Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Reagan , Hatch , Quayle , they would 've clapped you in jail in the old days . ’ |
| 2 | And they want to come and see the factory , they want to go to yeah , it fell down cos Richard was too busy at the end of last year , fine get that sorted and i Sally was dropped in the crap by right at the end of last year , came on five sets of bearings , I could 've done 'em in two weeks . |
| 3 | Well , I see they 've instructed you in the story of your birth , since you had so thriving a grudge against me . |
| 4 | Presumably the library should at least have highlighted it in some way such as printing it in red , on the front of the delivery note , perhaps with a large red hand pointing to it . |
| 5 | Now erm once again I 'm relying on the information that Norman would have given you in describing how we go about setting the assignments up . |
| 6 | Green weeds and barnacles were thick on them , and whales might have saluted them in passing . |
| 7 | I would have joined her in Tartary ! |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you might have joined me in New York , ’ he said softly . |
| 9 | Welshman Ian Woosnam would have joined them in second place but for a double bogey at the 17th for a 73 , while Scotland 's Colin Montgomerie is tucked in just behind after finishing four over par . |
| 10 | I wonder , if you 'd been at that dinner , would you have joined them in their scepticism . |
| 11 | ‘ Moray and the north will always be his , and the rest would have joined them in time with no more than what he was offering : equal rule , equal justice , equal worship . |
| 12 | I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time . |
| 13 | As a result of this all pervading desire for reticence it is possible to suggest that the presentation of research papers in seminars , the creation of an undirected thesis , not to mention the production of a book , could easily have placed me in breach of Regulation 6 , which outlines the disciplinary offence of |
| 14 | Whatever reply Jesus gave would have placed him in danger . |
| 15 | We could equally well have placed it in the other hole ( state B ) and it would similarly remain there . |
| 16 | Aliens might have placed it in her , it might have burst out of her body rending her — it had done so . |
| 17 | It then took me a while to realise the significance of it , but at last I remembered it had been around Dora Belle 's neck , the person who murdered Perk and she must have placed it in Perk 's hand when she buried her . |
| 18 | He could have broken me in two with one hand , but he could not break my spirit . |
| 19 | Only I was just scared — I could have broken her in two with my bare hands and I was scared to death of her . |
| 20 | This would seem to demonstrate not only that studies in different areas or at different times have produced different results , but that a follow through of the cases prosecuted might have found , for example , that Blacks had a different ( possibly higher ) rate of ‘ not guilty ’ pleas , with acquittal rates which might have justified them in not accepting a caution . |
| 21 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 22 | They are entitled to these benefits , they should have received them in the past , and they should have received them by law . |
| 23 | Roman 's interruption held a note of such ferocious anger that in any other circumstances it would have stopped her in her tracks . |
| 24 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 25 | Only decent thing in the room , if you ask me ; he must have won it in a raffle . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
| 27 | ‘ Could he have dropped it in the car ? |
| 28 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |
| 29 | ‘ Two men … someone must have let them in the front door … they took Jacqui … ’ |
| 30 | And if I 'd known there would be raised voices , I would n't have let you in here . ’ |