Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would also have provoked a military crisis in that once in the Crimea , the Emperor must become virtually Commander-in-Chief of all the forces , including the British . |
| 2 | Oh I 'm alright do n't worry about me I 'm , they , the person at home , their family must be told as well as you making a note in your accident book that there has been somebody with a knock on the head however mi minor it is , it 's got to be reported , because that knock could have repercussions , it could have broken a small vessel in the brain , it could still be bleeding and that is when compression takes over . |
| 3 | The latter half of the sixteenth century does , arguably , represent a significant turning point in the development of the hierarchy : until that time one can argue that its evolution had been largely functional , that the nature of the hierarchy ensured that those who reached the highest learned offices would have received a thorough grounding in the necessary sciences through both their education and their teaching , and practical training in the application of the law through holding several important kadiliks ; but that after that time , that is , from toward the end of the sixteenth century , the elaboration of the hierarchy was much more negative from the point of view both of learning and of good administration , being essentially an attempt to provide jobs and honours for an ever-increasing number of those seeking both . |
| 4 | To qualify for an ultra race , runners must have completed a full marathon in under three hours 30 minutes . |
| 5 | Jimmy Airlie , chief Ford union negotiator , said : ‘ The princess should never have picked a foreign car in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ I was glad she accepted because otherwise I would have looked a right banana in front of all those tourists . ’ |
| 7 | We must have looked a comical sight in those days : a boy and a bird ‘ dancing ’ up the road — two steps , stop , turn , two steps , turn , stop … |
| 8 | At this juncture you may just have noticed a slight differential in pace between the ‘ amateurs ’ in this democracy game , and the alleged professionals . |
| 9 | Now , if you were out and about at about ten o'clock last night you may have seen a greenish glow in the sky . |
| 10 | Such solutions are drastic , and could lead to the wrongful conviction of someone in an oppressive relationship who would have to incriminate a feared partner in order to clear herself , or someone who did not have the capacity to understand the need to offer evidence of their innocence . |
| 11 | The individual teacher may well have made a significant development in his or her own understanding , but that is not a sufficient condition of securing publication ( thesis three ) . |
| 12 | She must have made a huge error in giving change somewhere along the line and she felt defeated . |
| 13 | Louise would not have made an unsuccessful marriage in the first place , and she supposed her marriage must be unsuccessful , because Edward had told her that she was not a woman . |
| 14 | Not only will he be one of the few Democrats to win the presidency in the past 50 years but he will have humiliated an incumbent President in the process . |
| 15 | That is not surprising , because it is inconceivable that we would have used a nuclear weapon in those circumstances , not least because of the negative security assurances which positively precluded their use in such circumstances . |
| 16 | I think I could have bought a new washer in place of all the vibrators he 's bought . |
| 17 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 18 | These will have had a firm foundation in play and the talk that accompanies it , particularly if the learner has had the social and material opportunities provided by playgroup or nursery school . |
| 19 | The great chamber , we do n't have great chambers now , but sort of the master bedroom , private sitting room , erm would have had a big bed in it . |
| 20 | His determination to deny them the ‘ improved living and working conditions , proper social protection , dialogue between management and labour ’ aspired to by the Maastricht social chapter suggest he may have had a different community in mind from the sort outside the gates of Timex . |
| 21 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 22 | This would be expected because , first , they would have been socialized into a version of mathematics nearer to that of the university ‘ modern ’ pure mathematicians than that of their elders and because , secondly , they would have had a potential interest in changes that could , within schools , challenge the seniority of their elder colleagues or , at least , they would have had less of a vested interest in current practice . |
| 23 | The site is only four miles from Corinium and this has led to the speculation that the establishment may have had a special function in a large estate . |
| 24 | At the Old Bailey , the defence argued that after such painstaking tests of public taste , their clients must have had an honest mind in relation to its subsequent exhibition . |
| 25 | The Council may have played a major role in planning the transfer of the Visigoths to Aquitaine . |
| 26 | Some well-informed people suggest that the Americans may have played a discreet role in last week 's cabinet reshuffle . |
| 27 | Five thousand did so , and may have played a decisive part in turning a 5,060 Tory majority into a 580 Labour one . |
| 28 | It is a fair bet that at the conclusion of this year 's Masters , the 18th will again have played a decisive role in the outcome . |
| 29 | For if they vote with John Major next Wednesday , they will have played a crucial part in giving him a fresh mandate to break his election promises . ’ |
| 30 | Whether they eventually become brilliant scholars or not does n't really matter ; we will have played a significant part in creating a happy and confident individual — and what could be more important than that ? |