Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philosophy has effectively challenged what the theologian often persists in seeing as the ‘ proofs ’ of God 's existence which he or she must hang on to in order to have an absolutely secure and certain faith . |
| 2 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 3 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 4 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 5 | His name has already made him the butt of many jokes . |
| 6 | ‘ Which is why the lady has already promised me the pleasure of her company tonight . |
| 7 | She has probably known what the doctor is going to say and may feel she has betrayed the family or patient and her relationship with them by not previously telling them the truth . |
| 8 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 9 | Consumers who were asked to nominate three dates for flying claimed the travel firm handling the offer has now told them the dates must be 30 days apart and to three different destinations . |
| 10 | He has now offered them the use of his white Rolls-Royce for the wedding as well as a Renault 19 for the honeymoon . |
| 11 | It is only now , in middle age , that joy is beginning to develop in her heart , as she begins to realize that God has truly given her the gift of life . |
| 12 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd better leave me the matches , then . ’ |
| 14 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 15 | Yeah , well tell him you 'll put him in his diary , I I would have thought if you 'd just sent him the notes to each meeting he would come if he would , if he could , and if he ca n't , he ca n't . |
| 16 | She 'd even given them the evidence herself . |
| 17 | He 'd never allowed anyone the opportunity . |
| 18 | Except she was saying that you 'd actually offered her the job . ’ |
| 19 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 20 | Second , having fully discussed what the customer wants , the salesperson knows which product benefits to stress . |
| 21 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 22 | If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence . |
| 23 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 24 | " You had better show me the sites , " Matthew said , " and I 'll see what I can suggest . " |
| 25 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 26 | Baxter 's influential friends had secured for him four of the ablest barristers in the land , but it was obvious from the beginning of the trial that Jeffries had already decided what the verdict would be . |
| 27 | He had already sent me the Strachey book , The Theory and Practice of Marxism , and Spender 's , the original title of which was The Approach to Communism , seemed to me to go with it very well . |
| 28 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 29 | They had already suspected what the problems were , and Liz and her parents soon started to discuss ways in which they could deal with the backlog of paperwork . |
| 30 | A hush of skirts had already told her the girls were coming down from upstairs . |