Example sentences of "[adv] we have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been very quiet up here for the last two years , but suddenly we have had a surge , ’ says a Vardy spokesman . |
| 2 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |
| 3 | ‘ In the last ten years or so we have developed a number of ancillary services , which have grown out of our core business . |
| 4 | but he was arrested and sacked so we have to have a bouncer |
| 5 | So we have established a measure which we call OTIF — on time , in full — and we 've been measuring our performance in this area for the past two years . |
| 6 | So we have put a marker in the ground and said we are not going to move forward in the production investment phase until we are satisfied that we have a fixed price at that point so we are actually going to cap our liabilities for Eurofighter with a max price for the whole of the remainder of the programme and then we will fix the price and hopefully get some economies from fixing at that point in time before we move forward into the next phase . |
| 7 | Already we have had a taste of [ socialism ] in West Ham . |
| 8 | Usually we have to look a bit more closely for numbers that will cancel . |
| 9 | Similarly we have made a group of " themes " . |
| 10 | ‘ In order to keep the sea out we have to build a wall , but a promenade will be constructed above road level and people will be able to look over the wave wall . ’ |
| 11 | Well we have to take a chance . |
| 12 | Here we have adopted a schedule order which follows the citation order . |
| 13 | But here we have built a society with a colour bar as real as South Africa 's , and worse because it is not admitted . |
| 14 | Since then we have seen a host of companies freezing their dividends , with a much smaller proportion cutting them , and then generally under duress . |
| 15 | If we can satisfy the stringent requirements of the number system then we have established a scale of measurement . |
| 16 | Consequently we have invited a number of European co-ordinators to a meeting in March 1992 to advise us on what needs to be done and to participate in policy development . |
| 17 | Instead we have to introduce a set of Reynolds numbers relating to different events in the transition process . |
| 18 | ‘ Either we have caught a sickness which is native to this world and we have no immunity against it , or maybe we have brought something with us , and because the air and the temperature are different here , it grows and alters . |
| 19 | There are many thousands of us soldiers that have ventured our lives ; we have had little propriety [ i.e. property ] in the kingdom as to our estates , yet we have had a birthright . |
| 20 | Er we have looked to supplement national e information by our local knowledge specifically I might instance one er where we have made a survey of the institutions which is one source of er possible difference between er people looking at the situation locally and those from further afield . |
| 21 | Again we have taken a lead . |
| 22 | That 's why we have devised a low-calorie , high protein diet . |
| 23 | That 's why we have to make a decision and act now . ’ |
| 24 | This is why we have chosen a mouth ( on the following diagram ) to represent the outgoing side of a personality ; but this is only one side of the personality . |
| 25 | ‘ I know the twins used to visit their parents early in the morning — which is why we have to share a bed , ’ he breathed softly . |