Example sentences of "have done [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Gorham , the deaf founder-secretary and editor of The Deaf and Dumb Times , within days of the foundation of the BDDA , registered his personal dissent in the issue of August 1890 : The Congress , in deciding that the title should be " The British Deaf and Dumb Association " , would have done better had they omitted the objectionable word " dumb " , which is really unnecessary and has proved very misleading to the public . |
| 2 | He would have done better to have let his temper cool . |
| 3 | Maybe Mrs Levine would have done better to have cast her book in the form of a life of Montagu , who was of considerable interest , since , in substance , much of it is . |
| 4 | Scriabin 's First Symphony is a cyclic , tautly structured work than can well manage without being manoeuvred towards the sound world of the Poem of Ecstasy , and Segerstam would have done better to have had more of an ear for pacing and projection than is evident here . |
| 5 | The bourgeoisie remained unsuffering , and Marx might have done better to have the carbuncles professionally seen to . |
| 6 | As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed . |
| 7 | I would have done better to have held my tongue . ’ |
| 8 | He would have done better to have given everything to the boy outright , but it is my belief he did not want Benedict to lose touch with his godmother . ’ |
| 9 | I suggest that , instead of choosing the mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor for his desert island disc , the Prime Minister would have done better to have chosen something from the Beggar 's Opera because there is a whole chorus on the London streets which could join in . |
| 10 | It could not have done so had there not been considerable lack of confidence in these other analgesics and the 80 or so non-steroidal anti-inflammatories use to treat arthritis . |
| 11 | Referees of DOE proposals usually remain anonymous , and Jones could have done so had he wished . |
| 12 | It might perhaps have done so had Franco not delayed his assault in order to make a detour eastwards to Toledo . |
| 13 | Many of those who voted against the government would not have done so had they expected an election . |
| 14 | We would not have done so had the fee been £600 . |
| 15 | ‘ I did so after you left , and would have done so had you stayed . ’ |
| 16 | It is to be doubted , however , whether they would have done so had the Monarch exercised a wide personal discretion without seeking the advice of Conservative elders . |
| 17 | She had consented to intercourse with him and would not have done so had she known of the disease , yet her consent was not vitiated by his omission to tell her of his bodily condition . |