Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 2 | An offshore worker has presented me with a detailed file containing his experiences as a safety representative . |
| 3 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 4 | Their habits have probably always been similar , and if survival is to be taken as a measure of success , their conservative way of life has ensured them of a leading place in the evolutionary marathon . |
| 5 | One , an older school , has seen him as a noble if embattled statesman . |
| 6 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 7 | The huge international interest in Brightness which followed his escape to freedom in Turkish waters , has turned him into a valuable commodity . |
| 8 | In Manchester the handover has allowed it to offload heavy costs such as bridge maintenance , while in Sheffield the running of the tram system into British Midland 's station has turned it into a major transport terminus , which includes buses . |
| 9 | Getting itself involved in access so deeply has turned it from a benign , vaguely representative organisation into one whose role is increasingly to police the activities of climbing and climbers . |
| 10 | It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness . |
| 11 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
| 12 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 13 | Although he left no explicit statement of belief , recent scholarship has shown him as a consistent sponsor of reform , both in his local activities and as an intermediary between suitors and the Crown . |
| 14 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 15 | We are particularly grateful to members of the undergraduate years 1965 , who responded to the Librarian 's appeal for items to display at the Gaudy in June , and to Nina Bawden ( Mabey , 1943 ) who has supplied us with a complete set of her novels . |
| 16 | She 's bitterley disappointed that the council has sold it to a local businessman who wants to use the premises to repair binoculars . |
| 17 | The minister was told plainly that ‘ the election of a member of parliament , and other publick services , has drawn me into a great deall of expence , and no small trouble … ’ |
| 18 | Artistic director Christopher Gable has injected it with a new lease of life and brought it to a completely different audience . |
| 19 | ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’ |
| 20 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 21 | But she has lured him into a giant press , through which she has crawled , and is just able to throw the switch . |
| 22 | ‘ It has provided them with a stronger sense of purpose and mission , ’ he says . |
| 23 | The official receiver or whoever is the chairman of the meeting must certify the appointment of the trustee , but not until the per son appointed has provided him with a written statement that he is a qualified insolvency practitioner and consents to act ( r 6.120(2) ) . |
| 24 | Roland Smith has provided us with a fascinating and interesting book that should whet the appetite of many hill walkers and will certainly provide a wealth of useful background information when planning a walk to some of the ‘ Great Viewpoints ’ of Britain . |
| 25 | Bruno Bettelheim ( 1976 ) — — not without his critics , see , for example , Tucker ( 1984 ) — clearly takes this view , for he has provided us with a detailed study of fairy tales , The uses of enchantment . |
| 26 | Their desperate League form this season has consigned them to a similar predicament , while Chelsea are on the crest of a wave . |
| 27 | A recent assessment of Beccaria has portrayed him as a cautious conservative who successfully redirected enlightenment thinking away from a potentially much more radical path : ‘ His sudden fame can be attributed to the relief of educated society that it was possible to hold rational ‘ enlightened ’ views on human behaviour without having to accept radical materialism' ( Jenkins , 1984 , p. 113 ) . |
| 28 | Perhaps racism has conditioned us to a greater extent than we expected . |
| 29 | Whatever the division among teachers about aspects of the new curriculum , most found that it has brought them into a closer relationship with the school library : |
| 30 | Russian , ultimately , has brought us to a similar endeavour . |