Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Then , after the kettle has boiled you pour the hot water into the cup and add the milk and stir it together and that 's how you make a cup of coffee . |
2 | While you 're waiting for the kettle to boil erm , get a cup from the cupboard and a tea bag from the tea jar , put tea bag in the the cup and then wait for the kettle to boil and o , once the kettle has boiled you put your hot water into the cup and le , and let the tea brew for a little while And then , after you let it brew you can either add milk to it or , do not add milk to it . |
3 | Other radicals demanded that foreign policy should no longer be at the mercy of " the ideas , valuations and methods of a sporting aristo-plutocracy " or " the obscure convolutions of diplomatic staffs " , that " there must be an end of the secret diplomacy which has plunged us into this catastrophe " and that the working classes should " lay down our own terms , make our own proclamations , establish our own diplomacy " . |
4 | The other , and more serious , disadvantage of the Helblaster is that it is inclined to jam or misfire , and once it has misfired it is useless . |
5 | And walks around in the darkness , he does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded him . |
6 | This accursed recession has blinded us to the fact that we are well placed , vis-a-vis our competitors in Europe , to create wealth . |
7 | We live in a house of treasure but some disease of the eyes has blinded us so that we search always for vulgar and expensive toys . |
8 | ‘ All this has delayed me . |
9 | By then he should have fully recovered from the injured right thigh muscle that has delayed his eagerly awaited debut in Italian football . |
10 | Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift . |
11 | ‘ Except as provided by the subsequent provisions of this Part of this Act — ( a ) no person who under or for the purposes of this Act receives information relating to the business or other affairs of any person ; and ( b ) no person who obtains any such information directly or indirectly from a person who has received it as aforesaid , shall disclose the information without the consent of the person to whom it relates and ( if different ) the person from whom it was received as aforesaid . |
12 | As soon as our financial situation has eased we 'll certainly employ someone . |
13 | Once a rip current pattern has developed it scours the sea bottom to give areas of deeper water which perpetuate the cell circulation pattern : a classical example of positive feedback . |
14 | ICI has developed it at Billingham , and it will eliminate the need to dump waste from the manufacture of perspex into the River Tees and the North sea — one year ahead of schedule , too . |
15 | The subject has fascinated me since I first had the privilege of being led into it as a postgraduate student of Professor J. C. Smith in the mid 1960s . |
16 | This business has broken him up badly . ’ |
17 | At one extreme is the person who starts a diet every morning and has broken it by the evening . |
18 | Breach of a civil law , in contrast to a breach of a criminal law , normally renders the person who has broken it liable to pay damages to the victim of the breach . |
19 | If there is no contract or it is unenforceable , then neither the buyer nor the seller can complain that the other other has broken it . |
20 | He has insulted me ! |
21 | ‘ She has dismissed me , Miss Araminta . |
22 | Kendall has dismissed him , but Everton might be better off re-educating the others to give him the service he thrives on . |
23 | But no-one has dismissed it as a rogue poll . |
24 | Marjorie Bilbow , in Cinema TV Today , described the production as ‘ very plodding and unimaginative ’ , and Clyde Jeavons wrote in the British Film Institute 's Monthly Film Bulletin , ‘ Apart from accommodating a number of half-hearted and totally unmemorable songs and dance routines , William Sterling has taken few liberties with the original narrative , but at the same time he has divested it of both its charm and its potential for cinematic comic invention . |
25 | When the individual has matured he usually accepts responsibilities for child-rearing and for work . |
26 | The constable need not have witnessed the conduct in question before he utters his warning ; he could act on the basis of a report that he received from a person who has been caused harassment , alarm or distress , or on the report of somebody who has witnessed it . |
27 | Afterwards he was reticent about the ill-fortune which has plagued him . |
28 | Gough has been slow to respond to a groin injury which has plagued him since September and has been sidelined since the win over Celtic on November 7 . |
29 | Stewart is still battling to fully shake off hamstring trouble which has plagued him all season . |
30 | The visitors were again struck by injury ; a problem which has plagued them all season . |