Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [noun] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the distance is 3kpc , the pulsar has moved 16pc at a transverse velocity of 900kms -1 . |
| 2 | In very few seasons , the practice of jumping off mountains with a ram-air parachute in tow , and prolonged descents with steerable harness has accelerated design at a rapid rate . |
| 3 | The Art Newspaper has made enquiries at a high level in Spanish central government , museum and ayuntamiento circles , and no one has heard of Mr Khalili 's offer . |
| 4 | Any chariots may have scythed wheels at an additional cost of 20 points per chariot . |
| 5 | Any chariots may have scythed wheels at an additional cost of 20 points per chariot . |
| 6 | FitzAlan sent him a look that would have pierced armour at a hundred paces . |
| 7 | As we saw earlier many of those interviewed had little traditional academic background having left school at an early age . |
| 8 | At the stage in the growth of a scientific discovery when it is no longer just internal but has not yet become a formal paper , then the scholarly interchange would have depended on whom individuals knew or knew of , the letter writing would be unmanaged and survive by chance ( often only one side of the story ) and , due to concern that ideas should not be stolen , may only have taken place at a late stage of the discovery process . |
| 9 | Or the defendant may be a multinational bank , carrying on business here , but all the dealings in question may have taken place at an overseas branch . |
| 10 | He refused to elaborate , but is known to have expressed dismay at a proposed increase in prize money for doubles which would give singles only a 70-30 advantage . |
| 11 | She had met Greg at a film-club meeting , where they had laughed through a leaden documentary on Cuba . |
| 12 | It was William who had convinced Preston at an impressionable age that little girls , as they grew up , also grew ‘ two tits and a willy ’ , a fantasy which Preston had accepted as gospel for at least two years and which he sometimes thought still influenced his relations with the opposite sex . |
| 13 | She had found Doreen at an early stage , and paid her over the odds to keep the house running smoothly . |
| 14 | The purchaser may be tempted to take a stance it might not have chosen if the same negotiations had taken place at a later stage . |
| 15 | They had acquired Isvik at a knock-down figure , spent about the same again completing the fitting of her out to their requirements , and Iain Ward had picked her up for not much more than they had originally paid for her . |
| 16 | Others have become Christians at a particular moment in their lives but have believed for good reasons which have had mixed in with them other less solid motives for believing , so that their faith was never based on a strong , established conviction . |