Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain has reneged on a 1989 agreement to use Flue Gas Desulphurisation ( FGD ) equipment on at least 12,000 MW of power stations . |
| 2 | ONE of the founders of successful North Yorkshire food group Dalepak has died after a two year battle against leukaemia . |
| 3 | Tony Wilkinson , known in the industry as one of the pioneers of the lager revolution in Britain , has died after a 15 month battle against cancer . |
| 4 | Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , vice-president of an unofficial human rights group , was brought to trial in early October for ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ; the prosecution has called for a six year sentence . |
| 5 | For example , the Standard Procedure has resulted in a 4 minute 40 seconds pattern . |
| 6 | The violence in Blackburn , in which riot police were attacked , has resulted in a million pounds worth of damage . |
| 7 | This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years . |
| 8 | This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years . |
| 9 | They 'd staggered past a dozen rabbit-holes , calling down into the gloom , before they 'd heard Nooty 's voice answering them . |
| 10 | ‘ If the turf had been hard , ’ he said , ‘ we 'd have won by a hundred yards , ’ and then elaborated about Sir Ivor : |
| 11 | CARL Lewis , who bleated because he was n't allowed to run in the Olympics against Linford Christie , has ducked out of the World Cup in Cuba where they would have met for a 100 metres showdown later this month . |
| 12 | Some of the stimulus for this came from a survey of senior medical students , yet when 30 current house officers were consulted all but two said that , though they would be happy to have the opportunity to apply for both jobs at one hospital , they would not have applied for a one year block contract that restricted them to one hospital . |
| 13 | I , for one , would have settled for a 3–0 victory . |
| 14 | But I 'm sure anyone of the United players and the fans that have made the trip up from Oxford this afternoon , would have settled for a one point at half time . |
| 15 | But again , some of the ladies whom my brother Sam bedded with … well , I would not have touched with a 20 foot pole . |
| 16 | For some reason the thought that he seriously did n't care one way or another what her opinions were wounded her pride more than she would ever have admitted in a million years . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's told me things that you 'd never have admitted in a hundred years . ’ |
| 18 | Dr Bob Tait in presenting the cup complemented all the teams on the high standard of their project presentations which they had completed over a six week period . |
| 19 | A new cross-cut had been started at Paddy End ( probably Courteney 's Cross-Cut ) , and this had come into a 6 inch vein carrying chalcopyrite . |
| 20 | The sounds had come from a hundred yards east of the dell . |
| 21 | Well over a hundred of Oxfordshire 's lowest paid and angriest health workers attended a mass meeting to hear that almost all the region 's clerical staff had voted for a one day strike . |
| 22 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 23 | In Victoria mid-week , the President 's XV , with Graf kicking three of his four penalties , had moved into a 14–3 lead before two errors , a missed tackle mid-field and then a missed touch kick allowed Swansea to turn the tide with tries by wing Simon Davies and centre Scott Gibbs . |
| 24 | So we 've got about a five week break now , before we pick up again . |
| 25 | Ireland had crashed to a 145-90 defeat at the hands of the English losing out on all six rinks , and looked to have little chance when they took on the Scots , who had beaten defending champions Wales 130-100 in their opener . |
| 26 | Jessie cos he or she had got about a six foot long tree trunk in its mouth . |
| 27 | Scotland had opened with a 24-21 victory over ACT , with tries from Mark Appleson , Gregor Townsend and Derek Stark ( 2 ) , and a conversion each from Townsend and Appleson . |
| 28 | The Australian had raced into a 14–6 lead but was pulled back to 17–16 at one stage . |
| 29 | Wigan began so explosively that they had raced into a 34–0 lead within a mere 20 minutes as they ran in six memorable tries . |
| 30 | Now the skin had puckered into a million wrinkles , and on her shapeless face was the stamp of unutterable age . |