Example sentences of "[conj] have [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | One approach that has been given a lot of importance is distinctive feature analysis , which is based on the principle that phonemes should be regarded not as independent and indivisible units , but instead as combinations of different features . |
| 3 | I think Klute is a superb film and I think he ( his father ) set an acting style in that film that has been mimicked a great deal since . |
| 4 | The representatives of nations and organizations that had been preserving a cautious neutrality now swelled the flock , gabbling about friendly relations and mutual benefit . |
| 5 | welcomed everyone with the news that had been awarded a GL&SE Sports Council Award for Services to Sport , in the category of ‘ Raising Standards of Performance ’ for her work with the National Display Team . |
| 6 | He thought of his dam that had been to make a lake . |
| 7 | He 's right , he has the body of a whippet topped by the face of a bulldog that 's been given a severe kicking . |
| 8 | The boy I know has been brought up to want for nothing , and has been raised a staunch Catholic . |
| 9 | It has lofty and spacious reception rooms and a ballroom and has been declared a national monument . |
| 10 | The wooded glen at the start of this walk is home to over 120 species of flowering plants and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 11 | Although relatively creaky as an operating system , the DOS installed base is vast — maybe over 100 million — and has been given a new lease of life by the runaway success of Windows . |
| 12 | The South as an image lives on , and has been given a new elixir with the appointment of Julius Nyerere as the head of the South Commission . |
| 13 | If an offender , even a very young offender , has been given the benefit and assistance of probation and has been given a community service order , what is the court to do when he comes back again and again and again ? |
| 14 | ‘ She paid her own ticket from Australia for the interview , and has been running a much-respected heavy metal magazine there , ’ said Dave . |
| 15 | The Open Software Foundation is trying to figure out how to import object orientation into its Distributed Computing Environment , but is having trouble getting a handle on it , although part of its problem is thought to be attitudinal : it desperately needs an architectural and communications model and has been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 16 | Greene King already owns 28% of Morland and has been promised a further 14.9% . |
| 17 | Woman A ( all interviewees are anonymous ) is married and has been having a long-term affair with her parish priest . |
| 18 | She is a member of Canzonetta — a newly formed chamber choir directed by David Victor-Smith and has been awarded a place at the Royal Northern College of Music in September . |
| 19 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 20 | He had lost everything and had been made a ‘ scapegoat ’ by the Government , said his solicitors . |
| 21 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 22 | Ruth had decided to say she 'd been unwell , and had been given a few days off to recover her strength . |
| 23 | Yes , Jack had certainly cracked in the pro-am , and had been given a sharp reprimand by the tournament director , Oliver Moreton , no doubt much to the latter 's enjoyment . |
| 24 | He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home . |
| 25 | It came about because , after an early night in the same bed as that slept in by the Prince , Dr Johnson , who had a cold and had been rendered a little deaf by it , ‘ spoke of Prince Charles being here , and asked Mrs Macdonald , ‘ Who was with him ? |
| 26 | He had been married to my mother for fifteen years and had been called a bad husband , whereas she had been what is known as a good wife . |
| 27 | Latterly he had been involved in eel fishing and had been seeking a place to keep his eels alive and fresh . |
| 28 | They had already been hauled up eight times , the first during the summer of 1981 , and had been fined a total of £23,200 . |
| 29 | ‘ He had no convictions prior to this incident and had been driving a car since 1957 . ’ |
| 30 | Of medium height , he was known as a dresser and had been tipped a couple of times for those best-dressed men lists . |