Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | plaintiff wife of deceased was pregnant at time of deceased 's death but later miscarried. held that as plaintiff would most likely have given up work to take care of her baby therefore the joint earnings approach to calculating dependency was not appropriate . |
| 2 | The fact that a deceased 's widow would have given up work to start a family but for the deceased 's death is not a matter to be taken into account so as to increase her dependency on the deceased from the date that she would have given up work ( Malone v Rowan [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 402 ) . |
| 3 | They might have been using the whole of the attendance allowance erm to pay for carers , outside of the care that we provided , erm or a member of the family might have given up work to look after another member of the family . |
| 4 | erm it may very well be that certain family situations , such as the example I gave you example earlier — somebody may have given up work to look after a dependent . |
| 5 | He said mildly , ‘ I always told you you should n't have given up dancing . ’ |
| 6 | The state ‘ could have developed along managed capitalist lines , such as a small nation occasionally cam do , for example , as Norway ’ . |
| 7 | The Left tradition was reinforced by the belief that the war would not have broken out had the Chamberlain government done something to prevent it , a view held by many who had nothing to do with the Left . |
| 8 | It is these attitudes which reflect the fundamental problem with the UK economy , and I think your questioner should have received short shrift to say the least . |
| 9 | I must have dropped off to sleep ; next thing , someone was prodding me in the ribs with a rifle butt , and a voice was saying , ‘ Come on , Piper . |
| 10 | I must have dropped off to sleep but was awakened by Sid kicking my boots . |
| 11 | I 'm sure if it was n't for the explosions close at hand he would have dropped off to sleep . |
| 12 | I must have dropped off to sleep . |
| 13 | She could have sat there writing her notes . |
| 14 | I only accepted this [ methadone ] maintenance course to make sure he went on one , too , because if I had n't , he would have carried on using gear and I could n't have handled that . |
| 15 | Another metre either way , and we 'd have carried on rolling all the way down . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He would have carried on doing things the same way . |
| 17 | She said she really liked it , but would n't have carried on doing it . |
| 18 | He caught her arm , stopping her when she would have carried on walking . |
| 19 | She thought fleetingly of the weapon he might have picked up to strike her over the head as she sat at his mercy . |
| 20 | Bedevilled so , and moaning at her desk , she might have frozen there had not Pedro come fretfully to her side . |
| 21 | Anna had no need to be besought , for she had done a quick sum on the back of her child benefit book , and had worked out that , if Flora could start at St Saviour 's in the summer term , she would have earned enough to put down at least £100 towards the first term 's fees . |
| 22 | If , however , a married man had children young enough to keep his wife at home , then during the high-price years he could not have earned enough to support his family without supplementation . |
| 23 | If it were n't for his days at the mucky end of the trade , he would never have earned enough to buy a house and he would n't have met Raksha who had been doing a bit of topless work to supplement her salary as a nurse . |
| 24 | The collection which they have prepared may have looked wonderfully appetising in the kitchen . |
| 25 | Following such a complaint , the witness may have looked around to investigate the cause of the accident and they should be asked about this . |
| 26 | The priest could n't have looked more relieved if he had completed a mission to those that dwell in the waters that are below the earth . |
| 27 | ‘ But I will not have forgotten how to listen in Greek ? ’ |
| 28 | Everyone involved has to realize that the tasks are not relearned in an automatic sequence : the fact that the patient may be able to put on his sweater one day does not necessarily mean that he is immediately able to progress to putting on his trousers — indeed , he may have forgotten how to cope with the sweater the following day . |
| 29 | ‘ When we 've rescued those distressed mariners and brought them aboard , you , Jimmy , will have forgotten how to speak Greek . ’ |
| 30 | Someone must have come indoors to turn that light on . |