Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also contained her unconscious valedictory : As a Catholic observer who has lived in the Third World for nearly 30 years , I have followed developments in the Church , at times with despair but mostly with optimism . |
| 2 | ‘ I have fished Keswick like the most ancient angler , but I am about to take my leave of it . |
| 3 | And then I have to set fire to the bottom bit . |
| 4 | ‘ I have sought advice from the police scientific development branch of the Home Office about the definition of ‘ handcuff ’ ’ , he said . |
| 5 | Then he said to me in English , ‘ I have written answers to the two questions you sent me , ’ and opened the file . |
| 6 | Over the last twenty years I have been active in our hobby , I have lost count of the number of detectors I have used . |
| 7 | I have lost count of the number of times I have read quotes from manager Keith Fletcher saying that he was impressed at the speed his batsmen learned to play spin in India . |
| 8 | Avid as I am for details of Claudia 's personal life , I have lost interest in the details of my own . |
| 9 | I have confirmed sightings of the greater spotted car park attendant , the red-necked typist and the pink-backed wedding guest who forgot her hat . |
| 10 | I have stood guard across the centuries . ’ |
| 11 | I have to thank Vera for the holiday to Scarborough , not that I went . |
| 12 | I expect Poole has told you that I have searched London for the chemicals I need . |
| 13 | I have undertaken missions with the hon. Members for Foyle ( Mr. Hume ) , for Fermanagh and South Tyrone ( Mr. Maginnis ) and for South Down ( Mr. McGrady ) in an attempt to get more business and development in their areas . |
| 14 | I have visited Southampton within the past few days to see what had become of one of the subsidiaries there Hampshire Bus . |
| 15 | As clerk to the Parish Council I have received complaints about the recent flooding and road closure notices on Gubberford Lane . |
| 16 | By the way , I have received copies of the Dyfed consultation drafts on golf courses and windfarms , although I have not yet had time to read them . |
| 17 | I have received representations from the London and Provincial Antique Dealers Association and from Sir Stanley Bailey , the former chief constable of Northumbria police . |
| 18 | I have given thanks for the brave and selfless work done by many British men and women who face dangerous circumstances every day . |
| 19 | I have given guidance on the rules of debate . |
| 20 | I have seen letters in the Financial Times complaining about the dearth of bailiffs : in the repossessionary times there are not enough of them to go round . |
| 21 | I have seen males of the genus Nymphon on the shores of Britain carrying as many as six bundles of eggs , each from a different female . |
| 22 | I have seen details of the Fylde Coast Bike Ride in my son 's copy of Bike Events and , as clerk to Nether Wyresdale Parish Council ( which is centred on the village of Scorton ) , I am concerned about what look like mistakes in the advertised route and final destination . |
| 23 | I have seen children with the classic symptoms of kwashiorkor — distended bellies and rheumy eyes — sitting aimlessly in dingy hospitals outside silent sugar mills on Negros Island , and wondered how such tropic abundance could possibly spawn such misfortune . |
| 24 | I have joined gyms in the past . |
| 25 | Where I have to take issue with the LTA , however , is over its decision to increase prize money for 1992 by 20 per cent from $500,000 to $600,000 , which will be exactly double the minimum requirement from tournaments in the same category on the ATP Tour , for 1993 . |
| 26 | But I have to take issue with the latter . |
| 27 | However , I have made claims for the relation of this text to action and it is the final part of this book which bears the burden of substantiating that claim . |
| 28 | I have made statements from the Dispatch Box announcing new tanks , new helicopters , new frigates , and new packages for the air force , our amphibious forces and our commandos . |
| 29 | " I can see God himself must be against us , since I have declared war on the animals . |
| 30 | As I mentioned on the phone I have invited representatives from the various churches and other organisations to be present . |