Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] have " in BNC.
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1 | Far from flinging him out , you would rather discuss what has gone wrong and try to put it right ( apart from women in the North , who feel more strongly that their errant man should be shown the door ) . |
2 | Would you rather know what 's happened or what 's happening ? |
3 | All of the other theories to be discussed here can only describe what has happened ; they have no real conception of what the motive force of power or change is in society over time other than to rely on describing the eclectic , indeterminate behaviour of subjective and free individuals . |
4 | Well , not too bad really , it 's erm I can only describe it has having erm a huge hangover , which erm which I 'm used to anyway , so erm you know I 'm obviously a bit disappointed with the way things went , but erm you know that 's party of Rugby . |
5 | The overriding problem is that unlike most criminal acts where one knows clearly that one has committed a crime , one can often only know one has published obscene or indecent material at the very end of a prosecution . |
6 | we do n't necessarily need you to have had it experience |
7 | They might not know what they want to do ; they might only feel they have a lot of problems . |
8 | Erm , unfortunately erm , when you let a contract out , you 've got certain criteria and a contractor will only do what 's specified on their contract . |
9 | ‘ One can only believe they had been sympathetic and supportive over Diana 's marriage problems . |
10 | Set in the most peaceful of surroundings above Sorrento and the Bay of Naples , this hotel can rightly claim it has some of the best views on the coast . |
11 | Merrill had the distinct feeling that he had noticed her distraction and she could only hope he had n't guessed the reason for it . |
12 | ‘ The better swing you have , ’ wrote Hogan ‘ the more definitely you become a hooker . ’ |
13 | The sailor 's personal log might not only record what has happened on the journey so far , it might also speculate about what the crew should do with the merman they 've caught in their nets ; it might contain thoughts about food and the way it is stored on board ship ; it might suggest new ways of storing food . |
14 | Suddenly , as we were walking on , we heard the dogs barking in that frantic , menacing way that could only mean they 'd given chase . |
15 | The problem which the Chancellor faced was that failure to tackle the fiscal deficit could not only leave him having to borrow nearly £1 billion a week in the coming year . |
16 | The problem which the Chancellor faced was that failure to tackle the fiscal deficit could not only leave him having to borrow nearly £1 billion a week in the coming year . |
17 | I better go I 've got ta go to work . |
18 | As we stressed in Chapter 9 , the Rover Group may produce a large share of the motor cars manufactured in the UK but this does not necessarily mean it has significant market power . |
19 | You said yourself that figuring on Canon Wheeler 's hit list does n't necessarily mean you 've done anything disreputable . ’ |
20 | When I say corporate plan , I do n't necessarily mean you have to live with it rigidly . |
21 | This does not necessarily mean you have to go to the extent of bringing in high-power floodlights together with their attendant supply-cables . |
22 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’ |
23 | And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’ |
24 | because they can only accept what 's given verbally , they ca n't read for themselves oh I do n't know |
25 | In fact she was such a quiet baby that sometimes when her father came home drunk on Friday nights he would fondly imagine she had joined her blessed mother in heaven . |
26 | W&M would only reiterate that its options remained open while Invergordon would only state there had been no talks with W&M regarding the proposed takeover . |
27 | And er on the other hand you can get in your car and you can get down to suddenly find they 've got the the road up or E G as we did coming down to York today there 's driving his his er surface lifter down the road and and er you 're stuck in a traffic jam for a wee while er |
28 | ‘ I can only imagine someone has jumped out on her and dragged her away for some reason . |
29 | We agreed that the man or woman does not exist who had never made a mistake , however foolish . |
30 | The person does not exist who has not failed on more than one occasion — whether we are talking about marriage , the driving test or baking the perfect sponge . |