Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 2 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 3 | All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’ |
| 4 | I would 've picked a good one . ’ |
| 5 | I hear you 've come a long way . " |
| 6 | Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke . |
| 7 | You 'll need come a good few times and give it three four six months . |
| 8 | Do [ if she did ] , she 'd ha' made a mess of me ! |
| 9 | And it was uphill work coming home afterwards ; and if I 'd ha' hit a cobweb I 'd ha' fallen back'uds . |
| 10 | Disagreements in the church about the point at which one could not compromise left a legacy of schisms in the Nile valley and in North Africa , where the rancour of the Donatist schism persisted until the Muslim invasions swept them away four centuries later . |
| 11 | Erm I 'm just calling because I hear you 've written a book on Irish water spaniels . |
| 12 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 13 | It would 've saved a lot of agonizing . ’ |
| 14 | She must 've made a mistake — Marie said she 'd write to me . |
| 15 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
| 16 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 17 | I mean I thought you 'd 've made a note about oh I must come back to that later |
| 18 | See you 've made a mess on the board as well . |
| 19 | A number of our readers are of the opinion that those who did contribute displayed a similar lack of foresight . |
| 20 | On arrival at Newcastle station he told reporters : ‘ I hope my boys will give United a good game ’ — but beyond that he was ‘ courteously discreet and silent ’ . |
| 21 | then came controversy … and dispute … watch for Steve White he clearly handles the ball on his way through … the ref did n't see it … would n't give United a free kick and within seconds from a corner the match was over … |
| 22 | Five frilly nightdresses straight from mail-order , their labels still attached — I 'd 've nicked a couple only I did n't know what disease they might be carrying . |
| 23 | ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally . |
| 24 | ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children . |
| 26 | ‘ We could 've had a pizza in town , ’ she reminded him . |
| 27 | ‘ Alex Bannen would 've had a screaming fit if we 'd left you to mess up his precious Bridge ; God alone knows what Tiw would 've done . ’ |
| 28 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 29 | Beautiful piece , one of the earliest I 've seen — but he must 've had a hard head , ‘ coz it broke . |
| 30 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |