Example sentences of "he [vb mod] have [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 2 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 3 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 4 | Sentencing R v Barney ; CA ( Crim Div ) ( Bingham LJ , Ognall , McKinnon JJ ) ; 3 Oct 1989 A judge was in error in implying that , had a defendant been in a position to pay compensation to his victim , he might have received a shorter sentence than that in fact imposed . |
| 5 | It may well be pointed out that he could have taken a safer route but this was not possible . |
| 6 | Batty recognises that he could have taken a sharper look at the derivative nature of the designs or examined some of the problems likely to face the company in the future . |
| 7 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
| 8 | I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game . |
| 9 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 10 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 11 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 12 | But the second perspective is that the rent review clause is the landlord 's price for the grant of a long term , in the absence of which he would have granted a shorter term . |
| 13 | Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff . |
| 14 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 15 | Dr Julius Grayling , the man in charge , says that he would have had a worse chance of getting a grant from the Mandan Foundation if he had applied with a literal description of the work he wanted to carry out . |
| 16 | Had his life been prolonged , the writer thought it probable that he would have left a deeper mark on the science of the profession . |