Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thompson said : ‘ This is something I have intended to do for some time but somehow never got round to . |
| 2 | Although implied assent to the acceptance of third party rights can be presumed where the parties have intended to accord such rights , the Court did not extend this to implied adherence to a multilateral convention for the purpose of claiming benefits alone , where ratification and accession are possible . |
| 3 | It is now all too clear that despite US occupation of Southern Korea the Russians have intended to impose a united front policy throughout the country … |
| 4 | The Soviet Union 's plans to build a new store for nuclear waste , close to the Finnish border near Leningrad , have aroused worry amongst Finnish environmentalists . |
| 5 | With precious little to celebrate , and even less money with which to do it , many have stopped drinking champagne altogether . |
| 6 | ‘ You have stopped preaching ? ’ asked Tess , shocked . |
| 7 | Also , bear in mind that traces of drugs remain in the system and can be detected for some time after you have stopped taking them . |
| 8 | ‘ We have stopped taking new people on to it , and thought we would have to close it altogether . ’ |
| 9 | Both the pill and injectables are also known to interfere with fertility after people have stopped taking them . |
| 10 | And I have stopped taking things for granted . |
| 11 | August — at least 10 Third World countries have stopped repaying their commercial bank creditors . |
| 12 | Local councils throughout the United Kingdom have stopped using peat in favour of environmentally friendly alternatives , a new survey carried out by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) has found . |
| 13 | ‘ As you can see , now that we have stopped exposing ourselves to Tramen-exhalation we have developed heads and can talk to each other for the first time . |
| 14 | thoughts have stopped wandering |
| 15 | At the request of Ghana 's Embassy , the Soviet authorities have stopped posting Ghanaian students to Azerbaijan . |
| 16 | After about an hour when the pies and chips have stopped flying across the screen I notice a strange purple growth , like a cancer cell under a microscope , at the bottom left hand corner of the screen . |
| 17 | Already they have stopped voting along purely racial lines . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I have had so many disappointments , so many setbacks , that I have stopped setting myself targets . |
| 19 | I have stopped telling customers that it used to be ripened under piles of manure , as it seemed to stop them from buying it . |
| 20 | Although many other Scots have stopped speaking Gaelic they too have rather poor communications with the rest of Britain . |
| 21 | By mid- afternoon I have stopped expecting him , ever . |
| 22 | Council records show in the last 18 months a total of 44 businesses have stopped trading in Darlington including Miniprint , Initial Garments and Stenga Engineering . |
| 23 | At the same time you may have reached the stage when your children are now independent , your mortgage is substantially paid off and you have stopped subscribing to a life assurance policy . |
| 24 | If they have stopped working , they are likely to be seen as dependents — to be looked after more or less generously by the provision of pensions and health services , but with little relevance to educational policy ; simply , they are seen as a cost . |
| 25 | Er we just kept them on and there 's I know quite a few schemes have stopped working but we 've still got them written down somewhere |
| 26 | Have you ever noticed that your parents or grandparents seem to get shorter , even when you have stopped growing ? |
| 27 | But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas , because they 're worried about them falling into the wrong hands . |
| 28 | Boots have stopped selling car seats but say they will offer further information to people who 've bought the Rainbow seat . |
| 29 | Due to their failure to cope with a multi-million deficit , the journals Arkhitektura , Dekorativnoye iskusstvo and Tvorchestvo have stopped coming out . |
| 30 | Rollins , the ultimate ugly American , is late for a plane , all the tube trains have stopped running and the only way he can get the London Underground employees to pay him any attention is to scream ‘ THE SMITHS HAVE REFORMED ! ’ |