Example sentences of "[conj] have [vb pp] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tall , prematurely white-haired man in a navy blue suit , with eyes that could focus on you as if you were a fly that had settled on a distant door-knob , he could dominate a large room while seated behind a desk at one end of it and without raising his voice above a conversational level . |
| 2 | It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years . |
| 3 | BDO Binder Hamlyn ( phone 071–489 9000 ) has recently expanded its investment management service and has embarked on a joint venture with Matheson Investment managers to give a broader base and access to greater research and expertise . |
| 4 | The President had seen the polls forecasting heavy defeat and had decided on a high-profile last-ditch effort to free the Iranian hostages . |
| 5 | The gasman had told us it would blow up and had stuck on a waning sign to remind us . |
| 6 | A communiqué issued after the meeting said that delegates had declared Iraq to be a " democratic federal country " , and had agreed on a federal structure based on wilayats or provinces , reportedly as a gesture to Islamic parties which had insisted on Arab-Islamic nomenclature . |
| 7 | He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees . |
| 8 | Perhaps Marcus had read her previous reticence to give herself completely to him as boredom with the scenario of casual individual relationships which were par for the course for their contemporaries , and had laid on a partner-swapping party to titillate her interest . |
| 9 | The French , as the previous section showed , have accepted this challenge and have embarked on a wide range of measures to offset the adverse effects of the Tunnel and capitalise on its potential . |