Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 2 | Erm , tell me if I 'm repeating it , because I have said it to a couple of other groups I know , especially the Wednesday group . |
| 3 | ‘ I have moved it to a small paddock beyond the castle walls . ’ |
| 4 | If I have to lift them for a match of that importance then I might as well walk out of the job . ’ |
| 5 | I have to take it with a grain of salt . ’ |
| 6 | Having decided to show all the four seasons in one picture ( as opposed to other occasions when I have made them as a matching set of four separate pictures ) , I had to find a mount that would blend well with all the seasons and colours , so chose an earthy brown . |
| 7 | Since receiving a copy I have scrutinised it with a fine toothpick and believe the whole thing to be completely bogus . |
| 8 | I have described him as a literary concept and this , as applied to a man in a dirty trench-coat moving in and out of sleazy beds and corrupt gambling dens , may seem to be rather excessive . |
| 9 | I have walked it in a day , but it can take as long as a week to complete . |
| 10 | I learned Dimac from a lama in Tibet and my hands are so deadly that I have to keep them in a locked closet when they 're not in use . |
| 11 | One such building in the suburb of Karlshorst was a Stasi training centre less than a year ago , and has now been handed over to local artists , who have turned it into a Kunst Haus ( art house ) and bar . |
| 12 | ‘ The course started in 1991 and those students who have completed two years will be awarded diplomas and those who have followed it for a year will get certificates . ’ |
| 13 | Furthermore , the margin scheme applies only to goods sold by taxable dealers who have acquired them from a private individual or a very small dealer or a body exempt from VAT . |
| 14 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 15 | It becomes less important to Picasso later on but it is something which is constant for Matisse and it has always been recognised by critics who have described him as a painter 's painter . |
| 16 | The partial ban has angered environmentalists and farm workers who have described it as a " cheap ploy " to allow Cheminova Agro to continue to produce 60 per cent of its current annual output of the pesticide . |
| 17 | Usually , those who have espoused it as a goal have had little interest in the idea of equalizing all the pupils of a school or an educational system , or indeed all the people in a particular country . |
| 18 | It is true , certainly , that a number of workers who have investigated it with a view to debunking it were so impressed by the results which could be obtained with it that they became its champions instead of its detractors . |
| 19 | Bonar Law has usually received a bad press from historians , who have portrayed him as a hard , dour , humourless fanatic . |
| 20 | ‘ You have deprived me of a father 's love , ’ she said , peering closely at her toes . |
| 21 | ‘ Eternal Father , you have placed us in a world of space and time , and through the events of our lives you bless us with your love . |
| 22 | If you 're going to complain , you have to do it within a reasonable time and in writing . |
| 23 | You are now able to see the problem from a higher perspective , knowing that you have created it for a reason . |
| 24 | ‘ Yet this is discourteous of me , ’ he said , ‘ when you have saved me from a ‘ messy end ’ . |
| 25 | Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months . |
| 26 | If you have to acquire it as a new one , it 's |
| 27 | You have to read it in a certain way . |
| 28 | I replied , ‘ Yes , you have to heat them on a low tension ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Twice you have surprised me within a few minutes , Mr. Preston . |
| 30 | Hm , you have to beat it in a pan of boiling water . |