Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 2 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 3 | And you could have told the girl on switchboard to remind me — she 'd have given me the message , I assure you . ’ |
| 4 | She could easily have given me the push after her dad died , and taken on somebody … well , more presentable , like . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 6 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 7 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 8 | Mrs Westaway is usually very good at keeping him under control , but he must have given her the slip somehow . |
| 9 | If she 'd said Carolyn had borrowed a book from Clare and wanted to return it , they 'd have given her the address . |
| 10 | I think that he may have given her the choice . |
| 11 | Even without the simple affirmation his face would have given her the answer ; he looked pale and drawn , as if he had slept even less than she had . |
| 12 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 13 | The girl must have given him the elbow , Harriet decided . |
| 14 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 15 | Clearly some forward planning in 1992 would have given him the opportunity to organise his affairs and avoid many of his problems . |
| 16 | If that fool had known what it was , he 'd have given him the money ! ’ |
| 17 | Hindsight says that if the Lotus mechanics had n't worked so hard and so efficiently and if Emerson had n't been able to race , Jackie Stewart 's two victories in the last grands prix of the season would have given him the championship . |
| 18 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
| 19 | ‘ I believe it was a very fair offer which would have given him the option of walking away with his dignity , but he said it was derisory and there are no more offers to be made . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 21 | My all-time favourite remark was made by a visiting Chesterfield supporter who watched silently as his team prepared to take a penalty in the dying seconds of a game at Barnsley which would have given them the draw . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 23 | I would n't have given you the mark for covered . |
| 24 | I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 25 | This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway , she could have given you the study downstairs , ’ continued Hilda . |
| 27 | I 'd not have given you the task otherwise ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Come to think of it I 'd have given you the oranges even if you 'd said no . ’ |
| 29 | If we 'd have gone for plc status first , then it would have given us the chance to work as a proper company . |
| 30 | should have given us the nudge . |