Example sentences of "it [vb mod] have [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assumption was not necessarily justified , for the feud may have been a motive for the theft , or it may have determined whom the complainant decided to accuse in a case of real theft when the thieves were unknown . |
| 2 | Yeah , but the thing is right , they , that 's because they 're criminally insane any way , it may have given them an idea but it does n't mean that that women or whoever it might not of died any way . |
| 3 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
| 4 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisdiction to determine . |
| 5 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisiction to determine . |
| 6 | Dad said , and it must have cost him a lot to say so little after he 'd been put down by me , ‘ I 've decided I want to be with Eva . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It must have given you a shock finding this , after yesterday and everything . |
| 8 | It must have taken her an awful lot to write those words , and they were why I felt I could go back and see her now . |
| 9 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ And it might have done him a bit of good . ’ |
| 11 | McGrath said : ‘ It could have done us a lot of good to have been beaten so heavily at Coventry . |
| 12 | No but you were saying before that had it worked it would 've given them a problem . |
| 13 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 14 | The matron of a residential home , talking about a doctor who she felt was reluctant to visit said it would have been helpful if the person who died had been visited more often : ‘ It would have given her a lot more comfort and the staff a lot more confidence . ’ |
| 15 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
| 16 | It would have given us a base at least to operate from , a place where we could be contacted , and where we might even meet some of our fellow producers . |
| 17 | If we 'd have gone for plc status first , then it would have given us the chance to work as a proper company . |
| 18 | I would n't , it would have saved me a chore , . |
| 19 | ‘ It would have saved me a lot of trouble . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It would have cost him a fortune . |
| 21 | ‘ If the business had been in good heart it would have cost you a great deal more . |
| 22 | ‘ Not so many years ago it would have taken me a little longer myself . |
| 23 | He did not know that Isambard , unsure of the numbers with which he had to deal , and always thorough , had brought forty men to sustain the assault against his dozen ; and even if he had known it would have brought him no comfort . |
| 24 | She had refused — even though it would have offered her an easy way out , and then circumstances had intervened and she had ended in the brothels in the notorious Monto . |
| 25 | Whichever way it will have cost you the best part of £100 for the first survey , and this is not refundable . |
| 26 | If it manages to make that charge stick , it will have got itself a powerful vote-winner . |