Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [indef pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people . |
| 2 | There was a pause in which you could have heard a pin drop — if you could have heard anything over the machine noise which had so invaded their senses that it had the quality of silence . |
| 3 | The Chief Justice said that exclusion depended on all the circumstances : here the interview was conducted with propriety and the solicitor would have added nothing to the knowledge the detainee already had about his rights . |
| 4 | Thus , where the draftsman used the phrase " adjoining premises " in one part of the lease and the phrase " adjoining or neighbouring premises " in another part of it , it was held that the former phrase only applied to property that came into physical contact with the demised property because the words " or neighbouring " must have added something to the word " adjoining " ( White v Harrow ( 1902 ) 86 LT 4 ) . |
| 5 | Er I should have reminded everybody at the beginning , when you wish when you start to speak , would you please introduce yourself , give your name and who you represent . |
| 6 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 7 | We should have done something like the RAND health insurance experiment . |
| 8 | In 1974 military engineers stood by to operate power stations in Northern Ireland during the protest strike by the Protestant Ulster Workers ' Council , though they could have done nothing without the help of at least the power station managers . |
| 9 | The growing hostility between Richard and the Stanleys after 1484 can be explained in terms of the king 's policies , but it may also have owed something to the frictions of the previous fifteen years . |
| 10 | The growing hostility between Richard and the Stanleys after 1484 can be explained in terms of the king 's policies , but it may also have owed something to the frictions of the previous fifteen years . |
| 11 | This curious reversal of roles may have owed something to the agreement of the Liberals to support a government without a clear majority ; the legislation was the Housing ( Homeless Persons ) Act of 1977 promoted by a Liberal , Stephen Ross . |
| 12 | As I had no access to the Swansea accounts during that time , it was clear I could n't have embezzled anything from the company . |
| 13 | By this time I was feeling very friendly towards them and I might have said something to the effect : " If you will just mosey on down this trail ( meaning the main road between Cambridge and Huntingdon ) you will come to Alconbury , some 15 to 16 miles away . " |
| 14 | I must have missed something in the council tax . |
| 15 | No Should have had one in the bedroom last night with next door upstairs . |
| 16 | As earnings rank as personalty in any case and they must have had something in the way of moveables , especially those taxed on land , it is reasonable to treat all assessments as though made on goods . |
| 17 | Whether ground was distinguished from sky in any other way than by being outlined against it the evidence so far cited does not tell us , but probably some trees and flowers were shown on it , and it may have had something in the nature of shading . |
| 18 | Unfortunately for the Lions , as the French persist in calling them , they will have had nothing like the preparation time of their opponents . |
| 19 | ‘ He must have had somebody on the boat , ’ said Owen . |
| 20 | Had it not been for Helmut 's wealth and his travels , we should not have had anything like the variety of food Mme Guérigny put on her table . |
| 21 | ‘ We gave away two stupid goals but still would have got something from the game if we had taken the chances we created . ’ |
| 22 | He could have got one from the kitchen , but I expect he 'd locked up after he 'd brought the supper up . ’ |
| 23 | But of course Downton is a huge company , too , and would have dragged everyone through the courts if necessary . ’ |
| 24 | The low price of sugar before 1690 , the dangers of war after 1690 , the Company 's inadequate provision for depreciation , and the planters ' unwillingness to pay their debts , might between them have ruined the Company in any case , but the end of the monopoly must have contributed something to the collapse . |
| 25 | Petitions from communities , or common petitions , were few in Edward 's reign , and though they may have derived something from the example of clerical grievances , they could hardly have failed to have developed from private petitions . |
| 26 | Sarah , in her turn , must have experienced something of the warmth of feeling which can link one human being to another , but now , all that was left was a fierce possessiveness , veined with jealousy which at any moment could flare into hatred . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't have believed anyone in the world could eat the whole of a cake that size . ’ |
| 28 | " And could you have borrowed one for the night ? " |
| 29 | oh really because it would have been nice if you could have put something in the corpus about the prisoners who help with the corpus actually |
| 30 | ‘ Before Thunder Bay , ’ I said , ‘ could anyone have put anything in the water ? ’ |