your education or training will have taken you far above the ordinary man although allowing for a proper pride in such an achievement , it does not require you to become intolerant of others not so fortunate . |
| 30 | At that stage the divisional officer may have taken it away from the domestic scene , and er put it through to Glasgow if it was the , if the employer was a member of the employers ' association , he would then take it to local conference . |