Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , they reckon , a director who weighs up the burden of meeting interest charges , and still opts for a big loan , has got to feel assured of success . |
| 2 | In the light , therefore , of the deteriorating performance of capitalist economies and the chorus of criticism which has emerged of the market economy , it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that something important has begun to go wrong with capitalism as we now know it . |
| 3 | Kathy Gale 's recent acquisitions for the Women 's Press include Sheila Jeffreys ' The Lesbian Heresy , which considers how the lesbian community has failed to break free of oppression , ‘ looking in detail at lesbian lives and mores , including s/m , sex therapy , the romanticisation of the lesbian ‘ outlaw ’ and lesbian pulp fiction ’ . |
| 4 | However much she might have wanted to remain aloof from publicity the female press corps had already identified her as the ‘ Woman Head ’ of a multi-million dollar international corporation and , through the same lens , saw her therefore as challenging a man 's world . |
| 5 | Then I had expected to feel cold in winter , both indoors and out of doors , all my life . |
| 6 | The station restaurant had promised to remain open until midnight and the dining car would be open all night for light snacks and beverages , all courtesy of the company . |
| 7 | In any case if I had wanted to get involved in student politics I was effectively prevented by the piles of print material that littered the coffee bar and canteen . |
| 8 | At the time he had started to play truant at school and his academic progress had been disrupted . |
| 9 | He had managed to fall asleep in spite of the lingering taste of the worm-cake in his mouth . |