Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we competed today but erm maybe one or two areas where I thought we might have got stuck in a little bit more you know , and we 're going to have to do that against Oldham I tell you because they 'll pass and have players that can do tricks erm good side are n't they ? |
| 2 | Some old plants which would otherwise have remained profitable as a result of faster or more effective working would have become unprofitable as a result of these productivity gains not being achieved . |
| 3 | He may have some that he did not use last year , or he may have become interested in a topic in the syllabus that has been given a new twist by some research ( perhaps his own ) . |
| 4 | Tod says Sam should not have gone soft on a blab who squealed . |
| 5 | His comrades in arms had made their views known to him quite openly and , in any case , he could not have remained ignorant in a country so full of informers , police and intelligence services as Spain then was . |
| 6 | Some old plants which would otherwise have remained profitable as a result of faster or more effective working would have become unprofitable as a result of these productivity gains not being achieved . |
| 7 | It must introduce new concepts , whether in mathematics , geography , physics or literature , concepts that are unfamiliar , and would have remained unknown to a child who had not been to school . |
| 8 | I do n't have to feel guilty about a pile of unfulfilled hopes ) so look forward to getting your prize in the post . |