Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing . |
| 2 | Robert Penfold 's advocacy of pulsed controllers for model railways in the April issue should perhaps have contained a motor health warning ! |
| 3 | ‘ Relax ’ may only have become a scandal when the BBC in belated confusion ( and in response to teasing video clips ) banned it , but singers Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford promote an explicitly gay image , and ‘ Two Tribes ’ was a pointed response to nuclear defence policy . |
| 4 | I saw a live TV transmission of Il trovatore from the Metropolitan in New York a few weeks ago that can only have confirmed a lot of people 's worst prejudices about opera — dull production , dull filming , all wrapped round with a certain amount of superstar hype . |
| 5 | But Mr Lawson and the Bank may only have bought a week for sterling . |
| 6 | It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof . |
| 7 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 8 | At that stage Transvaal were still in the running for the night series trophy and his presence would obviously have made a difference . |
| 9 | We should all have received a report from Roger about one or two accidents that have occurred on sites . |
| 10 | Despite all the apparent sophistication of defence analysis , it may thus have produced a set of answers to the wrong question . |
| 11 | Applicants must satisfy the general entry requirements for admission to a first degree course ( see p 51 ) , and will normally have undertaken a Foundation Course in Art and Design . |
| 12 | Applicants must satisfy the general entry requirements for admission to a first degree course ( see page 51 ) , and will normally have undertaken a Foundation Course in Art and Design . |
| 13 | Applicants must satisfy the general entry requirements for admission to a first degree course ( see p 51 ) , and will normally have undertaken a Foundation Course in Art and Design . |
| 14 | It thus gained a considerable audience , including many people who would not normally have watched a film of this type given the subject matter . |
| 15 | In choosing your background materials you will already have made a commitment to a particular colour . |
| 16 | His pupils might already have attended a reading or song school . |
| 17 | True , it would not have been seen by people in Bristol or Birmingham but it might just have struck a chord with somebody in the area where the crime was committed . |
| 18 | I could easily have become a scapegoat . |
| 19 | But if I had been given the chance when I was younger I might easily have made a mistake and gone for good looks and he might have turned out to be Old Nick to live with . |
| 20 | And the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents warned that he could easily have suffered a heart attack . |
| 21 | I might easily have broken a leg in that fall . |
| 22 | There is nothing God-given about any particular system of measurement ; intelligent life on another planet might easily have evolved a method of assessing people 's incomes which involved multiplying by a fixed amount for each increment . |
| 23 | South America could easily have had a marsupial anteater , alongside its marsupial sabre-tooth " tiger " , but as it happens the anteater trade was early filled by placental mammals instead . |
| 24 | You could easily have borrowed a book from your local library and come to the conclusion that the specification of the 5086 was perfectly state-of-the art — whereas in fact it is now looking really rather old fashioned . |
| 25 | He could easily have got a foot stuck and he would have drowned . |
| 26 | ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’ |
| 27 | And , finally , do n't just get sold a bill of goods . |
| 28 | It 's likely that most of them wo n't ever have seen a microlight . |
| 29 | It 's likely that most of them wo n't ever have seen a microlight . |
| 30 | That I know we 're flogging a dead horse , but that half past ten , a phenomenal amount of time , it should never ever have taken a fraction of that if it had been done properly . |