Example sentences of "[pers pn] has [verb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 None of them has made a hash of things like the British government .
2 Every one of you has made a contribution to the character of this institution and I take pleasure in acknowledging what each of you has done to make this such a satisfying academic and social environment .
3 Sources close to the leggy catwalk queen , who signed a £1.2 million pop deal , say she has written a lot of lyrics and whoever matches them best to music will go into the studio with her .
4 Not like her , Maggie , she has to put a lot of effort into looking nice .
5 ‘ Whereas the said John Weston Foakes is indebted to the said Julia Beer and she has obtained a judgment in Her Majesty 's High Court of Justice , Exchequer Division , for the sum of £2,090 19s .
6 The study concludes that ‘ She has become a mistress of the pre-planned , carefully packaged appearance . ’ .
7 More commonly , the minister under attack is shielded by collective responsibility and the decision as to whether he or she goes or stays is one for the Prime Minister , based on the criteria of the extent to which he or she has become a liability to the government .
8 She is now divorced and after periods of University Lecturing at Bristol and Manchester she has become a teacher at Withington Girls ' School .
9 She has become a parody of herself , doomed to spend the rest of her life acting out her own mythical qualities .
10 She has felt a rapport with Headway since Prince William narrowly escaped brain damage in an accident at school last year .
11 If you find it difficult to understand some of the feelings she expresses , you have to realise that she has reached a stage in life 's journey of which , as yet , you know nothing at all , and until you stand where she is standing now you are in no position to pass any judgement on her attitudes .
12 She has sent a proposal to parliament that the sale of major works of art should be allowed on condition that the proper procedures be followed and the necessarily vague criteria be observed .
13 She has drunk a total of 14 units of alcohol — the recommended weekly intake for a woman .
14 As for Angela , she has completed a course at Westminster College which she found revelatory .
15 She has completed a biography of society figure and pre-war decorator Elsie de Wolfe .
16 She has developed a passion for a blend of ylang-ylang and patchouli .
17 She has pasted a smile on her face .
18 She has received a letter from Liverpool Council threatening court action if she does not pay her arrears .
19 She has built a reputation for herself as a specialist in the area and is not involved as photographic director for Al-Wasat , a magazine based in London , which is launched this month for distribution throughout the Arab world .
20 We learn that John has had an affair with a fashion model ( Sunny Griffin ) , who moves in with her dresses , wigs and dog , but decides to leave after she has made a mess of the kitchen by boiling the spaghetti over .
21 At times the loneliness of her position has brought her to the edge of despair , so much so that she has made a number of suicide attempts , some more half-hearted than others .
22 She has made a career as a backbencher , taking an interest in penal affairs and animal welfare .
23 She has made a list of the items the business owns .
24 From her newspaper stand on High Row , Darlington , Pat reckons she has gained a wealth of experience about human life .
25 Since her return to the Commons as MP for Derby South in 1983 , she has gained a reputation as an effective parliamentary performer , able to master complex briefs .
26 As part of the course , she has to choose a subject of her own about which to write a paper ; one of her difficulties is to know how to form her own views , not just copy already received opinions .
27 I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off .
28 She has given a lot of commitment to the strategy ; she now needs to give as much to the process of change and to ensuring that the public understands it .
29 She has to do a lot of standing . ’
30 During ‘ One World Week ’ in October this year , she has initiated a project in Falkirk to support ‘ Tools for Self Reliance ’ .
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