Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
| 2 | By the time I had children of my own , I had overcome by fear to a great extent but I was still a little nervous . |
| 3 | Because everything took a long time to complete , I started to savour occupations which in the past I had regarded as chores to be endured . |
| 4 | As the DGM was later to point out ‘ The 45 per cent included the revenue which I had negotiated for transfer to other districts which had been dependent on Horton and Banstead . |
| 5 | It is no conceded that that figure included matters which should not have been taken into consideration , such as the agency quotes mark-up unquotes and the effect of V A T. Figures making allowance for appropriate deductions but also including what I 've said by Mr to be appropriate increases totalling one hundred and sixty thous one hundred and sixty six thousand two hundred and fifty pounds , are claimed on behalf of the plaintiff . |
| 6 | Many 's the time I 've slipped from top to bottom of the ladder , making a noise like the crack of doom , which was not however , sufficient to wake them ( as I could tell by their uninterrupted snores ) . |
| 7 | I 've driven from California to Colorado — this is not an imaginary answer . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I do like that , ’ Miss Poraway was saying , pointing at a cartoon cut from the WRVS News that someone had stuck with Sellotape to the dashboard of the van . |
| 9 | " I have gone from failure to failure , with France , alas , the loser . |
| 10 | What I have written in relation to barristers as advocates applies equally to solicitors . |
| 11 | Again , the same question may be asked as that which I have asked in relation to Schüssler Fiorenza 's work : given that in every age women have been mistreated at the hands of men , how much do present-day women really have in common with biblical women ? |
| 12 | I am convinced that zander often shoal up or gather in great numbers when they are not hunting and to come across one of these occurrences as I have done from time to time is an unbelievably exciting experience . |
| 13 | From what I have gathered from talking to other business people they have also seen an increase in business . |
| 14 | I have read from cover to cover with great interest , and now hasten to enclose my subscription . |
| 15 | I have thought from time to time that I would like to write and let you know how much those lessons meant to me — and now I am ! |
| 16 | Vincent Skinner , the Writer of the Tallies , complained that ‘ the distraction I have had about quarrels to my place have hindered me much and now so utterly discouraged me that the service I intended to have done I could not . |
| 17 | I have listened with concern to what the hon. Gentleman said about this matter . |
| 18 | I have listened with care to what the hon. Gentleman has said about the matter . |
| 19 | Further to our telephone conversation today , I have pleasure in enclosing a copy of the document I have drafted in response to the Government 's proposed National Sustainability Report being prepared in the wake of last year 's Earth Summit . |
| 20 | On the other hand , I have needed from time to time to provide a certain amount of background , because the progress of a friendship can not be traced otherwise than by describing attendant circumstances . |
| 21 | In the light of the serious situation which has arisen in relation to the Maxwell case , will my right hon. Friend take a good look at the pension funds of ABG Research , which is about to be wound up ? |
| 22 | Maladministration is not defined , but it is usually taken to mean administrative action ( or inaction ) which has led to unfairness to a member of the public . |
| 23 | ONE railway which has progressed from strength to strength is the ‘ Coal Yard Branch Line ’ at Kidderminster Town Station on the Severn Valley Railway . |
| 24 | They were asked to outline what their parties aimed to do to boost the average income of farmers , which has fallen by 18pc to the lowest level since the 1939–1945 War . |
| 25 | Hellenistic culture interfered with the parallel developments of individual cultures which had extended from China to Greece in previous centuries . |
| 26 | As she rose , her eyes , which had flicked from side to side , looked him in the face for the first time . |
| 27 | Leadership in science , which had moved from France to Germany in the late nineteenth century and from Germany to Great Britain early in the twentieth , now went to the United States , where immense resources had been developed during the war and were ready to be applied to more beneficial ends . |
| 28 | I accepted plate and cup , thanked her , and wondered how on earth , into a conversation which had ranged from hydroponics to knitting to the situation in the smaller countries of the Warsaw Pact to the best breed of wool for spinning tweed to the honey and the siting of the hives — how on earth I could decently introduce my queries about Ewen Mackay . |
| 29 | Held : The defendants owed to the plaintiff , as a guest , a duty to take all reasonable care to see that the premises were safe , and their failure to light the passage in a London hotel at 11.20 p.m. , when guests might reasonably be expected to be using the passage was a breach of that duty which had resulted in injury to the plaintiff . |
| 30 | European stock markets were stronger , with market operators relieved that Wall Street did not repeat Tuesday 's sharp 83-point drop , which had come in reaction to early indications of what Mr Clinton had in mind . |