Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a history " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew even then that I inherited a history which defined who I was . |
| 2 | In the second place , if reason is defined by its elimination of madness , and if history is a rational concept , the question then follows , how can you write a history of madness ? |
| 3 | She had a history of aching in the chest , pain extending to both shoulder blades , and neck pain associated with tiredness of both the upper and lower arms and hands . |
| 4 | She had a history of recurrent eczema but no exposure to toxic products . |
| 5 | She had a history of hospital admissions for similar symptoms in 1976 , 1983 , and 1989 which resolved spontaneously . |
| 6 | She had a history of insulin-dependent diabetes and hypertension . |
| 7 | In 1909 she became editor of the Charity Organisation Review , and in 1914 she published a history of the previous half-century of charitable work in London , Social Work in London 1869–1912 . |
| 8 | She published a history of the UDC , Builders of Peace ( 1924 ) , and from 1925 to 1928 was editor of the UDC journal , Foreign Affairs , which she aimed to make a more popular and widely read journal . |
| 9 | You may feel ready to embark on more strenuous exercise ; but do talk to your doctor before you get carried away if you have a history of heart trouble or high blood pressure , or any other health problems such as bronchitis or emphysema . |
| 10 | You 're running Channel Four , and you have a history in television , those are your dynastic origins . |
| 11 | Intercourse is safe throughout pregnancy , unless you had a previous miscarriage , in which case it should be avoided during the first 14 weeks and avoided altogether if you have a history of miscarrying . |
| 12 | You , you have a history of legal actions do n't you ? |
| 13 | You have a history of legal actions |
| 14 | In the history of disability representation or ‘ arts and disability ’ , we find a history of representation that was done in our name but not done by us . |
| 15 | What mattered to Marx and Engels was therefore not so much the specific history which had produced these concepts , but the fact that they had a history at all , that the concepts were dependent on the type of society and economy in which they occurred . |
| 16 | They had a history of hearing loss for an average of 18 months . |
| 17 | Like just about everything , they had a history and , like most other phenomena based on biological processes — for the ego and superego , although purely psychological agencies , nevertheless require a brain in which to function — evolved over an extended period of time . |
| 18 | Patients were excluded from the study if they were pregnant or lactating , if they were expecting to undergo surgery , or if they had a history of concurrent gastric ulceration , renal insufficiency , alcoholism ( pure ethanol intake greater than 100 ml/day ( women ) or 120 ml/day ( men ) , or behaviour consistent with alcohol abuse ) , drug abuse , or language difficulties . |
| 19 | They have a history of being unreliable . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 21 | ‘ He has a history of high blood-pressure and an added problem is that his stage show is quite physical . |
| 22 | Apparently he has a history of COADs — chronic obstructive airways disease . |
| 23 | It has a history that goes back to Morgan and Drake , a history of piracy and corruption that reaches down to the present day . |
| 24 | ‘ Medicine has a problem — it has a history of sexism and classism . |
| 25 | It has a history that limits what the characters and the author can do with words . |
| 26 | I like thirty , it has a history , I seem to remember . |
| 27 | It possesses a history , a knowledge . |
| 28 | He took a history degree at Trinity College , Cambridge , before joining Matthew Gloag as a trainee in 1956 at the age of 25 . |
| 29 | PC John Burden , coroner 's officer for Canterbury , Kent , said : ‘ He had a history of depression dating back to the early 1970s and he had been depressed since September this year . ’ |
| 30 | He shook during the interviews and said he had a history of mental illness . |