Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I , I would n't have given that a chance , I must admit I would never have backed it . |
| 2 | John Smith tried to kill off such speculation by emphasising that in a general election last week 's results would have given Labour a majority of 87 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave . |
| 5 | Nothing in Tristram 's letter could have provoked such a response . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | The parties can not have intended such a consequence . |
| 10 | Mr Gorbachev might well have won such a vote , and added to his formal powers the authority he now lacks . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | This made him easier to take home for the night ; people who would normally never have approached such a beauty felt that they could . |
| 14 | Mm it 's rather sweet , perhaps it would have looked nice a bit further down . |
| 15 | 19 Walker would have loathed such an association . |
| 16 | So either we shall have to disallow such a possibility and decree that nothing qualifies as a genuine proposition unless its truth-value is fixed for all time , i.e. that all propositions are what is sometimes called " eternal " propositions , or we shall have to accept that truth-value is not an integral part of the objective propositional content . |
| 17 | The long , rough guard hairs may have saved many a mountain goat from the consequences of an accidental slip . |
| 18 | So you 'd have to restrict that a lot . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Could you have done such a thing , Mom ? |
| 21 | Nobody believed Philip could have done such a thing as marry one of the Ryan girls for love . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , the Gruagach would never have done such a thing if it had n't been suggested to them , ’ put in Feradach . |
| 23 | How could he believe that she would have done such a thing ? |
| 24 | How could she have done such a thing ? |
| 25 | ( 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 28 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 29 | He will have done such an act if he does something which substantially impedes his ability to return the goods by the end of the period ( whether that be a stipulated period or a reasonable length of time ) . |
| 30 | To be honest , I do n't think they 'd have done that a year ago Brian . |