Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] have you [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We match for tonal characteristics , not candle light or simple power output , as Hartley 's analogy would have you believe . |
| 2 | It aids digestion , prevents obesity , soothes the spirit and quickens the mind — or so its addicts would have you believe . |
| 3 | But Polly , I 'm not the Casanova the gossip columns would have you believe . |
| 4 | Stacy Keach , a far more versatile actor than his many mundane films would have you believe , was busted at Heathrow Airport and served three months of a nine-month sentence at Reading Jail . |
| 5 | Or so the organisers would have you think . |
| 6 | Or so the medical propaganda would have you believe . |
| 7 | The high cost of structured CPE : myth and reality CPE does n't have to be as expensive as many firms would have you believe |
| 8 | What we 're hoping to do in this exhibition is to make people realize that science and technology is not as difficult as some people would have you believe , and that it can be fun . |
| 9 | VISUAL display units are not the radiation hazard some people would have you think , according to E. A. Cox , Her Majesty 's Principal Inspector at the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 10 | One thing she knew was that you had to keep quiet around fish , or so men would have you believe . |
| 11 | The essential thing is accuracy , for swimfeeder fishing is not the willy-nilly method of fishing that some anglers would have you believe . |
| 12 | Clearly , despite their terribly twee name , pudding-bowl haircuts and crap clothes , they are not the washed-up jangle group their detractors would have you believe . |
| 13 | ‘ The police will have you believe that on the night of 12 September , after consuming half a tin of pilchards , she decided life was not worth living and hacked off her left leg with a non-existent sharp instrument . |
| 14 | Henry would have you think he 's a real no-nonsense type — more the rugged Bryan Brown than a glamorous Mel Gibson — but upon entering Robert 's car , I had my chin joyfully slurped by the rising star himself . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a lot rarer than novelists would have you believe . ’ |
| 16 | Your average chocolate bar , far from being the energy snack advertisers would have you believe , is loaded with fat . |
| 17 | What 's clear is that the Polo is not the all-new supermini Volkswagen would have you believe . |