Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | On the west , they said , the waves had ranged a hundred feet high up the cliffs , scouring the bird-ledges clean and breaking through bridges and tunnels of rock where no gap had existed before . |
2 | Within two weeks the Allies had put a million men into France . |
3 | ARTILLERY fire and minelaying by government and rebel troops have halted a United Nations reconnaissance mission in Cambodia . |
4 | If the explosions had happened a few weeks later , the Hoffmans would have been living somewhere else . |
5 | Some of their later records have produced a few hits but though it is thoughtful , well-made music , something 's missing . |
6 | Whose rev'rend Oaks have known a hundred Springs ; |
7 | PRAGUE ( Reuter ) — Czechoslovak authorities have released a human rights activist , Miroslav Kusy , who was held on charges of subversion . |
8 | Some local authorities have initiated a Multicultural Arts Action Plan which offers training for employment in Arts , Drama and Music . |
9 | Once folks had printed a few pages of closely spaced text , the next logical step was to print lots of pages of giant words announcing to the world that Fred and Wilma had just got married , or that winkles were on special offer at only ten bob a pound . |
10 | On the way they 've run up Ben Nevis and Snowdonia … swum across Loch Lomond and Derwent Water and cycled the rest of the way … they 're hoping to raise thousands for charity and after 1200 miles have earned a few days off … |