Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russians on the other hand would have stripped me naked , even if the temperature was far below zero , and then would have sliced every article of my clothes , even down to my shoes , into tiny pieces . |
| 2 | Well if it 's something plus three , then you must have given me two . |
| 3 | He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five . |
| 4 | Now is it only K X that could have given me that ? |
| 5 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 6 | Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much |
| 7 | ‘ I wish I had ; ‘ t would have given me some hope that you might come to care for me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I had hoped that joining Derry would have given me some hunger back for the game but it just has n't happened , ’ said Doherty . |
| 9 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 10 | Now what would have happened if her broker came to this convention and heard about their disease , and two years ago sold her a disease policy , that would have given her two hundred thousand pounds , on the diagnosis of the disease . |
| 11 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 12 | You might have given her another stroke . ’ |
| 13 | At least he 'd have given her some decent ponies . ’ |
| 14 | After missing him so desperately over the last six weeks it was more than she had ever dreamed of to find herself suddenly close to him again , and maybe by the time they reached their destination he would have given her some clue about the way he wanted things to be . |
| 15 | She could have had my right arm if it would have given her any pleasure . |
| 16 | This must have given him great satisfaction for he used to refer to himself " as one who has been admitted a member of the great family of the deaf " , and described this family as " my people " . |
| 17 | If it had been at the border they 'd have given him five or even ten . ’ |
| 18 | If unemployed , the scale would have given him 5s ( 25p ) a week . |
| 19 | Well maybe I should have given him two weeks instead of one , but , anyway . |
| 20 | warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul |
| 21 | Well if he had X to the seventh that would have given him seven X to the sixth |
| 22 | Evidence at the coroner 's court should have given him little confidence in the outcome , but events took an upward turn when Marion Lindo stepped into the witness box . |
| 23 | It might have given him some small comfort to know that , 75 years later , hydro-electric power was successfully produced a few miles away at Coaley Mill . |
| 24 | Existentialism and all those other topical philosophies of the past three decades , which seemed important at the time , may have given him some guidelines . |
| 25 | Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold . |
| 26 | His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity . |
| 27 | His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity . |
| 28 | The check would have given him more control over the hammers and the freedom to play more powerfully than he had done in 1777 , without making the piano jangle . |
| 29 | Large figure-of-eight shields were depicted on the walls of the East Wing of the Labyrinth , possibly to indicate that the building was under divine protection ; the dappled hides of which the shields were made presumably came from the bull , the sacred beast , and this may have given them additional prophylactic value . |
| 30 | Many of the prominent citizens , when their origins can be traced , were drawn from the lesser landed class , who may have given them moral or financial support . |