Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 NIGEL GOULD has looked at one centre — currently under financial threat — which helps protect young delinquents from themselves .
2 A case in point was a series of devastating strikes that Finniston had to weather at British Steel in 1974 .
3 The Air Djibouti flight from Addis Ababa had stopped at Dire Dawa but had picked up no passengers .
4 Also unaccompanied , like Nolan , though Harry had mentioned at one time that Lewis was married : his reclusive wife preferred to stay at home to avoid the fuss and fracas of Lewis drunk .
5 William and Joseph had glanced at each other .
6 They had all come to her , one by one , during the evening , an evening harried with telephone calls — ‘ I do n't think , ’ Anna had said at one point , ‘ that we have eaten an uninterrupted meal in twenty-one years ’ — and they had all explained to her how awful they felt , and how guilty they felt about feeling awful , because it was n't anybody 's fault , and that made it worse , having nobody to blame .
7 The great issue of the next week was whether Law could agree to attend the Carlton Club meeting which Chamberlain had summoned at short notice for the Thursday morning , 19 October .
8 ’ Louise and Ben had smiled at each other and Zoe had felt excluded .
9 Never in the entire two years she 'd known him had he inspired in her such a hopeless rage of jealousy as she 'd experienced when Guido had looked at that girl .
10 Both Peking and East Berlin have witnessed at first hand just how dangerous the forces unleashed by Mikhail Gorbachev can be .
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