Example sentences of "have [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | the income consists of annual payments made under a partnership agreement to or for the benefit of a former partner , or the widow or dependants of a deceased former partner , of the partnership , being payments made under a liability incurred for full consideration ; 2. the income is payable in connection with the acquisition of a partnership ; 3. the income arises under a settlement made by one party to a marriage by way of provision for the other after the dissolution or annulment of the marriage , or while they are separated under an Order of the Court or under a separation agreement or in such circumstances that the separation is likely to be permanent , being income payable to or applicable for the benefit of the other party ; 4. the income is from property of which the settlor has divested himself absolutely by the settlement ; 5. the income is income which under other provisions of the tax legislation is treated for the purposes of the Taxes Acts as that of the settlor . |
| 2 | I regard the existence of flourishing humanities research as an index to the civilisation of our society ; Labour , however , has committed itself prematurely to the establishment of a humanities research council . |
| 3 | It has lent itself admirably to the finishing of chairs , cabinets and desks — pieces where a very sensitive finish is required . |
| 4 | To the great irritation of John Smith 's supporters , Gould has presented himself skilfully as the ideas candidate . |
| 5 | Pravda , the official Soviet newspaper , has positioned itself unambiguously on the side of the East German government 's authority . |
| 6 | Despite our beliefs , pain has undermined his strength , he is not undefeatable , God has had his way , if he ever lost it , and Satan has not just fallen , from Heaven to Hell , but has buried himself further into the pit , he has fallen further in trying , once again , to achieve greater height than he deserved . |
| 7 | Catherine Destivelle has established herself firmly on the big mountains scene again with her incredibly bold and gutsy free ascent of the Bonatti Pillar solo . |
| 8 | The Butlins Empire has now had to market itself anew for the experienced package tourist ; a move from wooden chalets to brick-built country suites , from the Minehead Camp to Summerwest World . |
| 9 | Is it possible , ’ wondered the earl , appealing deferentially to Prior Robert 's more profound instruction in things holy , ‘ that for some beneficent purpose of her own she may have transferred herself miraculously from the place where she was laid ? |
| 10 | This means that Mr Skinner , who voted in more Commons divisions than any other MP last session , will have to absent himself occasionally from the chamber . |
| 11 | Well I 'll have to move myself away from the school gate they can just they think I 'll be actually waiting |
| 12 | After having established themselves powerfully in the ‘ bush ’ market , DHC decided that a larger machine would also find a market . |
| 13 | She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes . |
| 14 | Theuderic I seems to have kept himself apart from the other sons of Clovis , though this could , in part , be explained by his greater age . |
| 15 | The former was alleged by the press to have enriched himself substantially during the PSOE 's term of office by using the influence of his brother to buy property and obtain loans , and to have run a private business from a government office in Seville . |
| 16 | Yet the first step had been taken , and an inexpressible sadness closed in upon him , as if he had stripped himself wantonly of the children who were his own flesh . |
| 17 | He had hidden himself then in the deepest hole he could find because the lightning and the thunder alarmed him . |
| 18 | She had given herself totally to the frighteningly wonderful feelings he aroused in her . |
| 19 | They had found Montparnasse and had installed themselves unwittingly in the brothel , the Hôtel Select , making friends also with the girls who haunted the nearby Café Ambiance . |
| 20 | In July 1890 , two years after writing this , Van Gogh had shot himself inefficiently in the groin , and had died slowly . |
| 21 | And another time ooh another time she went er somebody I tell you they always used to run for my mother when there was trouble and er a woman had hung herself just round the corner to where we lived . |
| 22 | The Prince had positioned himself just behind the six guns of the Dutch battery . |
| 23 | She had witnessed the on-off charm for herself when he had thought himself alone in the Feathers ' coffee-room . |
| 24 | One moment he had thought himself alone amongst the greenery and the next he was staring into grey gaunt features closely framed by a tiny skylight in the angle of the roof . |
| 25 | Like the Jews the Scots were a talented and creative people who had exported themselves all over the world ; there was hardly a country anywhere where a quorum of doctors , dentists , teachers , sailors , engineers , could not be assembled for a Burns Night supper or St Andrew 's Day dinner . |
| 26 | For example the German scholar who wrote a monumental life of Philip Augustus in six volumes and , in the process , came to study Richard 's career with great thoroughness , believed that " he had abandoned himself entirely to the pleasures of Messina where the women seemed very seductive to warriors from the North " . |
| 27 | Pennethorne protested that since 1845 , he had devoted himself entirely to the Office 's work and now found that he had lost all his work . |
| 28 | British trade unionism had found itself again after the traumas of the interwar years ; and it would have nothing to do with new-fangled ideas of socialist planning . |
| 29 | He had settled himself comfortably on the floor , to the astonished glances of some guests , her beautiful skirts rustling as he leant against them . |
| 30 | Her plaintive whisper had projected itself right round the Hall , but this had not put paid to her determination to secure his attention . |