Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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31 Presumably the library should at least have highlighted it in some way such as printing it in red , on the front of the delivery note , perhaps with a large red hand pointing to it .
32 You 'd have highlighted it and sent it back .
33 The last thought that flittered across her mind before she slept was that she would have given everything she possessed , sold her immortal soul , for Michele to have loved her as the Lion of Venice had loved his Lucia .
34 In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people .
35 Vecchi was certainly the key to this whole set-up , and I 'd have given plenty for half-an-hour 's peaceful talk with him .
36 Winning the John Moores would have given me just the confidence I needed .
37 Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles .
38 The eyes alone could never have given me so profound a sense of Spring , of Maytime and the blossoming of hawthorn upon the heaths and wild cherry at the border of the beech copses .
39 Certainly , the illness would have given me plenty of opportunities to make strings of fireworks fizzle and explode in bright , whirling wheels of sulphurous pain in and behind Miller 's word-jellied eyeballs .
40 And you could have told the girl on switchboard to remind me — she 'd have given me the message , I assure you . ’
41 I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old .
42 One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt .
43 The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all .
44 Jackson , who failed in the Olympics , said : ‘ I had to win , or the rest of the boys would have given me stick , particularly Linford . ’
45 ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’
46 And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea .
47 She could easily have given me the push after her dad died , and taken on somebody … well , more presentable , like . ’
48 She married and he only ever saw her once again , yet declared : ‘ She was really , really , the only being in the world who could have given me peace and rest . ’
49 He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five .
50 Liz would have given me a thermos and a book .
51 Well if it 's something plus three , then you must have given me two .
52 " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming .
53 The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival .
54 He would have given me an introduction to Paul Valéry as well , except that he was out of Paris .
55 That would have given me power over him . )
56 If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating .
57 Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that .
58 ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar .
59 At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again .
60 ‘ I wish I had ; ‘ t would have given me some hope that you might come to care for me . ’
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