Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or he could have flown it around in the wastes of ice where Shackleton lost the Endurance . |
| 2 | She stood up : ‘ No , I did n't ! — So he could n't have done it , could he ? — And before you say owt , he could n't have looked her up in the phone book 'cos she 's ex-directory ! — And anyway , he told me to go round there today and get her to put her money in the bank . |
| 3 | They 're sure to give the go-ahead , otherwise they would n't have chucked it out in the first place . |
| 4 | That area of your life not only is of no interest to me , but I also consider it in very poor taste that you should have brought it up in the first place ! ’ |
| 5 | We should have stuck it out in the taxi . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That would have put him back in the situation of January 1946 — forced to swallow hard decisions in domestic and foreign policy without the long-term mandate to govern in the manner that he saw fit . |