Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] a hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | That someone who had nothing at all to do with her life should have had a hand in removing her father 's last trace in her life infuriated her . |
| 2 | He must have had a hand in Lady Eleanor 's death . |
| 3 | It was built before the war , and I have a Shanks loo , which makes me think that the British must have had a hand in building it . |
| 4 | Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke . |
| 5 | He had learned from Desmond Morton that there was a plan afoot involving iron ore and the Swedish port of Oxelosund , which — had he not ‘ joined the wrong eleven ’ — he might have had a hand in . |
| 6 | It was unlikely that Hatton could have had a hand in the Cornwall or Monmouthshire jobs . |
| 7 | When I had spare time , but if you 'd If it was decent weather you 'd have to give a hand in the garden at home you see ? |
| 8 | He was a friend of President Kennedy 's and he wrote a rather fulsome biography Marilyn Monroe , and in his most recent novel he allows the suspicion — just the suspicion — that Jack may have had a hand in killing Marilyn , and that the CIA may have winked at the killing of Jack . |
| 9 | Although there were suggestions that Ashraf may have had a hand in the affair it seems more likely that the Shah dalliance with another women was the real cause . " |
| 10 | Most of the printed newsbooks now attributed to Mabbott 's editorship were probably not written by him , although there is some evidence that he may have had a hand in The Perfect Diurnall ( 1642–55 ) , edited by Samuel Pecke . |
| 11 | After some initial success , however , the Young King 's campaign ground to a halt and Henry decided that he would have to take a hand himself . |
| 12 | Since Sir Edmond 's will ruled out charging fees , there were two possible solutions : either the Goldsmiths would have to increase the stipend from their own income from Shaa 's bequest , or the local community would have to take a hand . |