Example sentences of "[vb infin] had [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally . |
| 2 | ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children . |
| 4 | ‘ We could 've had a pizza in town , ’ she reminded him . |
| 5 | ‘ Alex Bannen would 've had a screaming fit if we 'd left you to mess up his precious Bridge ; God alone knows what Tiw would 've done . ’ |
| 6 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 7 | Beautiful piece , one of the earliest I 've seen — but he must 've had a hard head , ‘ coz it broke . |
| 8 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 9 | Let me try erm a straw poll on you and I 'm going to ask those of you , I 'll give you a moment or two , who would 've signed up the Maastricht Treaty and who would not have signed up the Maastricht Treaty if you 'd 've had a free vote ? |
| 10 | If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em . |
| 11 | When you 're going round the Fens , you must 've had a very early start in the morning , did you ? |
| 12 | I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself |
| 13 | We could 've had a two forty video tape , it said , two forty on it and when we put it in were n't it ? . |
| 14 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 15 | We should 've had a picture of that . |
| 16 | Nine months and five days , you could 've had a baby by now . |
| 17 | I could 've had the Queen Mum to tea there and not been ashamed . |
| 18 | She could 've had the same thing free on the National Health ! |
| 19 | You never really sort of said well was it , was it a slipped disc or is it gone or have you got ta go back for any more tests or anything like that er and bearing in mind that he also said he was keen on sports and he played tennis and so on , you could 've had the opportunity there to say oh have your back problem , back troubles made in difference to you in that area ? |
| 20 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 21 | You should 've had an Expresso coffee . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm afraid this is what you 'll have had every day of your life , ’ she said to him later as the au-pair girl put a plate of mutton in front of him . |
| 23 | She would have had every reason to look the other way . |
| 24 | Rebecca , lower down the bales , should have had every chance of escape . |
| 25 | Levi , the expert on metals , would have had no difficulty in telling the difference between gold and tin . |
| 26 | For Mrs Thatcher , the timing of President de Klerk 's announcement in the week before the Commonwealth conference is helpful , though she would have had no difficulty in resisting pressure there for further sanctions . |
| 27 | Some would have had no sleep . |
| 28 | He could have had no idea that Mr Waterhouse was to become one of the greatest civic architects of the north , for in 1856 , when Hinderton Hall was built , he was still at the brink of his career . |
| 29 | Faith would have had no patience with it . |
| 30 | Last September the Redruth hooker , 28 , could have had no hope of playing at Twickenham as he had smashed an elbow in a minor club match and Dawe , his long-standing rival , had been appointed county captain . |