Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they 'd have spat on at the time they were painted . |
| 2 | I showed that instead the symmetry would have broken everywhere at the same time , rather than just inside bubbles . |
| 3 | In the classical theory of general relativity one can not predict how the universe would have begun because all the known laws of science would have broken down at the big bang singularity . |
| 4 | Master-in-charge , Austin Jessop , was quick to stress the excellence of the Newington side and to suggest that they would almost certainly have won either at the end of the tour or into a domestic season . |
| 5 | But even so Elizabeth should have known what she was walking into , should have looked closely at the encircling fields , the rock-built house and Hywel all muddy and iced and quiet from winter toil . |
| 6 | She must have looked down at the dog , and seen the blood stain and the tear on his trouser . |
| 7 | But he could not have come back at a more opportune time as far as Selkirk are concerned . |
| 8 | He 'd have come back at the weekend , most likely . |
| 9 | To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time . |
| 10 | They could have done worse at the Correspondent , but they could n't get it . |
| 11 | They said that a state of infinite density might occur only if the galaxies were moving directly toward or away from each other ; only then would they all have met up at a single point in the past . |
| 12 | Rumours are circulating among the ‘ Highgrove Set ’ — the circle of Gloucestershire landowners who mix with the royals — that Charles and Camilla may have met briefly at a hunt a week ago . |
| 13 | But I must have nodded off at the time . |
| 14 | I would have sold more at a car boot sale . |
| 15 | But if the British Barlow Clowes operation had been within the licensing net , it is more likely that the Department of Trade would have found out at a much earlier stage that Mr Peter Clowes was running a parallel offshore operation — first in Jersey and then in Gibraltar . |
| 16 | IT MIGHT not have seemed so at the time , but Troy Coker 's sending-off for punching against Bath proved to be a blessing in disguise for the quarrelsome Queenslander . |
| 17 | Mr Cullen asked if she could not have run away at the time . |
| 18 | I 've an awful feeling we should have gone right at the last junction . |
| 19 | As you will see in the following chapters , a British Open-winning caddie will not only have his yardages at his fingertips , but will also have gone out at the crack of dawn measuring up again before each round after studying where all the pin positions are . |
| 20 | Leaf assimilation should have increased substantially at the higher c i that accompanied increasing [ CO 2 ] , unless photosynthetic capacity ( the relationship of A to c i ) declined . |
| 21 | The government could have clamped down at an early stage with tough deflationary policies . |
| 22 | A private Concorde producer could have borrowed only at a very high interest rate . |
| 23 | I should have tried harder at the long jump at school |