Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Secretary of State not accept that our valley councils have lost more in rate support grant over the past 10 years than he has given them in new money in the latest package ? |
| 2 | Wharton , right , says his new hobby , golf , has got him in par-fect shape to slug O'Toole — now known as Fidel Castro — and grab title glory at Elland Road later this month . |
| 3 | This has put us in good heart for Leicestershire . ’ |
| 4 | His subsequent career in equipment and clothing has kept him in close touch with needs , and there is no PE jargon in his down-to-earth advice . |
| 5 | I believe that it was a good inheritance , and one that has stood me in good stead all my life . |
| 6 | In essence , what has stood me in good stead all these years in broadcasting is spotting good people and waiting for them to come forward with what interests them ; what obsessions , what passions they have in translating those into programmes . |
| 7 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 8 | Conran is convinced , too , that his experience of manufacturing in the early days has stood him in good stead as head of a retailing empire . |
| 9 | His background with the round ball has stood him in good stead in becoming one of the country 's leading goal-kickers . |
| 10 | It has stood her in good stead , for she has had to deal with very serious health problems and has never allowed these to depress or hinder her . |
| 11 | What we were talking about , or what I think is interesting is your experience from your early days in horse shoeing has stood you in good stead for the revival of interest in driving erm if you 'd like to tell us a bit more about that I 'd love to hear it cos I 'm never tired of that . |
| 12 | It is much more geared to the administration of personnel records than was the bureau system but the experience we gained using the bureau has stood us in good stead for our own system . |
| 13 | ‘ As we had maintained our large weighting in overseas equities and cash throughout the period of UK membership of the ERM , this cautious perception of the political and economic risks being run has stood us in good stead . ’ |
| 14 | I was fourteen then , I 'd seen her in National Velvet , and had been barmy about her ever since . |
| 15 | Burton did the job on screen as efficiently , one felt , as he would have done it in real life . |
| 16 | One minute We 're welcome to collaborate with the person next to you , you do n't have to do it in splendid isolation . |
| 17 | Do you have to dip it in hot water or something ? |
| 18 | The person taking the goods must have taken them in good faith without notice of the agent 's lack of authority . |
| 19 | Some women would have taken it in good humour . ’ |
| 20 | It was a sensible decision and he may have taken it in full awareness of this . |
| 21 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |
| 22 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |
| 23 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 24 | Meanwhile , RUC 's bid to capture one of the few trophies to have eluded them in junior soccer got off to a much more convincing start as they trounced Harland and Wolff Welders in the first round of the cup competition . |
| 25 | At other times they would collect along the river bank and the younger Martyn was to write many years later of Crocus vernus , ‘ I remember , when a boy , to have seen it in considerable quantity in Battersea meadow , near the mill ’ . |
| 26 | The others realised the error at precisely the same moment , and the subsequent racing back along the track towards each other could have been useful in Doctor Zhivago if someone had shot it in slow motion . |
| 27 | A witness had seen him in deep water , shouting and waving for help . |
| 28 | And as he held his finger to his lips , she remembered that he had told her in strict confidence that the complex belonged to him . |
| 29 | At first , Lucien had watched them in awed fascination , hardly daring to practise any movements himself for fear of ridicule . |
| 30 | Until then , Japanese drug firms ' poor R&D and their emphasis on selling imported drugs had left them in poor shape to compete internationally . |