Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [noun sg] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the influential El Pais newspaper , Real 's president Ramon Mendoza has rebuked Toshack on a number of counts and is already seeking a replacement for the Welshman hired only last summer on a £1 million contract . |
| 2 | The Library has installed CD-ROM on a workstation attached to the Library network . |
| 3 | He has sought treatment on a number of occasions and has come to the conclusion that he can not break the habit and that what he needs and wants is a maintenance regime , preferably on heroin — something that the medical profession in Wirral does not want to give him . |
| 4 | The photocopier has made reliance on a publisher less necessary than it was , but the future of the material coming from parish musicians will nevertheless be determined by the passage of time and the growing musical literacy of the public . |
| 5 | A French warship has opened fire on a freighter suspected of breaking sanctions against Iraq . |
| 6 | The European Council has reached agreement on a treaty on European union . |
| 7 | London & South East has started work on a £3.1 million contract to design and build 105 residential units in Norwich . |
| 8 | who would not have shown weight on a scale |
| 9 | Her eldest son had caught pneumonia on a business trip to America and had been extremely ill . |
| 10 | ‘ When you 've done research on a country for years , you also get a sense of which groups have vested interests or political agendas , who can be trusted and who has given us reliable information , ’ said Smart . |
| 11 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
| 12 | It was confirmed on June 2 , 1989 , in the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that on June 2 , 1962 , in the southern Russian town of Novocherkassk , militia officers had opened fire on a demonstration outside the local Communist Party headquarters by striking factory workers protesting against wage cuts and food price rises . |
| 13 | It was reported on Feb. 15 , however , that the 13 member states had reached agreement on a plan to restrict production to 22,982,000 bpd , of which Saudi Arabia would have a ceiling of 7,887,000 bpd , Iran 3,184,000 bpd , the UAE 2,244,000 bpd , Venezuela 2,147,000 bpd , Nigeria 1,751,000 bpd , Libya 1,395,000 bpd , Indonesia 1,374,000 bpd , Kuwait 812,000 bpd , Algeria 760,000 bpd , Iraq 505,000 bpd , Qatar 377,000 bpd , Ecuador 273,000 bpd and Gabon 273,000 bpd . |
| 14 | Whereas for me the rigours of the Second World War meant two ounces of butter a week and five inches of bath-water , for Jean-Claude they had involved near-starvation on a diet of turnips — and the dangers of being on the run . |
| 15 | Chris Ivan said to me , he said Cliff wanted us to go and have a drink he said when we 've finished work on a Friday he said last night , I tell you , I said I said no , no I did n't ! |
| 16 | Richard Boyle , first Earl of Cork [ q.v. ] , noted ( 23 October 1628 ) that his ‘ Cozen Evesham ’ had started work on a monument but had pawned the carved stones . |
| 17 | He stared down at the whimpering person beyond the front of the cage , at the people around , at the Man staring at him for a moment , and then at Woil who had taken stance on a litter bin . |
| 18 | Having an excellent harbour , Vancouver was a sportsman 's paradise so far as swimming , fishing , and boating were concerned , and while I have never claimed prowess in the water or in angling I have found pleasure on a boat , provided that boat was big enough — big enough that is , for me to sit comfortably on deck , preferably with a drink in hand , and watch the world go by . |
| 19 | I think the quite clearly what comes out erm of reading our papers and the papers of the district , is the er tremendous degree of consultation that 's taken place on a number of occasions back and forth between district and making use of er of emerging working on er on local plans across the county . |
| 20 | SOCCER chiefs have blown time on a Sunday afternoon league — because so many players turned up drunk after lunch-time pub sessions . |