Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Chris had n't been clutching a piece of leaf , would I have noticed a torn house plant ? some plants , like the aptly named deadly nightshade , do not reveal their effect until hours after ingestion , by which time it may be too late for effective treatment . |
| 2 | Since it 's not getting past the ROM stage when I boot up , is this a fault in the ROM , or could I have contracted a virus ? |
| 3 | Would I have cut a greater dash in the world ? |
| 4 | If you look at the Articles palette shown in Step 7 you will see I have added a second , very similar icon with the letters Bk on it . |
| 5 | Should I have started a new sentence then . |
| 6 | They debated about whether it was right for Tinkerbell to look such a ‘ raggedy ’ fairy : should she have worn a dress ? |
| 7 | But would she have endured a Jack on whom she had forced her will , who would sadly , perhaps resentfully , have given up what he desired in order to please his possessive wife ? |
| 8 | ‘ And … would she have wanted a yearly visit written into her marriage contract ? ’ |
| 9 | Could she have found a strategy for comparing the areas ? |
| 10 | COULD N'T SHE HAVE GOT A ROBOT ? |
| 11 | Would she have continued a different level of cover ? |
| 12 | Would she have continued a different level of cover , |
| 13 | The decision in G. v. G. is of course now well known , but I reiterate it , since the matter has been raised in this case , that is that even if the appellate court would itself have preferred a different conclusion it must leave the decision of first instance undisturbed unless it could say the decision was wrong . |
| 14 | For in the main it is our own parishioners who donate the goods ; it is residents within the area who benefit from the high quality and the low prices ; and it is Charlie and May who have found a vocation in later life serving both community and parish with their gifts of energy and time . |
| 15 | Would you have given a penalty ? |
| 16 | ‘ I see you have noticed a certain peculiarity about my appearance . ’ |
| 17 | Would you have thought a year ago that you would be spending your next name-day in Paris ? |
| 18 | At any other record company , the protesters would not have got beyond the uniformed commissionaires on the door ; at no other record company would you have found a group still wearing kaftans . |
| 19 | Not only will you have got a report which is useless , but you will also have to get another one . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , could n't you have sold a few of those ? ’ |
| 21 | Would you have valued a little more help when you were starting ? |
| 22 | And when I appeared a bit scruffy on Jonathan Ross , she said ‘ could n't you have put a shirt on ? ’ ’ |
| 23 | Miller 's Vinca rosea ( now Catharanthus roseus ) had been brought forward : ‘ as this plant is a great novelty in Europe … the Figure of the Plant has not yet been seen by any living person ’ and of Gardenia capense , called by him Jasminium , he wrote , ‘ Could we have procured a good drawing in proper time it would have been in its proper place , but as this is so curious and being an undescribed plant , we hope our purchasers will not be displeased with insertion here . ’ |
| 24 | We do we have made a start in the County , in the way of trying to provide erm workplace nurseries for erm women employees in the County . |
| 25 | It was n't like visualizing a holiday — even a place one has n't been before ; after all , there are certain immutables : land , sea , sky and clouds ( not too many of these , please ) ; and even should one have chosen a more unusual location , such as the Arctic or the Gobi Desert , there are photographs . |
| 26 | Would they have made a different assessment ? |
| 27 | Could n't they have waited a bit longer after the expense of Christmas ? |
| 28 | I think , possibly people who do n't make it have become a little starstruck . |
| 29 | Never though can it have housed a greater galaxy of scientific and industrial leaders than on that Thursday last month . |
| 30 | Yes in the vicin I I did n't know the cupboards were near the bed , but yes , in relation to the bed those two places would it have taken a fraction of a second to strip off the duvet to check what was under it . |