Example sentences of "have [vb pp] at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jumped ‘ The gunman got out of a window and must have jumped at least 25 feet to the ground . |
| 2 | The death by drowning of a girl who worked for a Minister of the Crown and who died after dining at the restaurant where the Minister 's wife was also dining , whether or not he himself was present , would normally have justified at least a brief paragraph in one of the national papers . |
| 3 | Faced with seemingly insurmountable technical problems , which could have consumed at least as much cash again without any guarantee of success , the decision was taken to start from scratch with a far less ambitious system to keep London , if not ahead of , at least on par with , its competitors . |
| 4 | One must be conscious of the pressures under which local authority social workers operate , particularly in boroughs such as that with which this case is concerned , but nonetheless one might have hoped that the letter would have received at least some acknowledgement . |
| 5 | I might have travelled at almost eight thousand inches an hour if it had n't been for the stops . |
| 6 | But , such was her superiority over Good For The Roses and 17 others that she could have won at almost any distance . |
| 7 | There must be something spicy in that combination : Daine could have solved at least three quarters of the crimes in the City just by owning up . |
| 8 | Sam realised his adversary had most in his favour ; in previous such fights , he would have attacked at once with fists and boots , but this brave man-mountain was no pushover . |
| 9 | Erm , well done er , the only thing that Eddie now needs is Hughie 's elocution pack and all his Christmases will have come at once . |
| 10 | All you had to do was telephone me , and I would have come at once to look after Kirsty . ’ |
| 11 | He must have come at least a mile across the fields and climbed over a stock-proof fence . ’ |
| 12 | The half-life is defined as the period during which half the number of atoms of an isotope will have undergone at least one disintegration . |
| 13 | Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked beneath the smiling exterior I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortuitous hole in the floor . |
| 14 | he had instead been cultivating his acquaintanceship with Mercer , a game plan that would have come to an abrupt end if the Lorrimores had deserted the trip , which they would have done at once if the Canadian had ploughed into their home-from-home . |
| 15 | If you 'd done that you 'd have seen at once there was a difference — the blend worked perfectly ! ’ |
| 16 | Police believe his attackers may have robbed at least nine old people in the same area . |
| 17 | ‘ BHP should have used at least part of the money to invest in new technology and upgrade and improve its competitive standing in Australia . ’ |
| 18 | They must have drawn at least 2 games then . |
| 19 | The robbers would have needed at least 16 large suitcases to carry off the cash , said bank spokesman , Jean-Claude Bach . |
| 20 | On the rare occasions when French and Vietminh met and when local concessions might have helped at least to improve the atmosphere — for example the release of hostages taken by Vietminh — the Vietminh for their part denied all knowledge that any had been taken while violent incidents were either attributed to the forces outwith their control , which may well have been true , or else to the anger of the people which , again , may have been true but did not improve matters . |
| 21 | We will have produced at least six criteria . |
| 22 | Other social pressures , chief among them that of patronage in an age in which patronage had unprecedented importance in Roman society , must have had at least as great an importance . |
| 23 | After four and a quarter years , some firms will already have had at least two visits and many in category 1 will be facing a second visit in the near future . |
| 24 | And I expect if your father had n't died she 'd have had at least twenty children ! |
| 25 | Speed could have had at least 3 goals , and Deane could have had 3 . |
| 26 | If they had dominated I expect they would have had at least a few more ( in 20 mins ) . |
| 27 | Rangers should have had at least one goal . |
| 28 | Shildon-born Mr Jackson said : ‘ To be a good instructor you must have had at least a season 's skiing on snow and if you want to get basic qualifications you would be charged around £3,000 . ’ |
| 29 | In that respect , Kundera could have fooled at least one of his readers ; but I do see that it belongs to the point of it all that the uncommon Jaromil should be thought humanly representative . |
| 30 | The essay , on ‘ The Dangers of Smoking ’ , had cost Hank a number of Sundays of hard work , and he estimated that he must have smoked at least eight packs of cigarettes while writing it , but to his astonishment it had won him a hundred dollars . |