Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
2 | Sorry I should also have asked er from from the card . |
3 | If I had kept my wits and remained coherent I would probably have realised the manager 's job was third prize . |
4 | Had Edward told me this I would not have believed . |
5 | Before this I would probably have agreed with British Rail that it would cause too much trouble . |
6 | As I had no access to the Swansea accounts during that time , it was clear I could n't have embezzled anything from the company . |
7 | You 're unemployed I would n't have thought you could 've stood a hundred and fifty , two hundred pounds withdrawal . |
8 | If our dieter had done this she would still have achieved what she set out to achieve within her dieting year . |
9 | On top of this you 'll rarely have to queue for a route ( even on The Napes ) . |
10 | She was cruelly obsessed with class and if her children had not come from a background that she knew to be reliable she would certainly have ignored them as she ignored the au-pair girls . |
11 | And of course there were still a few who would never have dreamt of asking themselves whether they could afford anything , with the attitude to money of an Algernon Moncrieff . |
12 | Take a good look at the Writers ' and Artists ' Yearbook , which lists the publishers of all the books on the library shelves , plus some you may not have come across yet . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | I 'm afraid you 'll just have to take our word for it . |
15 | So I 'm afraid you 'll just have to contain your Aries impatience a little longer — unless , of course , you intend to call the porter and have me put out … ’ |
16 | Here are a few you may not have encountered . |
17 | If only conventions were not so rigid she could easily have had him for a lodger . |
18 | We are moving to Surrey on the 24th October , so by the time you read this we will actually have moved ! |
19 | putting up with that and me not going out then I 'm afraid we 'll just have to put up with it ! |
20 | But then soldiers are supposed to put their country above their personal interests and but for this they would not have to obey their commander . |
21 | Professor Mathias correctly sees the high demand of the war years for cereals as keeping agricultural wages up with prices , but they started from such a low level that in years of scarcity like 1795 and 1801 they could hardly have sustained life . |
22 | Had things been different they could even have gone together . |
23 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
24 | She said : ‘ If he had been any shorter he would not have survived . ’ |
25 | Not six I would n't have thought , or ten you know I du n no but umm |
26 | And to be honest I would n't have argued if anyone had said whole day . |
27 | Historically Rainer is very valuable because there are several extremely important legal decisions of Innocent III which would not have survived but for Rainer 's collection . |
28 | They are convinced she would not have gone with anyone willingly . |
29 | Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’ |
30 | In other words , if they had n't got him with the six he 'd never have gone bloody broke ! |