Example sentences of "have [vb pp] with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly these measures have been controversial , and a central-local battle has developed with a strong party political character . |
| 2 | In the sleeper compartment of a train speeding through the night a youth crouches over a naked woman he has drugged with a hypodermic syringe . |
| 3 | Joe Brolly has come with a late run into the Derry side |
| 4 | The handsome ground rent taken for temporarily housing the national side has come with a built-in penalty clause , too , it would seem . |
| 5 | Following the completion of an eight-month programme of renovations and improvements , Geneva 's Centre d'art contemporain has reopened with a new entrance and stairwell , a lecture theatre , a ‘ Projects ’ room to be used by younger Swiss artists , a workshop for children and two new exhibitions : an installation of 2400 sheets from Allan McCollum 's ‘ Drawings ’ series ( to 12 September ) and drawings and photographs by Dutch artist , Pieter Laurens Moll ( to 16 May ) . |
| 6 | In many cases where a request has been made , it has met with a flat refusal . |
| 7 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 8 | The Citywatch project — which its organisers say must have private as well as public cash — has met with a mixed response from the city 's business community . |
| 9 | Generally speaking , however , family planning has met with a hostile reception . |
| 10 | Coventry , who have not won in the three matches Regis has missed with a calf-muscle injury , trail 3-1 from the first leg , but Drinkell was optimistic , saying : ‘ It 's not irretrievable . |
| 11 | The best she can do is to try to secure it by non-military , legal means , and this she has done with a fair measure of success . |
| 12 | She has dealt with a dead passenger in Poland ( his widow carried on regardless ) , outbreaks of war in India , and breaking her own leg falling out of a rickshaw in Nepal . |
| 13 | Crocuses are plants that nature has provided with a biological thermometer . |
| 14 | In the first instance , the Centre has worked with a small number of course leaders , helping to identify , through its own contacts , appropriate live projects . |
| 15 | Over the years , says Ash , he has worked with a great number of PhD students , all of them very able , some outstandingly so . |
| 16 | The company has worked with a local college to help employees with basic English and mathematics skills . |
| 17 | This has combined with a poor record on coalition building and activist management , a public perception of lesbian and gay politics as party political and a preserve of the Left , and a high level of internalised oppression expressed as apathy . |
| 18 | I know someone who earns his living by repairing boards and he always does most business on the days after a strong onshore wind has combined with a high tide . |
| 19 | Commentary : The common size statements merely confirm what we have already suggested above from our initial analysis , i.e. the gross profit has declined with a marked decline in 1988 and this has been accompanied by an increase in interest over the last years . |
| 20 | The arrival of his new spouse , Madeleine Gurdon has coincided with a snazzy re-vamp for Andrew Lloyd Webber 's clothes . |
| 21 | The reduction in base rates from 15% to 10% appears to have done relatively little for supply growth , since it has coincided with a gradual downgrading of recovery prospects by most analysts . |
| 22 | An armed robbery has ended with a high speed police chase on one of the region 's motorways.Police marksmen were among officers from four police forces involved in the incident which began after a shooting in South Wales . |
| 23 | A military operation involving four thousand servicemen has ended with a dramatic finale over Salisbury Plain . |
| 24 | A military operation involving four thousand servicemen has ended with a dramatic finale over Salisbury Plain . |
| 25 | He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band . |
| 26 | ‘ I will show you all the best of Roma , ’ he 'd announced with a modest smile , and , to be kind , Caroline supposed he was trying to do just that . |
| 27 | Some said she 'd left with a broken heart . |
| 28 | She 'd started with a small ad in a contact magazine , and a box number to keep the entire business at arm 's length ; she could n't believe the number of replies that came in . |
| 29 | For a few brief moments he 'd been able to forget the room and the bizarre encampment and Hennessy at his elbow , and he 'd conversed in a language that came to him now almost as readily as his first ; he 'd conversed with a dark-eyed alien . |
| 30 | ‘ David Harrison was convinced that he would have won with a clear run and while it 's hard to be definite about that , he would certainly have been placed . ’ |