Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LIKE CARTER , the Popinjays are one of those UK indie turns that have got a liberating blast from the arrival of cheapo , user-friendly technology , turning their intensive sweet-shop dramas into enormo stomping noise-storms . |
| 2 | He found a graze that had oozed a small crust of blood into the thick hair , almost dry now . |
| 3 | The continuing fighting between the two groups was seen as having wrecked a five-point plan to end the violence , agreed at a meeting between Buthelezi and Mandela on March 30 [ see p. 38087 ] . |
| 4 | The Scottish Churches Christian Aid Committee has been investigating and has had a helpful meeting with a senior representative of the Association of Chief Police Offices ( Scotland ) ( ACPO ) . |
| 5 | On taking her history , it was discovered that when she was twelve or thirteen she had had frequent nose bleeds and had lost a great deal of blood . |
| 6 | In addition , the breed has been very widely exported and has played a major role in the creation or improvement of many other breeds : its influence has probably been greater than any other breed except perhaps the Friesian group and its adaptability is legendary . |
| 7 | Francis retired from racing but has built a new career as a best selling thriller writer . |
| 8 | By contrast , waking is more likely to occur if the body temperature rising or has reached a high level . |
| 9 | It survives and has become a religious force in the village . |
| 10 | This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up . |
| 11 | He was promptly retired but has made a remarkable recovery . |
| 12 | Simon Pepper of the WWF said : ‘ We have had to recognise that having spent a considerable time on this project and having devoted considerable resources by our organisations , it has not been possible to secure the overall package which we considered necessary for going ahead . |
| 13 | Hugh was already committed to the marathon trip when he heard that the special care school had been burgled and had lost a vital computer and software , which is crucial in helping the children 's development |
| 14 | Under the Act , the Commissioner is also appointed by the Prime Minister , and it is required that the person appointed should hold or have held a high judicial office . |
| 15 | He hopes , as all prime ministers do , that the shake-up will put an end to the back-biting and snarling that has reached a nasty pitch since the Newbury by-election and local-council humiliations three weeks ago . |
| 16 | It was cold but not too cold , and dammit , I had caught four fish with hardly any effort ; fish that had taken a big crust with a savage bite that suggested they were very hungry . |
| 17 | It is lavishly illustrated and presented and has assumed a pre-eminent position in its field . |
| 18 | Rather than creative individuals being taken as the starting-point , the individuals targeted initially were people who had been diagnosed as having had a mental illness , either a severe ( manic-depressive ) form of affective disorder or the milder , but aetiologically related , mood swings of ‘ cyclothymia ’ . |
| 19 | Retentionists could not accept that a rapist who breaks into a house , violates his victim , and then kills in order to prevent her giving evidence against him , should be treated as having committed a lesser offence than a burglar who kills in the course of theft . |
| 20 | Often , such people never consider that it might be because they are not academically qualified or had had a bad interview ; they automatically blame racism . |
| 21 | Le Corbusier , with Gropius and Lubetkin , have been described as having had a poetic vision of a future society , organised along egalitarian and emancipatory lines , supported by modern technology . |