Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which means the guarantor no longer has to pay you the rent so you you do n't really want to forego that either , yeah . |
| 2 | I 'd not have given you the task otherwise ! ’ |
| 3 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 4 | They may not have made him the finest British light comedian since his hero David Niven , but at least they rescued him from an uncertain future in Britain where he may have ended up as a cross between Roy Castle and Ronnie Corbett . |
| 5 | St Paul was not ‘ ordained ’ — and would not have known what the term connoted . |
| 6 | She was less close to Gildas , whom she regarded with some slight awe , for she feared his irony and his sharp tongue , and would not have allowed him the slightest ‘ liberty ’ had he not cleverly , for he was very clever , ‘ set up , a conversation which led her , through a series of exchanges , into the danger area . |
| 7 | She could easily have given me the push after her dad died , and taken on somebody … well , more presentable , like . ’ |
| 8 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 9 | He was pondering how to chat him up without attracting too much attention from Blanche and Eddy , when he heard the superintendent ask the man from the Drugs Squad who exactly had given them the tip-off in the first place . |
| 10 | I said well you just have to give him the deaf ear I said otherwise you 'll become , I said and he 'll get caught out eventually |
| 11 | ‘ Naturally , but you 'd still have to say what the story was before you were offered anything for it . ’ |
| 12 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 13 | These were the only wickets Martin took in the match , but his allround contributions would probably have earned him the Man of the Match award had such been on offer in those days . |
| 14 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 15 | I often have wondered what the Dalek might have been if some other Designer had designed it . |
| 16 | ‘ But I really have told you the truth , ’ she said as firmly as she could . |
| 17 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 18 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 19 | I would n't have given you the mark for covered . |
| 20 | ‘ Garret FitzGerald advised me to shut up , saying you do n't have to do everything the SDLP wants , but do n't come out and say it stinks . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , but you do n't have to give me the oranges . |
| 22 | He did n't have to tell me the rest . |
| 23 | One feature maybe one or two benefits and you do n't have to tell them the whole story . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the first time I did n't have to worry what the other girls were gon na think , what anyone was gon na think and if I do n't like what happens I can cut it out … |
| 25 | I strongly recommend that we leave such arduous duties to your two companions , who will undoubtedly have asked themselves the same question . ’ |
| 26 | She sometimes had given him the spare front door key but he denied having had the key on the day of her death . |
| 27 | You then have to ask yourself the question , If there is n't any Government , if there is n't any er local development pressure of any substance which has brought about the need for this policy , has there been some sort of quantum change in Government policy which has necessitated that we give emphasis to this particular issue . |
| 28 | And again had to wonder what the dickens was the matter with her for Ven , in no way similarly affected , moved and , taking casual hold of her arm , began to lead her across the road . |
| 29 | I would never have given him the sweet if I knew there was acid in it . |
| 30 | If I 'd known you were prone to nightmares I 'd never have told you the story ! ’ |