Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to have the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank of England sought to have the bank declared insolvent , to allow depositors compensation from the UK 's Deposit Protection Fund ( which paid 75 per cent of deposits up to £15,000 ) . |
| 2 | As a compromise the Running Foreman agreed to have the engine fully prepared and ready . |
| 3 | Okar claimed to have the support of several bodies which had been critical of the present government , particularly the Nigerian Labour Congress , the Bar Association and the unions of journalists and students . |
| 4 | Riding on again , down the road which they thought would be the easiest route to the Fire Court , Fenella began to have the feeling that the twisty Tree stumps were not Tree stumps at all , but horrid , stunted living things and that malicious ancient eyes looked out from their depths . |
| 5 | She had understood that Frank had to have the bike . |
| 6 | Berle hoped to have the British blamed for breaking up the conference , as he knew he had the support of the Latin American states and some European countries . |
| 7 | In his June 8 announcement Shamir claimed to have the allegiance of 62 members of the 120-seat Knesset ( parliament ) : 40 seats from Likud , the rest from three small religious parties ( Shas , Mafgal ( the National Religious Party ) and Degel Hatorah ) and three right-wing nationalist parties ( Moledet , Tehiya and Tzomet ) , and three individuals , including a Labour Party defector , Ephraim Gur . |
| 8 | IMP had to have the latest print-outs of the disaster . |
| 9 | But Frohnmayer seemed to have the President 's confidence , and until Buchanan 's remarkably strong showing against Bush in the New Hampshire primary , his position had seemed reasonably secure . |
| 10 | England had lost two series to Australia and looked a fairly ordinary outfit ; despite their experience in Australia , West Indies looked to have the better all-round team , and Greig 's ‘ forecast ’ seemed altogether ill-advised . |
| 11 | After the drama of the tied first Test , Australia won the second by seven wickets and West Indies the third by 222 runs ; as the fourth neared its close , West Indies appeared to have the game in their hands , only for the last Australian pair to survive for an hour and forty minutes and earn a draw ; and the final Test was won by Australia with just two wickets left . |
| 12 | Dallas seemed to have the game in their hands after Aikman 's two five-yard touchdown passes to Jay Novacek earned them a 17-7 half-time lead . |
| 13 | In Washington , meanwhile , Mr Smick struggled to have the five-page letter translated . |
| 14 | And yet Miles appeared to have the same complement of arms and legs as he did , the same disposition of eyes , nose and mouth . |
| 15 | Apart for his incongruously white hair , Amaldi seemed to have the mental lucidity and expected energy of a man half his age . |
| 16 | Kate began to have the feeling that she was caught by forces stronger than her , that she was in the power of some strange vortex that was spinning her around so fast that she no longer knew how to keep control . |
| 17 | Of the quintet Bradley looked to have the best chance : second in the Gold Cup in 1982 and a gutsy winner of the Hennessy , the nine-year-old Bregawn was clearly a chaser of great ability , though he had begun to show signs of temperament , being reluctant to line up for the start on occasion . |
| 18 | Six-year-old Colin Mwanamwalye proved to have the healthiest attitude of all the children . |
| 19 | At first Japan appeared to have the upper hand . |
| 20 | Mount Patrick appeared to have the race sewn up after he collared Radiant Monarch two out , but he stopped to nothing on the run-in and Ovac Star swept past . |
| 21 | Mr Rikanovic almost certainly knew nothing about Swiss law , by which anyone holding an item publicly for three years without judgment against him acquires title , but it is interesting that the visit occurred just at the time when Lord Northampton sought to have the ownership dispute heard by the Swiss courts . |
| 22 | After concluding the deal through an intermediary , John H. Ross , Collins arranged to have the case transferred from another judge and then sentenced the man to 42 months ' imprisonment despite a recommendation of eight years by the probation officer . |
| 23 | It had started the day three months previously when Michael paid to have the house stoved . |
| 24 | Floy began to have the sensation that he was being watched , not by Balor or Snodgrass , but by other creatures , creatures who lived in this huge , dark forest , and crept out only under cover of darkness … |
| 25 | No one in authority in Vienna wished to have the question posed . |