Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more immediate problem , however , was which of the two Boards ( trade or education ) should have overall authority for the juvenile side of the exchanges and Churchill may well have sensed that a controversy was brewing . |
| 2 | In a kind of bemused horror , Melissa imagined the ugly pattern of stains that must have formed as the lifeblood flowed remorselessly away . |
| 3 | No : the revolution would have come , if it was to come at all , only if the resources available to the forces for change , the unions , had been enough to enable them to seize and hold the means of production , and if they had had the will to employ those resources ; not as a thief in the night but in a scene of anarchy and dreadful confusion of which the French Revolution would have given but a faint anticipation . |
| 4 | What imaginative job search agency would have foreseen that a champion sheepshearer could become a master garment cutter ( and , later , much more besides ) but Bernard and Laura did . |
| 5 | When they first shared a tent in the rainforest , how could they have foreseen that the camp would be Jane 's home for almost her entire adult life ? |
| 6 | When he and others advocated extra divisions in the Edwardian period they could not have foreseen that the formation of a Third Division in 1920 would create an extra demand for players of talent at a time when a large part of the male population had been wiped out in a world war . |
| 7 | However , there is no truth in the story you may have heard that the Ponderosa also distils ’ its ’ own Poteen , so if your drink seems somehow stronger , it 's probably due to the thin air at that altitude ! |
| 8 | If , for example , we were trying to explain attendance at non-selective schools , the d for the service class would have been 0.281 - 0.763 , or -0.482 ; the magnitude of effect would not have altered but the sign would have been reversed . |
| 9 | How could anyone have guessed that the movement the bowlers had found throughout the game would suddenly disappear ? |
| 10 | They should have guessed that the weekend would fail them . |
| 11 | But as he and Sara looked about their new home in a winter twilight , they must soon have recognized that the Lime Street cottage would be one major obstacle in the path to contentment of any kind . |
| 12 | From the standpoint of more worldly considerations , the signing of the concordat soothed the irritation of those Catholics who did not like the trend towards closer relations with what they saw as Protestant — that is , heretic — America ( although they must also have recognized that the Catholic political and economic lobby in the United States was large , rich and influential ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I should have realised that a lovely man like you would never have … ’ |
| 14 | This letter from Mactavish reveals the assumption made in 1926 that it was the WEA 's exclusive duty and responsibility to provide working class education , but had he read the 1926 UEMCC report more searchingly he would have realised that the universities ' role was not merely advisory but intended to promote the development of liberal adult education independently of other providers . |
| 15 | Had I read the brochure carefully I would have realised that the experience I was heading for was anything but tedious ! |
| 16 | Having played all the courses in the area regularly , I must point out that if Mr Ward feels that Stranraer is less of a challenge than Portpatrick he should have realised that the 18 holes to the right of the clubhouse was the putting green , not the course ! |
| 17 | There are no standard procedures , in fact , by now you will have realised that the ‘ flying fantasies ’ are unique to their creators and , although some sell theirs on a commercial basis , it is a case that , if you want to make one , then you have to devise your own creation . |
| 18 | Before you come up against this situation you will have realised that the manual and ‘ first garments ’ books are intended for the Ms/Mrs/Mr Average Figure . |
| 19 | And while the improvements helped somewhat , Air Force planners must have realised that the combination of poor flight stability , lower than anticipated speed and range limitations would place the Airacomet at serious risk if ever sent to engage enemy aircraft . |
| 20 | He should have realised that the employment of a number of secretaries was both unnecessary and costly , but he continued boldly to maintain a lavish office establishment . |
| 21 | It was the Controller of the Household who later established that no one in authority who was within a reasonable distance of the incident could have realised that the members of the first team of bearers , most of them worthy if nervous burghers of Kinsai , had doctored strung-up nerves with wine and k'miss to such an extent that they were no longer capable of reacting with either fortitude or common sense to the kind of diversions which were now to be expected as part of the rejoicing . |
| 22 | It was a mistake to have come , of course , he should have realised that the role of voyeur was always " gnoble . |
| 23 | The crew of the yacht must have realised that the game was up by this time . |
| 24 | I should have realised that an author does not decide this ; the work itself decides , by suddenly letting go — as it has now done . |
| 25 | Or should he have realised that an implied term , or some other interpretation , would have been brought in to alter or anticipate the true meaning of the rule ? |
| 26 | For example , in many road accident situations , the witness will only have realised that an accident had occurred when they heard the crash , and looked round and saw the aftermath , although they will try and tell you that they actually saw the vehicles colliding . |
| 27 | Two out of three dentists said they had extracted teeth that they might have filled before the contract was introduced . |
| 28 | The easel may have fallen but the picture somehow still holds up — just . |
| 29 | The Druids may have calculated that the difficult terrain would have delayed the advance . |
| 30 | ‘ A pre-agreed percentage is deducted for those pensioners it is felt would not have travelled if the fare had not been free . ’ |