Example sentences of "[pers pn] has [verb] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may represent a list of deities , a list of soldiers , or a discussion by a Hittite king of the building of the temple at Phaistos : all these suggestions have been put forward , though none of them has convinced even a quorum of scholars . |
| 2 | A number of Scottish councils adopted the kind of policies proposed by the 1981 STUC resolution , but none of them has set up a unit or appointed specific anti-discrimination workers . |
| 3 | Defoe 's Roxana explains why she has turned down an offer of marriage from a Dutch merchant : ‘ … |
| 4 | Later her brother unwittingly reinforced the impression that she hired and fired staff when he said : ‘ In a quiet way she has weeded out a lot of the hangers-on who surrounded Charles . ’ |
| 5 | — Graham Robb , Tory candidate for hartlepool , said a three-year-old girl whose father claims she has waited over a year for surgery is to get her operation . |
| 6 | She has made only a handful of films in the past 20 years . |
| 7 | We now know for certain that the Theobalds are doubtful , that Percy and Lois Hollis will ‘ do their best ’ , and we have had a late flash that Poppy Winterton thinks she has picked up a mystery virus . |
| 8 | This project has received much local support and she has set up a group of people who will organise it long term . |
| 9 | With the help of producer Mike McEvoy — who produced a track on the current Soul II Soul LP — she has put together a video promo instead of the usual demo cassettes or industry showcases . |
| 10 | She she has to make out a form , with erm what was happening at the time and everything . |
| 11 | Plenty of work , perhaps , but the serious student will find it intensely rewarding , and the newcomer may be encouraged to explore this difficult field ; he will certainly be well armed against the problems once he has digested even a fraction of the mountain of information and enthusiasm contained therein . |
| 12 | ‘ He has gone down a treat with the members , who have a lot of affection for him , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He has played only a handful of games since breaking down with back trouble in St Lucia while touring his native West Indies with England in 1990 . |
| 14 | Most important of all he has run down a number of performances previously unknown . |
| 15 | For the past 20 years he has sent out a nature news sheet every few weeks , detailing his observations of birds , butterflies and flowers , illustrated with his own hand coloured drawings . |
| 16 | He has built up a reputation for naïvely self-important pronouncements on the state of the world and for a determined shunning of personal publicity , but circumstances force him to stand by his words when the Evallonian Royalists seek his support . |
| 17 | Talking about his future , Keith says that he has turned down an approach from Rugby and it 's up to Gloucester now whether they keep him on . |
| 18 | Henry is trying to trace the two men with whom he has struck up an acquaintance : |
| 19 | He has proved not a tamer of wild beasts , but a tamer of wild lives . |
| 20 | He has taken on a personality , like those crackpots who claim to have been reincarnated , from another culture . |
| 21 | At first Minton felt he was too involved with things to get away : ‘ As for Dimbulb Verrico , ’ he told Hunt , ‘ he has taken out a licence to marry his motorbicycle , and I have not seen him since you left … |
| 22 | Otherwise , he has provided both a reason which is in our sense final and a counter-consideration which outweighs it . |
| 23 | Accordingly , he has drawn up a document outlining his position on negotiations which he means to make public , so the people are fully apprised of the proposals that would be on the table . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ He vehemently opposes active regional policies , he has wound up a lot of the government 's aid to the North and during his term as Industry Secretary he has done nothing to create new technology and skills or back new firms and enterprise in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 25 | John Ambrose should be well known to visitors to recent Woodworker Shows , as he has won rather a lot of medals in the turning competitions . |
| 26 | It 's one topic where he has figured out a way of linking present to past that really gets fourth-years moving . |
| 27 | The Shy One hardly ever speaks , partly due to nerves but more usually because he thinks more slowly than his colleagues , and by the time he has thought out a contribution someone else has already said it . |
| 28 | In Peter 's case he has put down a marker for next year , when he will still be young enough to try . |
| 29 | He has put down a Commons motion condemning the Defence Secretary for ‘ the arbitrary action which he is taking to extinguish the ancient rights of common [ … ] for political reasons to prevent the women 's peace camp from continuing their peaceful demonstrations ’ . |
| 30 | He has set up a Capital Works Co-ordination Team , led by Murdo Gray who will report through David McGuigan . |