Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] [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 | Jackson , who failed in the Olympics , said : ‘ I had to win , or the rest of the boys would have given me stick , particularly Linford . ’ |
7 | Then she hurled unthinkingly , ‘ Tony would have given me love ! ’ |
8 | She married and he only ever saw her once again , yet declared : ‘ She was really , really , the only being in the world who could have given me peace and rest . ’ |
9 | That would have given me power over him . ) |
10 | The single-track section of line would have given me cause for concern and it is one which could reasonably be removed . ’ |
11 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | I knew why Hutton called in Doreen so often when he could perfectly well have given her memos . |
15 | He shared his secrets with her , and from childhood on , Claire would have given her life to please him . |
16 | Family friend Dorothy Nicoll said last night : ‘ Annie would have given her soul away . |
17 | It would certainly not have given him access to the kind of personalized data about effective relationships which her oral history interviews unearthed . |
18 | It was agreed that during the next 12 years his earnings would have been £21,000 per annum , which would have given him £7,500 after tax . |
19 | As for Mozart himself , who had married the sister of the woman he loved , the subject of Cosi must surely have given him food for thought . |
20 | This , it is thought , would have given him time to renegotiate exemption and pay only 40 per cent capital gains . |
21 | ‘ Ole should never have given him Security . ’ |
22 | ‘ Would you have given him planning permission ? ’ |
23 | And investing the £44.66 average sum would have given him £12,423 . |
24 | It may have given its decision in bad faith . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | ‘ — he would have given them wings . |
27 | A contemporary Christ Church gospel book records the entry of Cnut and his brother Harald into confraternity with the community , and although Cnut could simply have given them Harald 's name , it is possible that he was in England in 1016 , as Thietmar says , remained with Cnut , went to Canterbury , and returned to Denmark with part of the fleet after the payment of 1018 . |
28 | The solution is not to stop training , racing and getting up in the morning , but to make a few subtle adaptations , like allowing ourselves rest days we should have given ourselves years ago . |
29 | ‘ If Allah had intended us to fly , he would have given us wings , not arms , ’ the policeman had replied . |
30 | I mean , we heard that if we 'd come here before , you might have given us money , and we wondered if we could have it in retrospect . |