Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Jobs apart , looking young and sexy may still seem important and desirable to many of those who have grown up in a society which lays such emphasis on youth and sex . |
2 | the women 's traditional role of instinctive carer is one explanation , particularly amongst women who have grown up in a family of disabled or dependent relatives , willingness to accept low pay is another . |
3 | The last wild malas , a small species of wallaby , have died out in a fire in the Tanami desert of the Northern Territory . |
4 | Even in Wales , where gloom and doom should have been the order of the next year or two , the clubs have set off in a style which has brought , instead , a nervous smile or two . |
5 | We enter the area that they had been defending and everything shows that the Germans have pulled out in a hurry . |
6 | We have ended up in a mess . |
7 | In a society in which achievement is highly valued , and where people compete for jobs in an apparently open market , people may feel a sense of failure if they admit they have ended up in a job with which they are dissatisfied . |