Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] [vb pp] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whatever I 've done or have n't done to Julius , it 's really none of your business , is it ? |
| 2 | But this is the most flattering thing that has ever happened to Howard ! |
| 3 | Drunk one day , driving her on his Harley , he slammed into a house that had once belonged to Jack London . |
| 4 | Twenty-odd years ago Michael Stewart owned a Facel Vega that had once belonged to Ringo Starr . |
| 5 | That round , soft face with its clear blue eyes and straight nose , those small , pretty hands , the plump frame swathed in shawls , all that had actually gone to Afghanistan 60 years ago , had taken part in the adventure that had provided the myth and the burden of Alexandra 's childhood . |
| 6 | Do not fall , either , for the argument that America must have the oil underneath the refuge to reduce its dependence on foreign oil — at a time when , despite the greenhouse effect , the American government has all but abandoned incentives for energy efficiency and has repeatedly bowed to Detroit 's absurd demand that it relax its drive for fuel-efficient car engines . |
| 7 | The Freshman Consultancy opened in January 1991 in offices near London 's Euston station and has since moved to Chamber Street in E1 near Tower Hill . |
| 8 | the pair were spending a season in New Zealand at the invitation of McIntosh 's elder brother , Shane , who had himself played for Pontypridd and has recently returned to Britain to play for West of Scotland . |
| 9 | The Left , like most people in Britain , had been brought up to regard Britain as a world power and had not adjusted to Britain 's real weakness . |
| 10 | Before the War , he had visited Europe , worked in the kitchen of a London hotel , and had then gone to Moscow . |
| 11 | Mrs Knelle 's boy had attended a similar boarding school to the Cistercian college , and had then gone to Maynooth , a prestigious Dublin seminary for priests . |
| 12 | She had embraced Simon , patting his face and exclaiming over his bruised eye , and had then flown to Isabel , taking her in her arms and weeping over her enough , so her husband had said , to raise the level of the lake . |
| 13 | The only clue so far discovered of any value to a possible dating of his return is the fact that , according to Bursali Mehmed Tahir , there exists a copy of one of his most famous works , the written in his own hand , presented to Mehmed II , and dated 878/1473–4 it would not thus be unreasonable to suppose that Molla Husrev wrote the copy especially for Mehmed II , this in turn suggesting that by 878 Molla Husrev had made up his quarrel with the sultan and had perhaps returned to Istanbul . |
| 14 | But Premier League champions Manchester United and double cup-winners Arsenal are also in the hunt and have both spoken to Keane , even though he has already agreed personal terms on a lucrative four-year contract offered by Blackburn manager Kenny Dalglish . |
| 15 | She praised Nigel and Becky Hobday , who were treasurer and membership secretary respectively , and have now moved to Romsey , for their contribution to the association . |
| 16 | We pledged ( and have now paid to RSNC ) £5,000 . |
| 17 | 603 went to Philadelphia for the American Bi-Centennial celebrations in 1976 , but has since returned to San Francisco . |
| 18 | But having politely listened to Mrs Thatcher 's remarks and having promised to pay due attention to Whitehall 's alternative strategy , the summit made it clear that their strategy for monetary union would broadly follow the blueprint laid down . |