Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modigliani must have sensed the originality in the young boy 's personality even at that age ; perhaps he saw something of himself as a youth . |
| 2 | He must have sensed the connection in his bones , for Gerard , the man of the people and one of the Chartist delegates , turns out to be a descendant of the last Abbot of Mamey , and the rightful heir to Mowbray Castle , a claim that defies all legal and moral description . |
| 3 | For his distraught family , only hanging would have avenged the death of the father of four . |
| 4 | He wrote : ‘ But it is when we examine the zoology of these countries that we find what we most require — evidence of a very striking character that these great islands must once have formed a part of the continent , and could only have been separated at a very recent geological epoch . |
| 5 | Furthermore , although there was no shortage of surgical complications which might have formed a focus for psychological discontent , the researchers noted that ‘ even those who had experienced complications tended to underrate their seriousness and to express satisfaction . ’ |
| 6 | Firstly , a young horse may not have formed a habit of accepting things as they are and automatically always behaving in the same way . |
| 7 | This is reflected in the presence of possible public and official buildings forming an obvious urban focus , the recognition of several wealthy suburban villas and possible intra-mural houses , whose owners could have formed the core of the local council , and the provision of an extensive internal street network and of urban-core defences , all coupled with the obvious agricultural and industrial potential of its hinterland . |
| 8 | That puts me in mind of Montesquieu ’ — ; the French philosopher and belle-lettrist whose Persian Letters may have formed the inspiration for Goldsmith 's Citizen of the World : both employed the satirical device of having their society scrutinised by visitors from a far-off land . |
| 9 | In this way the Church , as in many other parts of the western empire , would have formed the bridge by which a moderately civilized Romano-British community was maintained and eventually transformed into an English one . |
| 10 | Given that this same five-part texture is used for all the dances of this ballet , it seems reasonable to conclude that a string band must have formed the basis of the instrumental ensemble . |
| 11 | If this was the case , then its great central mountain massif would have formed the end of India 's Western Ghats . |
| 12 | Produced properly , argues La Mar , it could have formed the sort of entry into the mainstream that The Comic Strip Presents … first gave to alternative comedy . |
| 13 | The cereals grown would have formed the staple of the diet , with wheat , barley , oats and rye all being represented in the archaeological and historical records . |
| 14 | Her biggest fear was that any hint that she might have formed an attachment for someone else would see her husband not waiting for her to agree to a divorce , but scandalising her parents by attempting to do the divorcing himself . |
| 15 | The general intention in each case was not to screen the train completely , but to ensure that trains did not suddenly come into view without warning , for that would have given no time for a rider or driver to control the horse , which might otherwise bold or unseat its rider . |
| 16 | ‘ If he had lived any longer , the world would n't have given a toss for any of our compositions . ’ |
| 17 | At least one member of the jury said he would not have given a sentence of death ( which must be unanimous ) had he known that Prejean had suffered prolonged mental and physical abuse from his guardians . |
| 18 | The judge applied a multiplier of 12 years ; and he said that he would have given a multiplier of ten , but he gave 12 to protect against the possibility of future inflation . |
| 19 | Such a volume , Shaw calculated , would have given a rise in global sea level of 230mm within a matter of weeks . |
| 20 | Erm I do n't know if if I 'm right in saying , but I think they may have given a tip to other people like er the chore boy , there used to be a chore boy . |
| 21 | Somebody who knew us must have given a list of our names to the Germans , and it must have been somebody from Fontanellato . |
| 22 | Anyone over the age of 50 , and in some fields over the age of 45 ( younger for women ) , should have given a lot of thought to answering an interviewer 's question about age . |
| 23 | Lord save us , I would have given a bag of silver for the sounds and smells of old Cheapside ! |
| 24 | Tolkien could have given a lecture about all these at any time . |
| 25 | ‘ My father would n't have given a lift to anyone . |
| 26 | You know the government may well have given a priority for special needs |
| 27 | The British government has backed down under pressure from the House of Lords over a controversial proposal that would have given the Secretary of State for Education formal responsibility for the way in which universities are run ( see Nature 362 , 275 ; 1993 ) . |
| 28 | Right now she 'd have given the nightclub to anyone who could restore calm to a pulse which had gone completely haywire and a brain in danger of short-circuiting . |
| 29 | Perhaps — but the years in Peru will hopefully have given the lie to that one . |
| 30 | Mayli stared at him for just a second , then realised that the waiter would have given the alarm by now . |