Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other radicals demanded that foreign policy should no longer be at the mercy of " the ideas , valuations and methods of a sporting aristo-plutocracy " or " the obscure convolutions of diplomatic staffs " , that " there must be an end of the secret diplomacy which has plunged us into this catastrophe " and that the working classes should " lay down our own terms , make our own proclamations , establish our own diplomacy " . |
| 2 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 3 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 4 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We have erm there have been certain decisions made over time which has got us to this position and whether erm you agree or anyone agrees or not the the the right next step is to specify a location , nevertheless it 's embodied in what 's gone on so far , a series of steps towards making the decision . |
| 8 | The press scoffed at his walks in the Kalahari Desert , at his fascination with lost and ancient tribes ; but experiences like that , plus a lifetime of travelling all over the world , seeing underdeveloped and overdeveloped countries and every kind of political regime , has brought him to this viewpoint . |
| 9 | This , admittedly , is a hard saying , and may well stir a first inkling that there must be something fundamentally wrong with the approach which has brought us to this point . |
| 10 | When that time comes , I 'm sure that you will return home to make your future , satisfied that you have quenched the thirst that has driven you on this journey , and be ready to take up your permanent place in the world . |
| 11 | His emphasis on the " common style " suggests that he is no longer interested in talking to himself but to others , and Four Quartets is at one level an oratorical performance : it would not be too much to say that all of his previous work has led him to this point , where poetry is married with public exhortation . |
| 12 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 13 | Yet in their own terms they seem fairly content with their lives , and they do not rail against the fate that has left them with this role . |
| 14 | It is difficult and must remain that way because history has left us with this difficulty . |
| 15 | She was always a busy , tidy little girl , going around the house at night making sure all the curtains were drawn and tucking up the zoo of small furry animals which crowded her bed — she has kept them to this day . |
| 16 | The reply , which has mystified me until this day , was , ‘ Oh ! we did n't know you meant that one ! ’ |
| 17 | Palace chairman Ron Noades confirmed Sunderland 's move for Coppell , saying : ‘ Steve was asked two weeks ago whether he was interested in the Sunderland position and he has informed me of this approach . ’ |
| 18 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |
| 19 | Everything was peaceful — everything but the man who 'd brought her to this place . |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | But could he have heard it from this room ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | His broad culture , his knowledge and understanding of Roman law , his extraordinary gift for cutting through technicality to perceive and define principle , would surely have drawn him towards this result . |
| 24 | So what can he do — having got us into this mess — for the good of OUR people ? |
| 25 | and then I could have shown mine to this lady , cos I mean the only difference is is the black and white is n't it ? |
| 26 | She would hardly have dragged her into this boutique if she had wanted a simple discussion on the weather or the price of vegetables . |
| 27 | Marx 's recognition of the specificity of motives under capitalism should have alerted us to this problem . |
| 28 | ‘ Now Jane , ’ turning to me , ‘ I 'll have to leave you in this room with Mason while I fetch the doctor . |
| 29 | Once you became head of the department , you could have pulled me off this job at any time . |
| 30 | Having known him in this country and having travelled around Israel with him , I know that he is tough and resilient . |