Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through this Cruickshank has carefully sought not to be the outsider caught between what could have been the conflicting demands of minister-in-government and workers and patients in the field , ‘ by brining in the ministers and whoever and getting that shared view . |
| 2 | If she were asked where Fenna had come from she would have told a quite different story : the story of the arrival of Fenna . |
| 3 | Before examining these in detail , there is one fundamental consideration to be looked at which will have a bearing on all managerial activity ; management style and attitudes . |
| 4 | The other man was found dead nearby , he too had been shot in what may have been a drugs related killing . |
| 5 | However , just as Norman had got up and down from another bunker for his last round of 69 , so did Beck , firmly sinking a putt of six feet as the Australian looked on and reflected on what might have been . |
| 6 | He asked me a lot of suspicious questions , and eventually I was shown to what must have been the poorest room in his house , over the kitchen , facing a hen-run . |
| 7 | In order that the hypothetical choice of loans offered to them would have at least some roots in people 's own experience , the size of the loan was in each case matched to the size of loan which people said they would consider taking out in practice . |
| 8 | Angered by what must have seemed a monstrous betrayal , or a display of contemptible cowardice , Simeon turned upon them and persecuted them as traitors . |
| 9 | and they 're easier to get rid of I 'd have to bring bottles home again would n't I ? |
| 10 | If I had to list the assets I was born with she would have to come top . |
| 11 | The child was born to what must have been exhausted parents , strained to their physical and mental limits , and it never lived to see another year ; in the December of 1771 the nameless infant was buried on Catherine Hill — the first occupant of plot number 119 , but certainly not the last . |
| 12 | On the other hand , forcing such a language on men and women not born to it can have the perverse effect of increasing the number of languages . |
| 13 | Now this is a a sort of cost benefit benefit analysis based on what would have happened if we 'd followed these protocols ourselves . |
| 14 | It is difficult to put these sums into context for there is no knowing what benefit has been achieved compared to what would have resulted from some other social expenditure . |
| 15 | Thus the plaintiff would be obliged to show that he either bought/sold shares at an inflated/deflated price compared to what would have been the price , but for the defendant 's actions . |
| 16 | But the truth is that HMI is to be privatised by the back door because the half of HMI who will not be employed by it will have to go and set up as private consultants . |
| 17 | Where the rivers have flowed transverse to the structure rias formed in them will have a much more irregular plan : the main arm of the ria may not be straight and it may possess branches developed along weaker beds followed by the courses of previous subsequent streams . |
| 18 | In the meantime , on Earth , we have reached the stage in our narrative where simple unicellular creatures have become multicellular creatures , the earliest known of which would have been the jellyfish . |
| 19 | Measurement has been used to examine the nature of variation between pairs of saucer brooches , particularly the ornament variation ( Dickinson 1982 ) ; the study was based on 52 pairs of cast saucer brooches , but a number of problems were encountered with what might have seemed a straightforward piece of research ( ibid. 22–3 ) . |
| 20 | Now , however , he , Alfred and their sister Godgifu were abandoned to what must have looked like permanent exile in the Norman court ; Edward was doubtless on his way there when he visited the monastery of St Peter 's Ghent in December 1016 and , according to a charter , promised them English lands should he become king . |
| 21 | A general strike brought Kosovo virtually to a standstill on Sept. 3 , and schools were also boycotted on what should have been the first day of a new school year . |
| 22 | The board assumes that after Sizewell B has settled down it will have a load factor of 64 per cent . |
| 23 | ( 6.10 ) unc There is no point in assigning to a variable at the very end of its scope , since the value given to it can have no effect . |
| 24 | Then I realized I was kneeling on a tarpaulin which someone had carefully placed over what could have been a small metal gate — or — the detached ‘ fun bumper ’ cow-catcher device from a small four-wheel-drive vehicle , say , a Shogun . |
| 25 | If one of these had gone in it could have been a different story . |
| 26 | The Goblin King , Grom the Paunch of Misty Mountain , infamous old Goblin Warlord and Lord of the Crags , was suddenly and unexpectedly struck by what could have been a big rock were it not for the sploshy red stuff that exploded from it , showering the goblin horde . |
| 27 | The difficulty was that the evangelicals took a low view of the deans and chaplains of colleges , and did not expect that anything run by them would have force and challenge . |
| 28 | The fact that they had not fought about it should have announced their despair . |
| 29 | ‘ Any bid which has not been discussed with us will have to be considered , ’ said Mr Holland , yesterday . |
| 30 | The first dress which was tried on her would have suited Ellie somewhat more than fine . |