Example sentences of "have [vb pp] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They would probably have jumped on a train and gone to London . |
| 2 | Maybe they should have collaborated on a book , instead of writing separate accounts . |
| 3 | On the other hand , it is extremely useful to have universities , polys and colleges compared on an equal basis , particularly as in these days of cutbacks many , who in earlier years could have relied on a university place , may have to hedge their bets by applying to polys too . |
| 4 | The coypu-control man must have come on a weekday , though , and it was with that hangover that Adam associated his coming . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , though Penda may have embarked on a programme of domination of the south-west midlands , there is no evidence that he was responsible for the formation of the Hwiccian kingdom . |
| 6 | Had it been , Bingham says , ‘ it seems likely that all concerned would have embarked on a group restructuring programme with a much fuller investigation and understanding of the malpractice which had existed in the past and of the level of support required , or that the bank would have been closed or would have collapsed there and then ’ . |
| 7 | They must have driven on a while , circled back and approached the stretch of road from the direction of the fields on foot . |
| 8 | The President may indeed have settled on a programme of health benefits and how to finance them . |
| 9 | That must have gone on a lot |
| 10 | If you were really fortunate you will have gone on a training course , far too few companies bother to invest in improving their staff 's skill in desktop publishing , and have learned at least some of the basic operations . |
| 11 | The party may have put on a collar and tie but it is still the Labour Party , prone to its old reflexes ( as it reminded us yesterday on defence spending ) , prisoner still of its anachronistic structure , its mind set in 100 years of working-class history . |
| 12 | And by 1994 , work should have started on a development which will transform the bus station site . |
| 13 | And you wo n't have worked on a farm at all yet , will you ? |
| 14 | And they could just as easily have hopped on a train to any other part of the country . " |