Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if our marriage had n't been arranged I would have wanted to marry Anna . |
| 2 | If the play had been completed it would have shown the marriage of Edwy and Elgiva destroyed by parental manipulation and political intrigue . |
| 3 | There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 . |
| 4 | I 've played against him and Wasim in county cricket and , believe me , if they had been cheating I would have known . |
| 5 | If it 's been located I 'll have to get back to London . |
| 6 | George Marshall , head of human resources , said : ‘ In spite of our current employment difficulties , but looking to the future of our business , I am announcing we will have an intake of 20–30 first year apprentices in September . |
| 7 | It is now clear that if the scheme had been adopted it would have had disastrous results . |
| 8 | and who have never ever been assertive oh well whatever you 're having I 'll have the same . |
| 9 | She stopped , then said fiercely , ‘ If you 're thinking she would have treated your father like that you 're quite wrong . ’ |
| 10 | These are things that when you 're confirmed you will have the ability to reach into . |
| 11 | Welch believes that if regional theatres are to grow they will have to learn from his example , and seek the backing of local businessmen as well as the more traditional sources of commercial theatrical managements . |
| 12 | She stood on the steps of the court , and told the crowd gathered there that the parents had been told they would have to wait to hear whether the Place of Safety orders had been confirmed , or whether their children would be returning home . |
| 13 | The jury has been told they 'll have to decide who 's telling the truth . |
| 14 | More than a hundred workers at a computer company have been told they 'll have to move to Germany — or lose their jobs . |
| 15 | The Senate wants to merge us into University College and we 've been told we 'll have to get rid of some of our staff — it may all be very neat and tidy for the bureaucrats , but it 's going to be absolutely disastrous for some people . |
| 16 | We 've actually been successful in that again because we 've got , last year I think we got six thousand pounds , and this year we 've been told we can have eighty percent of the same again . |
| 17 | Do not buy any materials until you have been told you can have a grant by the council , and once you have , keep any receipts . |
| 18 | Well you 've been told you can have your desk and your chair , but you 're not gon na have your lamp and erm some other bits . |
| 19 | Pearce has been told he may have to sell top players such as David Leworthy , the league 's leading scorer , or Dean Coney in a bid to balance the books . |
| 20 | Davies , who has been told he must have an operation on his troublesome groin , must decide when he is to have the surgery . |
| 21 | But he 's been told he should have shaved if he 'd wanted the job . |
| 22 | If traffic lights are used they should have embedded loops to detect approaching cyclists and should give them longer green phases . |
| 23 | As soon as any contracts are offered you will have to engage a lawyer to negotiate on your behalf . |
| 24 | It is evident that the priests who served St Martin knew how to jade a horse and to attribute its state to the saint 's intervention ; and if Gibbon had had the slightest suspicion of how the miracle had been performed he would have used a much stronger form of irony than a mere italicizing of the word itself . |
| 25 | If he 'd been camping he 'd have chosen somewhere more comfortable . |
| 26 | Well I 'm gla glad she 's getting something done about it now cos you and she 'd just been left , sh er , had n't been persuaded she 'd have just let it go on and on and on would n't |
| 27 | If they had been invited it might have made it easier , since it would have allowed him to slip away unnoticed . |
| 28 | If anything had been moving they would have seen it immediately : and where the turf ended , the sky began . |
| 29 | ( a ) " Undistributed income " Where the income of a trust has not been distributed it will have been seen that this has important consequences with regard to s673 ( settlements where settlor retains an interest ) ( see p46 ) and ss677 and 678 ( capital sums ) ( see p48-55 ) . |
| 30 | From the discussions that I have had with those groups and from some statements that I have received — I do not want to go into detail because they were confidential — I am confident that a solution could have been found which would have formed a reasoned consensus for those groups , for the interests that they represent and for the House . |