Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When this was pointed out , the family 's reaction was at first disbelief and then concern , because the sale would have fallen through on this point , especially as , when they acquired the property , they had used a solicitor and a surveyor .
2 If he had been pensioned off then , he would have missed out on all Rovers ' glory days of promotion , Wembley and Europe .
3 A really thorough murderer would have boned up on both subjects more intently .
4 This is an interesting passage because Platt B. is effectively saying that an undertaking to pay this excessive charge had been extracted from the clerk before he commenced his search and that he could not honestly have gone back on that undertaking .
5 But if they changed their portfolio balance , they would have lost out on this upturn , ’ said .
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