Example sentences of "have [verb] the [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If this was the case , then its great central mountain massif would have formed the end of India 's Western Ghats . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A suggested clause to be included in either the Articles or the subscription and shareholders ' agreement is : A director of the company who has been appointed to the board by a member or class of members pursuant to the Articles of Association to represent the interests of that member or class of members shall , notwithstanding any rule of law or equity to the contrary , not be considered in breach of his fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the company by reason only that in the performance of his duties and the exercise of his powers , he has regard to the interests and acts upon the wishes of that member or class of members when no honest and reasonable director could have formed the view that in so doing , the director was also promoting the interests of the company as a whole . |
| 12 | IN SPITE OF Tuesday 's lively sale of sheep quota at Lanark , top price £46 , doubts remain among some farmers and other marts that their colleagues may have jumped the gun , writes Fordyce Maxwell . |
| 13 | ‘ I might as well have lobotomised the patients . |
| 14 | In the time it took you to write this letter you could have stripped the guitar down , sprayed the switch with contact cleaner and fitted new strings — you do change your strings occasionally , I assume ? |
| 15 | In looking at the way in which schools and colleges were managed after the 1988 Act , the Commission pointed out that LEAs would have a less directive role but would still have to monitor the services of schools and colleges . |
| 16 | The erm , importance of monitoring procedures can not be over-stressed because enable , to enable us to actually find out if these er , arrangements are working properly we do have to monitor the arrangements that are in place , and we have to provide details of monitor important for the members ' benefit , er , explaining how the budget is er , is being spent , and also bringing in information about the number of assessments , the levels of assessments , and all the other aspects that er , that make a new system work . |
| 17 | They will have to agree the plan and will no doubt wish to have a significant part in discussions . |
| 18 | If States A and B conclude a treaty delimiting an area of adjacent continental shelf between them , their agreement will affect third States ( and other interested bodies such as mining companies ) , which will have to acknowledge the existence of the delimitation , and decide upon their appropriate response . |
| 19 | You do n't have to LIKE the things that they do or say to LOVE them ; Jesus certainly did n't like Zacchaeus ' cheating , but he loved Zacchaeus ! |
| 20 | But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) . |
| 21 | The first observation might have given the answers " here " or " there " ; sometimes it gives one and sometimes the other . |
| 22 | 16.2 The Proprietor agrees to indemnify the Publisher against loss injury or damage ( including all legal costs and expenses and any compensation costs and disbursements paid by the Publisher to compromise or settle any claim ) occasioned to the Publisher by any claim action or threatened proceedings arising out of a breach or violation of the above warranty provided that the Publisher shall have given prompt written notice to the Proprietor of any such claim , action or threatened proceedings upon its becoming aware of same and provided the Publisher shall have given the Proprietor the option , at the Proprietor 's discretion , to defend such claim , action or threatened proceedings himself . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | In a world where physiognomy was a respected practice , Leapor 's appearance may have given the Chauncys grounds to believe that the kitchen maid really was a person of no significance and that she ought to learn her station . |
| 25 | Thus instead of writing If the Seller shall have given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , and the Buyer shall fail to collect them within seven days from service of such notice , the Seller shall be entitled to make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage the drafter could write If after the Seller has given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , the Buyer fails to collect the goods within seven days , the Seller may make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage . |
| 26 | As rocky probably would have given the chance . |
| 27 | As rocky probably would have given the chance . |
| 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 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |
| 30 | Perhaps — but the years in Peru will hopefully have given the lie to that one . |