Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvia Pedder sometimes has to go as far as Cumbria to see her relatives . |
| 2 | Unable to find work after leaving the army , which he joined at 16 , he has travelled as far as Holland in search of a job — but to no avail . |
| 3 | President Bush has enjoyed rising approval ratings , and communism 's appeal has collapsed as fast as communism . |
| 4 | The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector . |
| 5 | He knows when to turn back and he has turned back frequently when things are n't right . |
| 6 | Dalglish then handed over Livingstone and £400,000 to Chelsea in return for England Under-21 midfielder Le Saux , 24 , who has played only once since Dave Webb took charge at Stamford Bridge . |
| 7 | I return to Summerchild , who has retreated as far as laughter will stretch and found nothing . |
| 8 | The text of warranties has become much longer because solicitors have included very many specific warranties as well as general warranties . |
| 9 | Yet they , too , complain of aches and pains , of being squeezed by a ‘ credit crunch ’ under which borrowing has become harder even while interest rates have been falling . |
| 10 | ‘ OUP has spent considerably more than £100,000 adapting its computer system to cope with the new requirements . |
| 11 | Of that number , none has spoken more strongly than Earth Dances , the largescale orchestral work which Birtwistle composed in 1986 . |
| 12 | ‘ Instead of leading the way in the Community , Britain has trailed along behind whilst others have taken the lead . ’ |
| 13 | Harvest usually takes place in mid-October , although in extreme cases it has commenced as early as August and as late as November . |
| 14 | John Reid has splashed out more than £1 million to buy a new home so he can look at the famous sign . |
| 15 | The plume of smoke from these fires now covers about 15,000 square kilometres ( 5,800 square miles ) and has drifted as far as Iran . |
| 16 | Tranmere would have won more comfortably if Aldridge , the League 's leading scorer with 38 goals , had managed to convert a fortuitous penalty , awarded for a handling offence by Butters . |
| 17 | The problem is that the invitation must have come rather late as Carolyn recalls : ‘ I walked in about six o'clock and Diana went : ‘ Quick , quick I 've got to meet Charles in twenty minutes . ’ |
| 18 | The implications of the new technological revolution go far beyond the silicon chip and its offspring , a message that may have penetrated as far as Kenneth Baker , Britain 's Minister for Information Technology . |
| 19 | America yielded first place despite its exports rising 8.5% in volume terms , compared with a rise of only 1.5% for Germany ; and it would still have done so even if unification , which added $22.5 billion to the exports of the former Federal Republic , had never happened . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't suppose I 'd have done so well if Maggie had been in charge ’ he was a Minister in the Wilson government . |
| 21 | We 'd only have to walk as far as Bingley . |
| 22 | ‘ It would have to play up just as Sybil was going to tell me something important , ’ she complained . |
| 23 | But she should have got as far as London . |
| 24 | The car , which could have raced as early as May , will be fully prepared for action with Prost behind the wheel next season . |
| 25 | The visitors might have replied almost immediately when Mark Stepney rounded the defence but put his shot wide . |
| 26 | I need n't have worried too much because Seve was in complete control on the first round . |
| 27 | There were two more floors above this in the keep , but the chances of Balliol having gone upstairs rather than down were remote . |
| 28 | The agency claimed that , having stated as recently as Sept. 17 that it had no unreleased BNL material , it had since discovered the existence of a series of transmissions from the CIA 's Rome station which indicated that the Rome headquarters of BNL had authorized some of the Iraqi loans . |
| 29 | Son batted at least as well as Miandad and Mujtaba , and lasted longer than Malcolm or Ramiz , but it has to be admitted that with a fifth day available , his team would have lost as surely as England did . |
| 30 | He would have to cut back just when spending might be most needed . |