Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could have jumped on board of her at the time from the jib-boom . ’ |
| 2 | A Martian arriving in Britain in late 1992 might have gathered from window-stickers along the high streets that mortgages were cheap and plentiful . |
| 3 | There was grumbling that he may not have heard among tribesmen at al Hassaniyeh who are resentful at not being able to voice their grievances freely . |
| 4 | Ruth Hilali , who founded a Kurdish refugee charity in Worcester , should have flown into Heathrow from Turkey at midday to face questioning about the withdrawal of £130,000 from a Worcester charity for Kurdish refugees . |
| 5 | It is fascinating to speculate on how the BDDA would have developed with Maginn as President and people like Ernest Abraham active within its ranks . |
| 6 | Thus , the primary stones may have developed in women during the childbearing period of life as a result of the cylic production of hormones , pregnancy or the ingestation of oestrogen containing oral contraceptive drugs , or both . |
| 7 | The early evolutionary stages of development of wings are still in question they may have developed from outgrowths of exoskeleton from the body that assisted gliding initially , and then acquired a propulsive function . |
| 8 | The amount of basic salary which exceeds that which the employee would have received at home as a pensionable salary is termed an overseas allowance . |
| 9 | Doubtless Mr Pickard was pleased to have the support of the medical men of the town — a great fillip to his trade — though it is questionable whether he would have received like acclamation from the superintendent of Lichfield Cemetery , for iron coffins , as well as lead shells , took a long time to break down if deposited in the soil . |
| 10 | But according to chairman D J Dace , without exchange rate variations , sales would actually have fallen from £2.7m to £54.6m . |
| 11 | You may only have seen the property once , and for all sorts of emotive reasons , may have fallen in love with the place . |
| 12 | If he had been she would n't have fallen in love with him . |
| 13 | ‘ You should have taught at schools at Oxford . ’ |
| 14 | For our conclusions about the group would then be in every way prior to any conclusions about individuals ; we would have relied on principles of responsibility that draw their sense from a practice or way of thinking to which the personification is indispensable . |
| 15 | Had circumstances been different , I should probably have travelled in Europe during my university days . |
| 16 | I can only imagine that shortly before the excursions a long double headed steam train must have travelled from Shrewsbury to Machynlleth , but I do n't know the times . |
| 17 | Had the player not been defied by a remarkable save by Kopke , Ferguson 's value would have soared in time for the day when Dundee United are finally made the offer they can not refuse . |
| 18 | BELVILLE : I had thought you should have sat at table with me , but when I find you can not forget your original but must prefer my menials to me , you shall wait on me while I sup . |
| 19 | Indeed , had these two phenomena been directly proportional , the decreases should have amounted to 80% for the transcripts of all involved genes . |
| 20 | Not only would this have amounted to abandonment of a well-established principle ( not a thing welcome to lawyers ) , but it would also have threatened the stability of contracts of sale . |
| 21 | Parents may have carried around concerns about a past event that they feel might harm the child but often it is not as serious as they think and the subject can be raised in later sessions with the child present . |
| 22 | Oh , you telephoned me the very next night from Prague , ’ she remembered , as too she remembered without difficulty , ‘ I thought you might have rung in connection with that wretched , abominable interview , but you were so bad-tempered … ’ |
| 23 | Others may surprise you by being woefully unprepared and you may find yourself taking the initiative more often than you might have expected in order to be able to put across as many of your good points as possible . |
| 24 | He had argued that the prints were not improperly taken but it was said that his possession must have originated in breach of trust , confidence or contract and , therefore , an injunction was granted preventing the exhibition . |
| 25 | Never mind that they might have tipped off Gaddafi by doing so , there was nobody now left on the ground to report back directly to the United States government on the effects of the bombing . |
| 26 | If he could have looked through time at his late 1980s counterpart , would he have been scornful of his sunglasses , his insignia of rank , his fat-cat complacent air ? |
| 27 | Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime . |
| 28 | It is striking that Lewis did not want it known in College that he wrote ‘ pomes ’ , but only natural that he should have looked outside Magdalen for soulmates within his own Faculty . |
| 29 | She had nothing planned , unless it was to go to a cinema show with Jules , and even if she had , there was nothing she would not have cancelled in order to be with Harry . |
| 30 | But even if the note was deleted ( and Ramsey deleted it in a later edition ) , Raven could not have voted for Ramsey with enthusiasm . |