Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 2 | I emphasise that I do not believe that any individual or manager in the health service has done anything in this case which departs from the principles upon which the health service is built . |
| 3 | So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus . |
| 4 | If danger threatens powerful muscles can snap the valves tightly shut , and once a bivalve has closed itself in this way it can be very difficult to force it open — it has ‘ clammed ’ up . |
| 5 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 6 | I am rather surprised that Martin Frears has found himself in this predicament . |
| 7 | And it is apparent that Ackroyd has found himself in this manner — through exposure to Wilde , Eliot , and now Chatterton . |
| 8 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 9 | Her family 's history , although nobody has recorded it in such detail , seems to have been almost as adventurous as that of the Crankos . |
| 10 | " I think the American woman has upset him in some way , " she continued in a quiet voice . |
| 11 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 12 | I think , er you know , they 're just a , you know , if , if they were erm elm trees or something like that , or you know blackthorn trees here and you 'd taken them in this country , you 'd say , oh there 's a couple of blackthorn trees ! |
| 13 | Presumably the library should at least have highlighted it in some way such as printing it in red , on the front of the delivery note , perhaps with a large red hand pointing to it . |
| 14 | Mary-Rose Caden , a smoker and teachers ' representative on Lothian education committee , forecast it may be impracticable : ‘ If it 's a complete ban , then they 'll have to police it in some way . |
| 15 | His defence lawyer says the case is unique in French law in that the court accepted Kim might have stabbed herself in this way . |
| 16 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 17 | ‘ Why would you have told me in any case ? |
| 18 | If war broke out , would I come to regret having buried myself in some backwater while history passed me by ? |
| 19 | In such a case the plaintiff could recover the extra cost of the special equipment , but could not recover the basic cost of the car if he would have needed one in any event . |
| 20 | Oh no he would n't have had me in any case . |
| 21 | ‘ You could have had anything in that bottle . ’ |
| 22 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 23 | I may have sent it quicker over the goal line with this touch , but I think it would have reached it in any case . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Now Jane , ’ turning to me , ‘ I 'll have to leave you in this room with Mason while I fetch the doctor . |
| 25 | Having known him in this country and having travelled around Israel with him , I know that he is tough and resilient . |
| 26 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 27 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |
| 28 | This meant that loyalty forbade her to tell Philip — who would n't have believed her in any case . |
| 29 | But whalers could have enlightened them in this respect , for they knew that whales possessed acute hearing , the constant ‘ twittering ’ of the White whale even earning it the name of the sea canary . |
| 30 | My father would have put it in another way : ‘ Zol zey alamin chappen a cholera . ’ |