Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is to recognize that the conversation has got stuck in a circle and to take an initiative to break it . |
| 2 | First the managers will be encouraged to tackle an issue that has become problematical in a bureau by asking open questions of themselves and the bureau staff . |
| 3 | They have also aroused Protestant anger against Dr Runcie , at the same time as he has become involved in a row over his attack on the ‘ Pharisees ’ of British society . |
| 4 | An alcohol problems voluntary agency helps Mrs F who has become involved in a family self-help group . |
| 5 | Moreover , public support for the system has become problematic in a way that poses some kind of challenge to the legitimacy and authority of the state itself . |
| 6 | One result of this has been that theology itself has become ecumenical in a fashion undreamt of a century ago , and many of the main fronts in theological debate and controversy now run across rather than along denominational boundaries . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence has gone continental in a bid to boost his side 's strike power . |
| 8 | But while jogging home from a disco last year he 'd got involved in a augument with twenty year old Darren Kelly . |
| 9 | What he 'd found acceptable in a girl because he loved her aroused antagonism in a son . |
| 10 | Before she married she 'd lived alone in a bedsit and worked in a factory for ten years . |
| 11 | I think we competed today but erm maybe one or two areas where I thought we might have got stuck in a little bit more you know , and we 're going to have to do that against Oldham I tell you because they 'll pass and have players that can do tricks erm good side are n't they ? |
| 12 | He may have some that he did not use last year , or he may have become interested in a topic in the syllabus that has been given a new twist by some research ( perhaps his own ) . |
| 13 | The investor having gone short in a security takes out insurance in the form of a purchased call whose exercise price is equal to the price at which the shares were sold . |
| 14 | His comrades in arms had made their views known to him quite openly and , in any case , he could not have remained ignorant in a country so full of informers , police and intelligence services as Spain then was . |
| 15 | His mouth had fallen open in a kind of sigh . |
| 16 | She had sat silent in a chair , not drinking or smoking , while he and Martin talked . |
| 17 | Hartlepool Council 's policy and resources committee agreed to renew its £3,000 subscription to Teesside Tomorrow for 1992/93 after hearing that the organisation had become involved in a number of projects which would benefit the town . |
| 18 | Within minutes they had become involved in a brawl , attacking a fellow drinker so fiercely his arm was broken , Stafford Crown Court heard . |
| 19 | The reason it was suffering a decline was because its product was no longer meeting the aspirations of the young mums in this country , and while other companies were improving their product ranges Mothercare had become stuck in a groove , because the very competent man who ran it really did n't know how to go about improving the product . |
| 20 | Violent incidents of this kind have become commonplace in a country where all human rights are being eroded . |