Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] has [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There are lines round my eyes and my hair has become a hag 's rope .
2 ‘ I 've entered every year for the past 15 years and my bike has covered the distance every time — with a few minor running repairs sometimes .
3 My labour has enriched the fatherland .
4 My eye has permitted no change .
5 My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps .
6 My husband has wronged the Mamur Zapt .
7 My husband has put a lot of work into Maastricht and the last six months have been awful for him , ’ she said .
8 I do n't know how many times my husband has attempted a three-D backdrop effect before , but this method , with its spot-on diagrams , worked first time .
9 If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance .
10 ‘ And , Mr Oak , ’ she continued in a clear voice , ‘ I 'm so poor that my aunt has to provide a home for me .
11 My know-how has reached the summit of effort , and surpassed it .
12 And was there was a hint of desperation when he told TODAY 'S Bill Blighton last April : ‘ My life has become a soap opera , a long-running saga but I 'm not going to be the clone the US Tour want .
13 Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute .
14 And since Jack Walker got involved , I suppose my form has followed the fortunes of the club , and I 've never looked back . ’
15 I will be contacting you again after [ date ] when my client has had an opportunity to consider all indicative offers received .
16 My son has got a phone near the door and ?
17 My brother has left the family seat for two weeks of the fleshpots . ’
18 My mother has purified the City . ’
19 Their enthusiasm has seen the project through .
20 It 'll be many months before the case next comes to court but Linda Joyce is happy at last she has an opportunity to clear her name and that her case has opened the way for others in a similar position .
21 It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke .
22 It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke .
23 She was buried at Cholsey where her grave has become a shrine for fans from all over the world .
24 Their funding has allowed the community to set up a health clinic where the families can bring their children for the sort of check ups we in Britian take for granted .
25 It is the job of conductors to reset the points after their car has taken the junction .
26 Her Majesty has honoured the Works by visiting it on three occasions , the first on 11 March 1948 as Princess Elizabeth , when she toured the Works and inspected the two new saloons that had been converted from two ex-Chairman 's Saloons ( built Wolverton 1942 ) for the personal use of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh .
27 Chairman Lord Younger has announced that , in addition to a tour of the building , Her Majesty has accepted an invitation to join him for lunch .
28 Her obsession has taken the form of compulsive exercising : huge amounts of daily exercise , without which she feels panic-stricken and lost .
29 American disinterest in their fate has meant the stalling of negotiations with the PLO towards a settlement and the apparently indefinite toleration by the West of their ill-treatment at Israeli hands .
30 Their work has withstood the storms of a hundred years and more .
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