Example sentences of "do [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could not have done so had there not been considerable lack of confidence in these other analgesics and the 80 or so non-steroidal anti-inflammatories use to treat arthritis . |
| 2 | Referees of DOE proposals usually remain anonymous , and Jones could have done so had he wished . |
| 3 | It might perhaps have done so had Franco not delayed his assault in order to make a detour eastwards to Toledo . |
| 4 | Many of those who voted against the government would not have done so had they expected an election . |
| 5 | We would not have done so had the fee been £600 . |
| 6 | ‘ I did so after you left , and would have done so had you stayed . ’ |
| 7 | It is to be doubted , however , whether they would have done so had the Monarch exercised a wide personal discretion without seeking the advice of Conservative elders . |
| 8 | She had consented to intercourse with him and would not have done so had she known of the disease , yet her consent was not vitiated by his omission to tell her of his bodily condition . |
| 9 | Others who have done so have argued that elderly people are often faced with a choice between an unpleasant battle to survive in their own homes and an equally unpleasant enforced dependence in the institution ( Wilkin and Hughes , 1987 ) . |
| 10 | Those who have done so have enjoyed the benefit . |
| 11 | I hope regions/countries will continue to share these reports , as those who hitherto have done so have found the practice useful . |
| 12 | Charles Gorham , the deaf founder-secretary and editor of The Deaf and Dumb Times , within days of the foundation of the BDDA , registered his personal dissent in the issue of August 1890 : The Congress , in deciding that the title should be " The British Deaf and Dumb Association " , would have done better had they omitted the objectionable word " dumb " , which is really unnecessary and has proved very misleading to the public . |
| 13 | He would have done better to have let his temper cool . |
| 14 | Maybe Mrs Levine would have done better to have cast her book in the form of a life of Montagu , who was of considerable interest , since , in substance , much of it is . |
| 15 | Scriabin 's First Symphony is a cyclic , tautly structured work than can well manage without being manoeuvred towards the sound world of the Poem of Ecstasy , and Segerstam would have done better to have had more of an ear for pacing and projection than is evident here . |
| 16 | The bourgeoisie remained unsuffering , and Marx might have done better to have the carbuncles professionally seen to . |
| 17 | As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed . |
| 18 | I would have done better to have held my tongue . ’ |
| 19 | He would have done better to have given everything to the boy outright , but it is my belief he did not want Benedict to lose touch with his godmother . ’ |
| 20 | I suggest that , instead of choosing the mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor for his desert island disc , the Prime Minister would have done better to have chosen something from the Beggar 's Opera because there is a whole chorus on the London streets which could join in . |
| 21 | In Mammalia I have also done much having nearly doubled the before known numbers of species of Kangaroos many of them large and noble animals . |
| 22 | In fact , the work we have done together has always been very harmonious — although I imagine if we were in a sit-com at the same time we could get a bit waspish — ‘ She 's got more lines than me … but it 's never happened so far . |
| 23 | When the tables had been cleared and those who could do so had entertained the rest with songs and recitations , the whole company settled down for a sing-song . |
| 24 | Anyone who could do so had already left the city for the comparative cool of the country . |
| 25 | Whether or not the USSR will increase oil exports and whether it can do so have long been areas of heated debate . |
| 26 | It would n't do just to have straight furrows : a good ploughman also had to have a good top to the stetch — the furrows lying all flat and even . |
| 27 | I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent . |
| 28 | Oh she has done already has n't she ? |
| 29 | And then the whole , the thing has been , the house has been done up has n't it ? |
| 30 | Some of that 's been done though has n't it ? |