Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must have sensed that war was inevitable , as Birtwistle and myself had two feverish years in ‘ 38/'39 , when we made many hard ( in those days ) ascents , including a few pioneering routes . |
| 2 | ‘ Those things must have implanted some sort of image in their mind , stimulated the right emotions to make them do it . ’ |
| 3 | Those kids we saw have assassinated all hope . |
| 4 | The two enquiries above clearly have a common source — delays at the DHSS — but the bureaux recording system would not have highlighted that difficulty . |
| 5 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 6 | Such relative uniformity may also have given greater cohesion to the Angevin Empire , for its major towns from Rouen to La Rochelle and Bayonne shared the Etablissements . |
| 7 | ‘ And here lies Aldhelm , who could have given that brother a face and a name , beyond any question . |
| 8 | KOMEI Sugawara 's letter and Norm Hadley 's words — like Ian Williams ' in his book ‘ In Touch ’ — must have given worldwide rugby fans another view of Japanese rugby . |
| 9 | The dinner would have given many motoring journalists their first chance to see the new Mondeo model , which will replace the Sierra . |
| 10 | The crises of 1947 and 1949 might have given strong impetus to planning . |
| 11 | Such elders may have given positive meaning to experiences of anxiety , poverty , chronic illness , multiple losses and death . |
| 12 | And we think that Gen McCreery would have given short shrift to anyone who tried to pull the wool over his eyes . |
| 13 | The authors accept that the course may not have given adequate time to practical skills , but the participants ' inaccurate view of their own skills contributed to their lack of success . |
| 14 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 15 | Whilst Britain was genuinely concerned about honouring its debts there was a high mindedness about it which shut out any consideration of alternatives which , by reducing the obligation to maintain the value of sterling , would have given more scope for domestic planning . |
| 16 | We hope to ensure that every candidate will have given some consideration to the issues which affect older people . |
| 17 | So while he could have given this kind old Cornish gentleman an eye-opening insight into the plans being made on the Continent of Europe to bring England back within Rome 's jurisdiction , he was content to let his host do most of the talking . |
| 18 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 19 | They are particularly anxious to hear from a man they think may have witnessed one attack . |
| 20 | The prime minister 's critics say all this is happening too late ; that he should have regrouped last autumn , and that the Canadian Titanic may founder even while the ministers switch deckchairs . |
| 21 | Maritz is not returning to the L.P.G.A. She will play in Europe again next season , by which stage she believes that she will have gathered sufficient experience to fix her sights on America . |
| 22 | The lack of opportunity for people to travel and study abroad would have hastened that decline . |
| 23 | In London and Birmingham particularly , regional policy since 1945 may have hastened this decentralization of industry as industrial-development certificates were required from central government before larger manufacturing developments could be implemented . |
| 24 | I would have revised all afternoon . |
| 25 | ‘ Still , ’ he added , ‘ you 'll have heard that kind of compliment often enough , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 26 | And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wont to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation . |
| 27 | Anyone who has tuned into motor racing on the television will have heard this effect . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , Emily Bronte never went to Ireland ( nor did her grandfather travel to England ) , so I am afraid she would not have heard any story ‘ at the fireside on the farm at Drumballyroney in Co . |
| 29 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 30 | Japan had few reserves to continue the struggle , though to have admitted this would have courted political disaster . |