Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 Should Ixmarity have demanded a relative of hers to torture and kill , she 'd have hidden them , helped them run away .
2 Why would Beatrix have sent a document entrusted to her by her brother fifty years ago to her nephew 's mistress ? ’
3 Could the professor have made a mistake ?
4 Seldom can fate have played a stranger trick .
5 If Lyrical Ballads was as unpopular as legend would have it , why would Wordsworth have added a second volume in 1800 , and why would both volumes be reprinted in 1802 and again in 1805 ?
6 printing papers which after making have had a surface coating with clay etc , to give a smoother , more even finish with greater opacity .
7 But they were not consulted , The Cabinet , had it wished , could of course have staged a revolt , But its collective mind was not nearly clear enough for that , and in any event , Chamberlain , embarrassed by his own self-interest , was almost the only minister who was both strong and wholly secure in his own job .
8 And this must in part have reflected a greater diversity among its patrons .
9 Er Trading Standards Officers have been helping the police have made a large number of visits to sales in recent months targetting those where we know or suspect there will be concentration of counterfeiter goods and these stolen items we 've been taking and seizing items , we 've been making inspections and er we will also be distributing some leaflets to try and advise people of some of the risks and dangers that face them at this sort of event .
10 Would the police have left a man at the Rectory in case Amy returned ?
11 Many of the people the organisation helps have lost a relative who has committed suicide .
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