Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony Powell has recalled Eliot with the Mirrlees at the end of the period in which he was staying with them . |
| 2 | ‘ He is the best goalscorer I 've ever seen in my time in professional football , and anyone who has seen Liverpool over the years will agree he 's a very special player . ’ |
| 3 | But the advent of the computer game generation and the recession has consigned Roy of the Rovers to football 's wastepaper basket . |
| 4 | Emporio has brought Armani to the masses ; Italian taxi drivers and British bovver boys alike fork out quite happily for sweaters , jeans and T-shirts featuring the world-famous winged emblem . |
| 5 | Excluding whisky , Grampian 's principal export market is Germany , which has overtaken France as the regions main export destination . |
| 6 | When we broke for coffee I asked him whether he 'd consulted Laura about the references I 'd turned up . |
| 7 | Suddenly he thumped the arm of his chair with his fist , remembering all the times he 'd caught Stella on the stairs in the middle of the night , staring at the telephone . |
| 8 | In listing the problems , they began with the Solheim Cup , where they had had to ban Doyle from the players ' room for being a disruptive influence . |
| 9 | By now , the Othmanli ( or Ottoman ) Turks , another migrant group from Central Asia , were firmly established in Anatolia in succession to the Seljuks , having wrested Constantinople from the Byzantines in 1453 . |
| 10 | One suspects that the ‘ old ’ Banks might have put Prentice in the arms of a real aunt , rather than a politely honoured friend of the family , and there are fewer than usual Gothic touches . |
| 11 | He is said to have kept Alabama in the backwoods , culturally and economically , for a quarter of a century . |
| 12 | A fitting start to the celebrations , said managing director Harriet Spicer , because of the support the trade had given Virago over the years . |
| 13 | Zhou had shielded Deng from the extremists when ‘ class struggle ’ was predominant rather than economic development . |
| 14 | An American studio had approached Willy for the rights to the play , but ‘ they envisaged a Brat Pack movie , packaging first and script later , ’ and he turned them down . |
| 15 | Well , she supposed that figured ; after all , she had seen Luke with the children at the sailing club , again revealing that other side of his nature which did n't extend to her … |
| 16 | ‘ I had n't even made the connection until a friend mentioned he had seen Tim in the papers with all the Princess Anne business . ’ |
| 17 | The advocate-depute , Ann Paton , QC , asked if , as a result of what he had told Mackie about the profits warning , Mr Runciman had expected him to go and deal in Shanks & McEwan shares or communicate with others in such a way that they would deal in shares . |
| 18 | Hopkins had told McGrath of the plans for It and for the Scot to edit it . |
| 19 | Evelyn had watched Kate over the years putting her own life on hold for Lizzy , and for what ? |
| 20 | The first day Emma had escorted Ruth to the gates and come back with a red nose . |
| 21 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 22 | Before going north to meet the French King , Henry had left Poitou in the hands of Queen Eleanor with an experienced commander , Earl Patrick of Salisbury , at her side as her military adviser . |
| 23 | All Western diplomats had left Kabul in the weeks leading up to the Soviet troop withdrawal in February 1989 [ see p. 36448-50 ] , when the United States was predicting the imminent collapse of the Najibullah regime . |
| 24 | This is the first year I 've put Lynda into the Giants , but her recent exposure has been terrific and I 'm sure will do wonders for this twins tale spotted with sex and violence with Auschwitz roots . |
| 25 | Nor that the reason she had sent Maggie to an all-girls ' school was not to protect her from evil-minded youths , but to protect her from the sort of teaching that she seemed to be getting . |
| 26 | Certainly that was a part of it : fear of in love and rejection had sent Jay along the sands away from her , away from the pattern of I-love-her , she-loves-me-not . |
| 27 | I expect Poole has told you that I have searched London for the chemicals I need . |
| 28 | Could Suzanne Regan have introduced Chris to the others ? |
| 29 | I have explained to the hon. Gentleman and to the House on countless occasions that we have provided TECs with the resources that they need to do the job that I have asked them to do . |