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Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I see you 've got all the clobber here .
2	What we would demand given half a chance : Electro-shock treatment for anyone with home-made tattoos .
3	I , I , I would n't have given that a chance , I must admit I would never have backed it .
4	Our constituents were horrified that the media should have given such a person a platform , and that the father 's attitude was so wholly irresponsible .
5	UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave .
6	‘ As far as the New Statesman is concerned this question will be determined at the end of the day by a judge and jury who will have heard all the evidence , and not by any other means , ’ it said .
7	‘ As far as the New Statesman is concerned this question will be determined at the end of the day by a judge and jury who will have heard all the evidence and not by any other means . ’
8	Nothing in Tristram 's letter could have provoked such a response .
9	It occurred to Lyn — fleetingly , to be gone in a moment that most men would have broken such a thing more gently to their wives .
10	This development on the green belt of Ipswich is partly because of the Conservative Government withering away the planning powers of borough councils , who in the past would have dismissed such a planning application as this , on the grounds that housing and industry should not mix and that it is desirable to have a green buffer zone between the two .
11	I suppose it is out of the question that one of our own police stations might have received such a notification , and failed to pass it on ? ’
12	‘ I must have travelled all the way with Sparky in the engine .
13	The parties can not have intended such a consequence .
14	Mr Gorbachev might well have won such a vote , and added to his formal powers the authority he now lacks .
15	‘ But they will have stockpiled all the food and wine , the grain and livestock and powder that they could ?
16	Chief coach Rod Carr could hardly have expected such a position at this stage of the Olympic run-up and it is a justification of the Richard Ellis elite squad system under which financial and training assistance has been concentrated on a small number of the best sailors in each class .
17	‘ I might have expected such an answer from you , McAllister ; it fits in with the general picture , ’ said Dr Neil angrily , picking up his cane .
18	This made him easier to take home for the night ; people who would normally never have approached such a beauty felt that they could .
19	19 Walker would have loathed such an association .
20	Lucky for you that you are the only bank in Juniper Green , otherwise I would have transferred all the Club 's funds long ago .
21	‘ It would have saved all the cleaning and clearing that 's going on today , but I suppose we simply did what we always do .
22	The long , rough guard hairs may have saved many a mountain goat from the consequences of an accidental slip .
23	Some find her inconsistencies maddening , failing to understand how a right-on feminist could have done such a thing as using Mandy Smith in her show at the very height of the tabloid fuss over Smith 's under-age relationship with Bill Wyman .
24	Could you have done such a thing , Mom ?
25	Nobody believed Philip could have done such a thing as marry one of the Ryan girls for love .
26	‘ Yes , the Gruagach would never have done such a thing if it had n't been suggested to them , ’ put in Feradach .
27	How could he believe that she would have done such a thing ?
28	How could she have done such a thing ?
29	( 5 ) , on the other hand , seems to call into question the existence of any conditions which could have led to someone leaving Pa unattended : the speaker can not understand how anyone could have done such a thing .
30	She drove fearlessly up a narrow dirt-track road that wound steeply between scented pine trees because she was still mad that Fernando could have done such a thing .