Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time . |
| 2 | He should have placed himself in the middle between Laura and Maggie he thought . |
| 3 | We could equally well have placed it in the other hole ( state B ) and it would similarly remain there . |
| 4 | ‘ Indeed , if Aristotle was a master of the art and handed his philosophy down to us very carefully , should n't he have proven everything in the most perfect form , especially when he insisted upon it himself — unless perhaps he intended to make fun of us ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They are entitled to these benefits , they should have received them in the past , and they should have received them by law . |
| 7 | I asked the governor whether I could have a visit in the probation department so that Karen did n't have to see me in the gym with everyone else and I could talk to her a bit more intimately . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Did they have to sit him in a swivel chair that swung sideways with every movement of his body ? |
| 10 | Only decent thing in the room , if you ask me ; he must have won it in a raffle . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Could he have dropped it in the car ? |
| 13 | She 'd have to catch him in the morning — But catch him she would , she vowed silently . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Two men … someone must have let them in the front door … they took Jacqui … ’ |
| 16 | I might have to modify it in the light of circumstances . |
| 17 | Even a trial separation from Barnet was too much for Fry , who says that he could n't have looked himself in the mirror if he 'd refused to come back . |
| 18 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 19 | He could have parked it in the Hilton garage , but if he needed to leave suddenly that might be dangerous . |
| 20 | We could even have pinched it in the end . ’ |
| 21 | Old people in particular often ensure each night before they go to bed that their house is tidy and their last instructions are by their bed in case they should die in the night and someone will have to find them in the morning . |
| 22 | Then the man was running , and Blagg could have shot him in the back but he had only one round left . |
| 23 | Heydrich could have shot him in the head . |
| 24 | ‘ Good , because it seems , ’ said the colonel , placing his monocle up to his left eye , ‘ that Prescott ’ — he studied a buff form on the desk in front of him before continuing ‘ yes , Private Prescott , may have shot himself in the hand in order to avoid facing the enemy . |
| 25 | Even if he had thought that his parents were still there — which I found hard to believe — he could have visited them in the morning . |
| 26 | Yes , they will go , but the government should do two things , and it should have done them in the White Paper announcement ; it should have said ‘ we are proposing to get rid of all advantages for company cars in tax terms and we are proposing to make sure that people pay by paying more road tax or more petrol costs if they have high gas-guzzling cars ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ She would have done it in a preordained way , of course , ’ mused Henry . |
| 28 | Three of you are unlocked and you come down and there are prison officers standing everywhere — to me that was stupid , because if the women wanted to riot they would have done it in the dining hall there and then . |
| 29 | It should be remembered that recovery is a process of improving perception and is not merely an intellectual process : if sufferers could fully see and understand what they were doing to themselves , they would not have done it in the first place . |
| 30 | ‘ We also know that if Vechey committed suicide he must have done it in the early hours , just before dawn . |