Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is huge and successful , but over the past decade it has undergone a radical change that has seen it transformed from a seemingly crusty , actuary-dominated organisation to one that is prominently business led , competitive and very high profile . |
| 2 | And of a truth vile Epicurism and Sensuality will make the soul of man so degenerate and blinde , that he will not only be content to slide into brutish immorality , but please himself of this very opinion that he is a real Brute already , an Ape , Satyre , Baboon ; and that the best of men are no better , saving that civilising of them and industrious education has made them appear in a more refined shape , and long inculcate precepts have been mistaken for connate Principles of Honesty and Natural Knowledge , otherwise there be no indespensible grounds of Religion and Virtue , but what has hapned to be taken up by overruling Custome . |
| 3 | His supporters say his energy has enabled him to succeed to a large extent in holding the Palestinian movement together during a series of splits and crises . |
| 4 | , our Sports Council Liaison Officer , has asked us to co-operate with a survey to give her some ammunition to fight on behalf of all the Movement & Dance organisations . |
| 5 | ‘ The strength of the personal relationship with our account manager has allowed us to get through a number of fairly serious problems , ’ says Mr Miller , who believes the owners of small businesses need to make extra efforts to communicate with their bankers during hard times . |
| 6 | Someone might have heard him talking in a pub about his sudden excess of money and decided to take it off him . |
| 7 | The British theatrical Establishment who thought he aspired to be their new idol would be puzzled over ‘ All I wanted to do was to live ’ — but they would have let it pass as a Welsh eccentricity ; ‘ to act at the Old Vic ’ would have drawn beams of approval . |
| 8 | I would n't have let you go without a fight , though , even if the hell had driven you to it . |
| 9 | In charge on a caretaker basis since the October sacking of John Beck , Johnson had hoped his side 's Coca-Cola Cup defeat of Premier League Oldham on Tuesday would have seen him appointed on a permanent basis . |
| 10 | Considering the clean wake and the almost dinghy-like responsiveness of the yacht , we were convinced that a reach in a slightly stiffer breeze would have seen her sliding into an easy surf . |
| 11 | Anyone passing Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Monday could well have seen it moving to a funky beat — not because of high winds or earthquake , but the first heat of the Coca Cola ‘ 93 Disco Dancing Championships , which are co-sponsored by ‘ Sunday Life ’ . |
| 12 | Rufus stubbed out his second cigarette , put the paper into his briefcase and slung over his shoulders the marvellous black leather coat from Beltrami he had bought in Florence , which would have made him look like a gangster if he had not been so fair and ruddy-faced and with such blue , English eyes . |
| 13 | Political honours are either an almost contemptuous gesture towards those who have kept silent when their consciences might have told them to vote against a government bill , or a reward for money or advice . |
| 14 | But even if it were possible , it would be actively undesirable to seek to impose precise uniformity in relation to every decision taken about the treatment of health service patients , because that would mean that no individual within the health service could try a different approach without first having had it cleared through a myriad of different committees . |
| 15 | He may have had it planned as a mausoleum before his death or friends may have erected it to his memory . |
| 16 | Mr Hull specialised in young contemporary British artists and had no training , experience or knowledge which would have enabled him to conclude from an examination of the pictures whether they were by Munter . |
| 17 | ‘ I could have sworn it seemed like a pretty big deal to you , too . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ In our view , a proper analysis of the risks attached to the project would have allowed it to proceed with a greater appreciation of likely achievement . ’ |
| 19 | I should have left you to look like a wally . |
| 20 | She maintains the " only " thing she did on business while in hospital was answer letters , which , given the number she received , must have kept her occupied for a fair portion of the day . |
| 21 | You 're a good enough driver to have made it look like an accident . ’ |
| 22 | In his account Norton claims to have arrived at the Elixir of Gold but to have had it stolen by a servant . |
| 23 | I 've seen him crying like a child over a dead baby he carried in . |
| 24 | I 've seen her shaking like a leaf . |
| 25 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
| 26 | This is the best I 've seen them play for a long time Leicester |
| 27 | They have every right to be different — it 's very presumptuous of us to invent personalities for them simply because we 've seen them act on a cinema screen , but it can still be a shock when they 're not as you 'd hoped . |
| 28 | I 've seen it happen to a lot of good MDs that got fired . |
| 29 | At last he said , ‘ You 've made it look like a rather nasty plot to achieve my own ends . ’ |
| 30 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |