Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I have sent an 11-page dossier to Patrick Chillery of the disqualification unit asking that the two be disqualified under the terms of the Disqualification of Directors Act 1986 , ’ said Mr Bell . |
| 2 | In consequence , for such minds — your Convocation for example — I have prepared an illustrated talk lightly giving the background of the life of this outwardly ordinary Englishman — including human failings besides brilliance — and how eventually , he was able to produce such literary work . |
| 3 | For example , on the right-hand side of the photograph , I have placed an oval miniature between two upright rectangles . |
| 4 | I have received an encouraging report from Boyds , the US mining engineering company , which has reviewed British Coal 's colliery operations and found much scope for further productivity improvements . |
| 5 | I have received an official request from the Grand Council for the antique dealer to be freed , ’ the Archon continued . |
| 6 | I have received an anonymous offering from Lancashire County Council , signed only ‘ Grass roots ’ . |
| 7 | Erm elsewhere in my statement I have indicated an appropriate provision of employment land which is related to the population size which we are suggesting for the new settlement . |
| 8 | Happening by chance to be employed in one of the most notoriously protest-prone university schools in the Western world , I have noticed an extraordinary anomaly in student protest behaviour which I invite my readers to compare with their own experience , which I think they will find quite closely comparable to my own . |
| 9 | Thus I have seen an interesting application of group dynamics to the study of a Women 's Institute , and a voluntary social agency studied as an example of a bureaucracy . |
| 10 | I have seen an old lighterman take a loaded barge across the Thames in the Pool of London with a few strokes of his sweep — and a canny use of the tide . |
| 11 | I have appointed an eminent expert , Mr. Roy Stoner , the director of the Institute of Irrigation Studies at Southampton university , as my specialist groundwater adviser . |
| 12 | Well I 've made it not to if , if , if I , if I , if , if they 'd ordered , been ordered on my say so , I have made an autonomous decision , well you , there 's so many people in that place making autonomous bloody decisions , why should n't I do a few ? |
| 13 | Jonathan Halliwell and I have made an approximate calculation of what the no-boundary condition would imply . |
| 14 | In short I have laid an excellent foundation . |
| 15 | I presume you have seen it already , but I have enclosed an extra copy for your use . |
| 16 | In addition I have learnt an enormous amount from the monthly meetings of the Education Network in London , of which I was Coordinator from 1983 to 1987 . |
| 17 | I have had an indifferent season but I always give 100 per cent effort and so do the other players . ’ |
| 18 | Over the years , although never establishing a close friendship with the Profumos , I have had an admiring acquaintance with both of them and am happy to see that their marriage was not ruined by this solitary episode and distressed indeed by its revival from time to time by creatures animated solely by greed . |
| 19 | I have had an unfortunate accident with my new Ballerina apple tree , the top of the stem has been broken off . |
| 20 | ‘ Harold , ’ I said , ‘ I have had an initial meeting with the doctors and there is an appalling hurdle in the way of beginning negotiations . |
| 21 | As a detective , I have to keep an open mind . |
| 22 | At least , out here , I have — I admit this with shame — I have delivered an extended breech with the nurse giving chloroform at one end and praying and me delivering at the other end and swearing , and the baby lived , the mother lived , and everything was all right . |
| 23 | In the course of this chapter I have taken an historical perspective upon the nature of religious belief , looking in particular at writers from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries . |
| 24 | Several years later , I have found an excellent art group , where the tutor imparts actual technical knowledge rather than vague ramblings on the nature of art . |
| 25 | Several years later , I have found an excellent art group , where the tutor imparts actual technical knowledge rather than vague ramblings on the nature of art . |
| 26 | I have found an excellent team of people who are highly committed and motivated and who work for N C V O as honorary officers , of staff , as members of all the various committees and working groups , task forces , er , and think tanks , and any other name that we can think up to involve you . |
| 27 | For example , my Department funds various motor projects which have played an increasing role , and there are some excellent examples which focus on demanding programmes to get motor offenders to change to adopt responsible attitudes and behaviour . |
| 28 | The games , which have become an annual event , are intended to appeal to weekend sportsmen and women . |
| 29 | Family relationships are more complicated and involve patterns which have become an intrinsic part of the relationship . |
| 30 | LASMO has had to pursue its business objectives , including the asset management programme , against a background of world recession and low oil prices — factors which have had an adverse impact on the company 's short term position . |