Example sentences of "[pers pn] [det] [noun] have " in BNC.

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1 At least five tragic scenarios had gone through my head by the time he told me that Dad had died .
2 ‘ Oh you go back if yer want to , but it seems ter me that yow 've served yer purpose now an' she do n't want yer any more .
3 It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’
4 The Romans tended to be suspicious of novelty , and the word ‘ novus ’ had for them a sinister ring , although their memory of the past reminded them that change had often come about , although at first resisted .
5 A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed …
6 Yeah but each seat ooh excuse me each seat had a microphone built into the desk .
7 Probably you could buy them some stores have them for maybe a week or so .
8 Despite my files tellin me this month has the longest list of genre titles , it is the one with least to offer .
9 To me this method has several advantages :
10 When I asked Lee what 's going on , he told me this guy had met him at the airport and that he had a letter and had said he 'd caddied for Henry Cotton .
11 Those friends on the police force who would doubtless fail to remember me these nights had even let me have carbons of a few rap sheets .
12 It 's also double-bound in white plastic , which should tell you that Fender have simplified production by using the exact same bodies you 'd find on the ‘ 62 rosewood-neck reissues .
13 Well I told you that Fenwicks had and they were cheaper than
14 I know also that some Conservatives that feel that perhaps what I 've laid before you this afternoon has some credence .
15 Well that mostly you most people have this impression like that you do the er come away and then go back again .
16 The thread of the sea that had kept with me all day had not been literal .
17 Okay but all I was just saying is that it would be helpful that before we that Ian has seen through these
18 The television nasties we all thought had gone for good are here again and age has n't improved them .
19 Edward was eager to see and to understand the precise nature and functioning of female anatomy and physiology ; Helen , with equal insistence on their purity of motive and the intense trust in him that love had given her , was surprised by joy , sustained by daydreams of their future Eden together , and fired by his frank letters with their confessions of his adolescent fight against erections , nocturnal emissions , and occasional masturbation .
20 May I remind him that inflation has come down from 10.9 to 3.7 per cent. , that interest rates have been cut by 4.5 percentage points and that we have the lowest level of inflation for 25 years — below that of west Germany .
21 The last word refused to emerge as a little voice reminded her that fitzAlan had asked why , out there on the drawbridge .
22 It was as if everything that had happened to her that day had some how taken place in another time dimension .
23 Gran told her that mum had to go into hospital because she was hysterical ! !
24 ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’
25 It 's nothing to do with T N T or anything er at all , it 's just er they that organization has wro written to a number of large companies and asked them to er record er , so many , er tapes so they can analyse it .
26 His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs .
27 For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’
28 yet for him such remoteness had to be physical as well as spiritual .
29 But they have operated against terrorists , they those terrorists have committed a crime and through intelligence the S A S have been in situ and have immediately shot those criminals .
30 ( I felt like telling him those bastards had aged me by years , but I suppose we have to keep up a brave face . )
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