Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More sepoys poured forward over the bodies of their fellows and a number of the defenders who had lingered too long hammering nails into the vents of the cannons were cut down as they tried to make their way back to the shelter of the buildings ; many more would have perished had not a small rescuing party which included Rayne , Fleury , half a dozen Sikhs and a couple of Eurasian clerks , wielding sabres and bayonets , surged forward in a sudden counter-attack to surround their companions and drag them back . |
| 2 | Sometimes it seemed that those who had profited most successfully form the bonanza that he Shah had unleashed were the first to go -with members of the Pahlavi dynasty leading the rush tot he exit . |
| 3 | Others who had coped well enough to begin with on those scanty mill wages , who had even picked themselves up and patched things together , the first time that demon of bad trade had halved their weekly pay ; the first time there had been sickness and doctors ' bills to eat up anything they had been able to put by during the good times — never much ; the first time a husband had suffered injury at the mill or the foundry , which meant no weekly pay-packet at all . |
| 4 | The policies of the Secretary of State have meant that patients who have waited too long find the lists abolished , as happened to the varicose veins list at Whipps Cross hospital . |
| 5 | Those who have escaped so far wait nervously , fearing the worst . |
| 6 | Adventurers who have got this far deserve some hefty magical rewards for their efforts , especially if they have overcome the Great Enchanter himself . |
| 7 | And there are plenty of people who have spoken here tonight have substantiated that ! |
| 8 | I agree with all the right hon. and hon. Members who said — I think that almost all who have spoken so far made this point — that it is very important to give Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland the prospect of joining the Community at least by the end of the decade , and to give them every possible assistance in meeting the economic and political conditions for membership as soon as possible . |