Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] have [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am afraid you will have to take account of the men of the Manhattan Project , ’ said Erlich through chattering teeth . |
| 2 | It was raining , sleety rain , and so cold you could have frozen milk . |
| 3 | John Seer , who 's Fire Protection Officer at Oxfordshire 's Fire Brigade , says had the dump been set alight it could have endangered life . |
| 4 | Had she had it in her to be extraordinarily good she would have felt cosmopolitan , since , she considered , there was a definite elegance , a chic , in sanctity . |
| 5 | I was so hungry I 'd have eaten pork scratchings . |
| 6 | Even with bone cross-sections only 100 times bigger than normal they would have reached breaking point , which is induced by stresses of a factor of ten or above . |
| 7 | If your pockets are small you may have to use index cards . |
| 8 | ‘ No , no , of course not , ’ he hurriedly corrects himself , aware he may have caused offence . |