Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 2 | K-9 ( 12 ) , which stars James Belushi , hints at the less than glittering screen career that might have awaited his elder brother , had he lived . |
| 3 | One could not predict creatures not yet discovered , for the natural systems had no neat arithmetical basis like Linnaeus ' ; and anyone contemplating the system set out in Cuvier might feel ( with King Alfonso of Castile on Ptolemaic astronomy ) that if God had consulted him , he would have recommended something simpler . |
| 4 | Perhaps we should have done something earlier but we hoped the team would turn the corner . |
| 5 | ‘ The test for Neil is whether he could have done anything better to prepare himself for the task ahead . |
| 6 | Donna ( 5.0 ) interrupted saying ‘ You should have done it bigger [ for longer ] like me . |
| 7 | I could not have said it better or more concisely . |
| 8 | She wanted to get it out , get it over and done with , and she could not have said anything worse . |
| 9 | I 'm trying to explain to you that there was a different atmosphere about it , the whole situation , I know they were hard times , I know that some people had some really rough times but it did n't show very much , and when I come to think of all my parents ' friends I do n't remember anybody having a wife bashing episode or they all seemed to be very contented with their lot somehow except one , and that was a little bit dicey when I was a little kid , but the man died and the Observer the next week the er obituary notice was put in the paper and underneath they 'd got , with Christ which is far better and my father said and they she could n't have said anything better words |
| 10 | The night was still young , so whoever the female was who worked peculiar hours , or whatever the reason was that he could n't have seen her earlier — and by then Fabia was certain that ‘ someone he had to see ’ would be female — then she hoped he had a truly lovely time ! |
| 11 | But er I would have thought they would have presented themselves better , had they have been er well a little bit more colour about it . |
| 12 | If he had written it in letters of fire he could n't have made it plainer . |
| 13 | All it meant was I could attack the trial in the job , which would have made it better for me , or from outside the job . ’ |
| 14 | That is to say no French government and probably no French political party at this time was willing to concede the principle of secession ; and the permanent loss of Indochina would obviously have made it harder to hold on to French North Africa and even to Black Africa . |
| 15 | It would have made it easier to help you , and I venture the opinion that our servants feel well treated . |
| 16 | If they had been invited it might have made it easier , since it would have allowed him to slip away unnoticed . |
| 17 | This imbalance , in the number of sessions held by the Council compared to the Assembly , must have made it easier for the Council to usurp executive powers . |
| 18 | A PSDR should have made it easier to restrain the growth of the money supply . |
| 19 | Your tentative benefit was not perhaps as clear as it might have been which would have made it easier to lead into my willingness to proceed . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd have used something stronger , ’ Paula told him . |
| 21 | I should have told you earlier but it must have slipped the old mind . ’ |
| 22 | I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide . |
| 23 | I would have thought Tim would have had it worse from contact erm wise . |
| 24 | I bet he could have got it cheaper if he 'd have waited . |
| 25 | Pulling at him would only have pulled him deeper into the weed . |
| 26 | The timing of this rejection was unfortunate for Franco , for nothing would have suited him better than to have been able to announce Spanish membership of the international winners ' club on the morning of the ninth anniversary of the 18 July rising . |
| 27 | And if he required a tutor , Thorfinn could have found none better than the Normans , natives of a crowded , belligerent duchy full of strong young barons fighting for power . |
| 28 | The Church of England may have found it easier to accommodate the cult of hygienics and efficiency . |
| 29 | However , the audience this year was below its normal pitch of receptiveness and Nobby and company might have found it easier to perform at the old Glasgow Empire … ‘ . |
| 30 | He slept intermittently , amused by the thought that he might have found it easier to rest in a damp , muddy trench with rats and cockroaches for companions . |