Example sentences of "have [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shivered , only inwardly , but Luke must have sensed her recognition of these realities , because satisfaction stamped his face as he opened the door and left her . |
| 2 | He must have sensed my puzzlement , for he offered a reluctant explanation . |
| 3 | He must have sensed my hesitation , his ears alert for any change in the note of the engine . |
| 4 | Reid must have sensed my dismay , for he took my arm in a friendly grip and said , ‘ Dinna take it too much to heart , Laddie , I 've done my ‘ trops ’ too . |
| 5 | He then forced himself to get through the rest of the day without writing , so that the well would have replenished its juice by the time he took up his pencil again the next daybreak . |
| 6 | What I 've done these interviews knowing about your subject , I do n't have to agree my council 's policy , but I and I understand how people feel upset about X , so that 's trying to get the message across , you know people are upset , you can understand they 're upset , but you 're not actually compromising yourself or , because you 're being interviewed as the council spokesman , you 're not compromising the position of the council . |
| 7 | You do n't have to like my politics , but you ca n't arrest me for them ; not yet . ’ |
| 8 | underneath that exterior , and it made me realize , that you know , you do n't have to like your relatives , I 'm afraid , you have to put up with them , and love them . |
| 9 | But it was only as a last resort in 1120 that the community committed itself to , and based its case upon , the expedient of introducing into existing documents the necessary phrases , which — if they had been there in the days of Lanfranc or Anselm — would have given their case a firm basis in papal documents . |
| 10 | In ‘ Understanding Labels ’ , for instance , an article in the ALBSU ( Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit ) Newsletter , it is pointed out that many of the subjects questioned about their ‘ reading ’ of a label on a bottle of pills would have given their children the wrong dosage as a direct result of the interpretation of the layout of the instructions . |
| 11 | I knew why Hutton called in Doreen so often when he could perfectly well have given her memos . |
| 12 | He shared his secrets with her , and from childhood on , Claire would have given her life to please him . |
| 13 | Family friend Dorothy Nicoll said last night : ‘ Annie would have given her soul away . |
| 14 | It may have given its decision in bad faith . |
| 15 | In Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission ( N. L. , 1969 ) Lord Reid described various ways in which a body might abuse its powers : " It may have given its decision in bad faith . |
| 16 | If you still feel very strongly that the Council should have given your child a place , you can appeal to the Sheriff against the Appeal Committee 's decision . |
| 17 | Remember how you would gladly have given your life to have saved his or hers ? |
| 18 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 19 | You , my comrade in arms , my friend for whom I would have given my life . ’ |
| 20 | There are some instructions I should have given my secretary . ’ |
| 21 | But how many dull moments may I have given my listeners ? |
| 22 | I could have given my information to any of your officers but I prefer to tell you because I must be guaranteed that the source of the information is kept secret . |
| 23 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 24 | Two hundred and fifty five , and if we did it to he 's absolutely right , erm then this one should have given his bearing as two fifty three minus seventy , which comes to , what does that come to ? |
| 25 | d , If it had been the turn of Glasgow to preside and there had been an equality of votes , the Glasgow delegate would no doubt have given his casting vote to Kirkman Finlay and he es would have been elected . |
| 26 | Jotan , as Jehana 's father , must have given his consent — and thus probably Jehan . |
| 27 | But by expressing his views in this way , Scott must have given his clients a clear indication of the type of building he wanted to build . |
| 28 | I 'd have given his place to Fat Frank , but if he 's off to , then maybe Whelan or Forrester could get the starting nod . |
| 29 | Even if Plácido Domingo had not moved Juan Pons , playing the mean and moody Sheriff of Puccini 's La Fanciulla del West , to barely-suppressed tears in the famous Act 3 aria , ‘ Ch'ella mi creda ’ — if , in other words , Domingo had not been at his committed best , which is quite something — the Scala audience would no doubt have roared its approval all the same . |
| 30 | But then we could n't have foreseen your future , or mine . |