Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her will declares that more than £219,000 should go to Cornell College , Mount Vernon , Iowa , in the U.S. , where she had studied English literature . |
| 2 | If your marriage lacks sparkle , if you would like to know how to improve your relationship , or you have had serious problems but would like to save your marriage , the centre can be of help . |
| 3 | Held , dismissing the appeal , ( 1 ) that either the mother as donee of the power of attorney had possessed sufficient general understanding and capability to have satisfied herself regarding the purport and effect of the transfer document and had failed to do so , or she had lacked ordinary competence and capacity , in which case the defendant , as donor , could not be allowed to repudiate the transfer to an innocent third party ; that , if the case was that the defendant had failed to inform the donee of the power of attorney , that lack of care also precluded him from relying on her ignorance of the power ; and that , therefore , the fact that the mother had been tricked into signing the transfer document without reading it , was not sufficient to sustain a plea of non est factum ( post , p. 679A–F ) . |
| 4 | If a friend or colleague whose opinions you respect tells you that he or she has received beneficial treatment from a particular hypnotherapist , perhaps that is the one for you to consult . |
| 5 | In order to do this , he or she has to have considerable experience of the advertising business , and may well have spent some time working for a client company . |
| 6 | In the US , where we have applied corrective action to unprofitable lines , we continue to benefit from the successful introduction of rating increases . |
| 7 | The " planned estimate " will be sent in all cases , even if you have a meter box outside your property or we have made other arrangements with you for access . |
| 8 | The Liberal Democrats had the highest share of the vote in several authorities where they have proven local government strength . |
| 9 | Possible Lower Palaeozoic sources will only be of interest where they have escaped premature maturation brought on by burial under thick Devonian cover , a factor very difficult to assess ahead of analytical work in areas where the Devonian has itself suffered erosion . |
| 10 | Where they have considered human reasons these have tended to be simplistic explanations of defence or relationships to field systems and land uses . |
| 11 | Not quite so confidently as in Stratford ; or in Oxford , of course , where he had memorised whole sentences from the Jan Morris guide . |
| 12 | Some , like Bina Gardens , where he had spent pleasant evenings with Frank Morley and Geoffrey Faber in the 1930s at John Hayward 's flat , resulted in the Noctes Binanianae , a little private anthology which I came upon later in the Houghton Library at Harvard . |
| 13 | He had had a successful academic career at Cambridge University , where he had taken successive degrees leading up to his PhD . |
| 14 | In Berchtesgaden , where Hitler had his home on the Obersalzberg , and where he had enjoyed special veneration in former days , the SD reported that his speech on New Year 's Eve merely elicited the response that it ‘ brought nothing new ’ , and there was ‘ hardly any credibility worth mentioning ’ left for his last broadcast speech on 30 January 1945 . |
| 15 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |
| 16 | An immensely confident batsman , Gooch is at his most bullish against the West Indians , where he has found great success . |
| 17 | An immensely confident batsman , Gooch is at his most bullish against the West Indians , where he has found great success . |
| 18 | My argument here is not on that issue , since the focus of their attention was on Parliament and parliamentary procedure and I want to introduce the other side of reform into the debate — where it has received insufficient attention . |
| 19 | It not only represents the profession towards the Institutions of the EC where it has made significant contributions , but is also the focal point for the discussion of matters of common interest to the profession throughout Europe . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , although I 've experienced severe tremors in other places . |
| 21 | Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 . |
| 22 | ‘ The fact that I 've achieved relative success at this club does n't help me now , and I do n't think it should be taken into account either . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
| 24 | Does that mean that I 've made lumpy custard ? |
| 25 | The erm , any other areas that I 've drew particular attention as a , as a , key issue is on the matter of er legality and doing work for other bodies , which has been an issue here which er , as you may recall we mentioned that in the last two or three years . |
| 26 | I mean to tell you that I 'd seen old Ken |
| 27 | As I made the turn and dive I realised that I had lost lateral control and the wing " roll and dive " was increasing alarmingly . |
| 28 | Capron had lent me the gun , and suggested the ploy of telling Graham that I had found new evidence that would clear his name of the allegations that he was a Soviet agent . |
| 29 | Little did the other helpers know that I had had real experience in the world of commerce outside . |
| 30 | I was not in the least keen , but when it became clear to me that my intervention would be frowned upon only slightly by my television clients , added to the fact that I had established good relations with George Elvin , the ACTT 's general secretary , it seemed to me that there might be some sense in intervening . |