Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amnesty 's British Section has received dozens of letters concerning Vic Williams . |
| 2 | Since its launch in April , the Breathe Easy club has received thousands of letters and calls from people with lung problems . |
| 3 | The broken tanker has leaked thousands of tonnes of crude oil and threatens to destroy the wildlife paradise of the Shetlands . |
| 4 | Since then , he has travelled some of football 's more pot-holed highways , including short spells at non-League Fisher Athletic and in the Middle East just as the Gulf War began . |
| 5 | Creditors has travelled thousands of miles to attend this hearing . |
| 6 | It really is many happy returns for Brian who has travelled thousands of miles from his home in Tasmania to wish his twin happy birthday . |
| 7 | John Winkler , a well known marketing expert has taught thousands of executives to learn to cope with and even enjoy the bargaining process . |
| 8 | Now this will surprise you , I know ; but my mother has pointed that out time after time . |
| 9 | HOLLYWOOD hulk Arnie Schwarzenegger has heard all about pap snap and tries to get one of his photos used . |
| 10 | Since 1975 my unit has examined thousands of sheep livers and faecal samples from throughout the islands , without seeing signs of liverfluke . , |
| 11 | But the vote in April has fallen due for payment in September . |
| 12 | Bill has explained this to Paul five times . |
| 13 | But Prince has floated free of grassroots or use value , and ascended to an aristocratic , aerial domain of licence and luxury — where he 's instigated a promiscuous chaos of stylistic miscegenation . |
| 14 | I have written off the cost on a straight line basis in the accounts and the inspector has disallowed this for tax purposes . |
| 15 | He does manage carefully prepared appearances in public , he does see journalists ( this interview was conducted by telephone , still his chief channel of communication ) , it does sometimes seem as if every second person on the London meeja circuit has sat next to Rushdie at some dinner party . |
| 16 | Yesterday Mr Mandela began a three-day tour of the Natal Midlands , cockpit of the virtual civil war between the ANC and Inkatha which has claimed thousands of lives over the last three years . |
| 17 | THE boss of a top North East hairdressing chain has claimed thousands of youth training places are in jeopardy because of a lack of Government cash . |
| 18 | The gypsies are without a homeland or a fixed seat of government — and they are falling victim to a strain of virulent nationalism which , since 1990 , has claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds homeless . |
| 19 | Mr Salmond has to appear pure in heart to his diehard fundamentalists by never again having truck with four letter words like devolution . |
| 20 | A SERIES OF BOOKS HAS RESCUED HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS FROM DERELICTION . |
| 21 | The Landmark Trust has rescued dozens of follies and temples from decay , ranging from the Swiss Cottage at Endsleigh in Devon , to the pineapple at Dunmore near Stirling , in Scotland . |
| 22 | ‘ Profitability in the commodity area has collapsed relative to ICI 's expectations , ’ he says . |
| 23 | The fields of classical music , the avant-garde , pop , rock and ambient music have all felt Cale 's impact , and he has has zig-zagged between careers as a producer and A&R man and a composer of film soundtracks . |
| 24 | It is , to be sure , the element of sensibility which has attracted many of Hornblower 's readers but many more will remember with greater satisfaction the account of Hornblower 's stand against four French ships-of-war , in A Ship of the Line , in which professional skill , emotional introspection and moment-to-moment physical behaviour are unerringly matched . |
| 25 | The Physics Challenge at Marton Sixth Form College , Middlesbrough , has attracted 14 to 16-year-olds over three two-day periods . |
| 26 | She sits there , nearly crushing the spindly , modish bench some twee designer has deemed appropriate for business chitchat . |
| 27 | A 9in ( 230mm ) boundary wall , which has cracked due to settlement , is to be replaced . |
| 28 | X/Open Co Ltd has picked one of DEC 's key transaction processing technologies as part of its standard for distributed transaction processing . |
| 29 | The semi-final between Anatoly Karpov and Artur Yusupov has come alive following Yusupov 's win in the fifth game . |
| 30 | A stake in the business , which has come near to bankruptcy , is put up for sale . |