Example sentences of "to have [verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were reported to have threatened to convene a national conference themselves unless Biya announced his intention of doing so by May 24 . |
| 2 | Late last night they were also reported to have agreed to establish a supranational bank to finance the reconstruction of Eastern Europe — a strategy Mrs Thatcher has doubts about . |
| 3 | Even the much-vaunted " Charity School Movement " of the early decades seems only to have helped stop a poor level becoming worse . |
| 4 | The " elite " of skilled male mule spinners which was retained seems to have continued to display an artisan-like attitude . |
| 5 | Police were interviewing a man yesterday alleged to have tried to steal a golden pheasant from a cage at a house at Chapelgarth , Great Broughton . |
| 6 | Like coffee , legend surrounds the beginning of tea drinking and it is also reputed to have kept awake an ancient priest throughout a long vigil , stimulating him with its caffeine . |
| 7 | Charged with the task of treatment and prevention and after care , they seem to have failed to develop an effective community support system for discharged patients . |
| 8 | She seemed to have managed to collar a whole plate of them still on their sticks . |