Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 Would you have given a penalty ?
14 ‘ I see you have noticed a certain peculiarity about my appearance . ’
15 Would you have thought a year ago that you would be spending your next name-day in Paris ?
16 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 .
17 Not only will you have got a report which is useless , but you will also have to get another one .
18 ‘ Well , could n't you have sold a few of those ? ’
19 Would you have valued a little more help when you were starting ?
20 And when I appeared a bit scruffy on Jonathan Ross , she said ‘ could n't you have put a shirt on ? ’ ’
21 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 . ’
22 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 .
23 Would they have made a different assessment ?
24 Could n't they have waited a bit longer after the expense of Christmas ?
25 I think , possibly people who do n't make it have become a little starstruck .
26 Never though can it have housed a greater galaxy of scientific and industrial leaders than on that Thursday last month .
27 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 .
28 Should he have become a friar or a student ?
29 Would he have raised a knowing glass ?
30 Mr Etyang said : ‘ Professor Gresham may be an eminent pathologist in the UK , but he is a human being — could he have made a mistake ?
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