Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This , it is thought , would have given him time to renegotiate exemption and pay only 40 per cent capital gains .
2 If she 'd had the abortion it would have given us time to do that sort of thing .
3 So , for instance , had you wanted an ad in this issue , we would need to have received your call by 25th August , since that would have given us time to process the ads and put the pages through the system .
4 ‘ And I 'm equally sure , ’ McGann went on , ‘ that Bill must have thought us bishops blind to the potential for a Communist threat in this hemisphere …
5 When they reached the sixth form all the ones that would have called them names had left . ’
6 It 's tremendous really , it 's an unbelievable relief for me , it would have taken me months to get used to a new cue , that 's the only cue I 've ever had er since I started playing eight years ago .
7 That taunting , dismissive tone must have taken him years to perfect , she thought irritably .
8 JM : I think that that 's a very clever pun and must have taken you ages to think up .
9 But ask yourself if you would have tested you water had it not gone green ?
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