Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [noun] have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royalty likes to go where royalty has already been , and in the second half of the last century Biarritz became the resort of monarchs from all over . |
| 2 | I had felt the lure of the unexplored , the compulsion to go where others had not been . |
| 3 | And if she has already enjoyed the satisfaction of having climbed to a new standard of proficiency , higher than she has been before , why should she care one way or another to know that others have not yet reached this standard ? |
| 4 | Easily Accessible : Walkers will be delighted to know that Wiltshire has over 4,000 miles of footpath . |
| 5 | As far as the build quality is concerned , you 'd expect it to be up there with the best of the Japanese instruments , and you 'll be pleased to know that Jackson have not compromised their reputation here at all ; there 's nothing in the slightest ‘ second rate ’ about the Infinity . |
| 6 | It is of great comfort to know that John had so many friends and that our family has been in the thoughts and prayers of so many people . |
| 7 | Joan said : ‘ I want people to know that Brian has never been forgotten and that we will never give up hope that his murderer will be found . ’ |
| 8 | Enjoying the irony of it , and actually quite pleased to discover that Ryan had n't turned over a new leaf after all , she continued smoothly , ‘ And might I remind you , Ryan , that it was my money in the first place , not yours ? |
| 9 | He returned thoughtfully to the Saint Pierre au gratin , only to discover that matters had not progressed well in his absence . |
| 10 | After four months in Hong Kong , Miller returned to Cappielow to discover that Morton had only ten players on their books . |
| 11 | Ronni nodded , glad to discover that Jeff had n't sold out . |
| 12 | ARRIVED AT Techno Towers to discover that computers had not yet been invented . |
| 13 | He arrived to find that Ibrahim had recently departed and was at Rass , another ten days away in the very centre of the peninsula . |
| 14 | He turned round to find that Morpurgo had not moved . |
| 15 | But it was a shock , nevertheless , to find that Fen had very unpleasant feet of clay . |
| 16 | But he was soon to find that Tolkien had more to offer him than the chance to learn Old Norse . |
| 17 | He was surprised that he 'd had no word from that gentleman , and even more so to find that Theda had not either . |
| 18 | They must be taught to retrieve but mine have always been intelligent enough to quickly acquire the knack after limited training . |
| 19 | It was clear that she was very close to death , and Julia began to worry because Minnie had not been informed . |
| 20 | She looked up to see that Belle had n't made it : her legs were dangling into the corridor . |
| 21 | I lifted my hair , let it fall , and the weight of it brought my head down to see that Leon had n't moved . |
| 22 | Flaubert used to claim that Pascal had once visited the house at Croisset ; and a tenacious local legend maintained that Abbé Prévost wrote Manon Lescaut there . |
| 23 | He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake . |
| 24 | Two hours later , as they sat watching an Irish comedian telling jokes that she herself considered quite unsuitable for family viewing , jokes that she hoped were incomprehensible to Celia and her grandparents , the telephone rang : it was her mother , to report that Liz had not telephoned . |
| 25 | I had to agree that Hindley had certainly attacked Heathcliff first . |
| 26 | It is only now , in middle age , that joy is beginning to develop in her heart , as she begins to realize that God has truly given her the gift of life . |
| 27 | It is useful to remember that IBM has virtually no unions . |
| 28 | And they had , over and over again , so many times that no one except me seemed to remember that things had ever been different . |
| 29 | ‘ I seem to remember that excuse has already been used by the man who got the human race thrown out of Eden . ’ |
| 30 | It is therefore simplest to interpret these results in terms of an inability to remember that food has just been obtained from a particular arm . |