Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] the [noun prp] ' " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Yes , I have , have n't I , ’ he had agreed cheerfully , clearly pleased at the speedy , efficient response to the phone calls he 'd made from the Meadowses ' ranch house the day before . |
2 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
3 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
4 | Seb could have gone to the Hankses ' cottage and perhaps worked on his learning with Carrie , but that would have meant paying a visit to Anna in her sick room and listening to his mother chatting about the plans for the wedding . |
5 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
6 | Urquhart had come to the Nowaks ' house , Blanche thought , for the same purpose as her — an illegal search for clues about Marek 's past activities . |
7 | And then he discomfited her utterly by keeping that silence until he had turned into the Hamiltons ' driveway , switched off the engine , and opened the boot to retrieve her luggage . |
8 | Maggie had been stewing meat , and now she rolled out pastry with a heavy glass roller like the one Mrs Martin had used in the Bradfords ' kitchen . |
9 | Remembering all the dinners he had eaten at the Dysons ' when he had been living on his own , Bob invited Morris back to his flat one evening so that Tessa could cook dinner for him in his turn . |
10 | Funding for supply cover is available within the DES grants to LEAs for INSET , but in every case the demand for placements has outstripped the funds available , particularly given the competing demands that have existed within the LEAs ' in-service programmes . |