Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] [det] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 HP figures it has done the same against Sun Microsystems Inc at the low end , claiming Sun 's attempt to break into the commercial market is based only on price .
2 The invitations to foreign races started coming in after he ran ‘ about 162 miles ’ in a 24-race in Chorley , and Zarei has made the most of them , often running ultra races consecutively and by doing so he has more than proved a point about his approach to running .
3 Amongst the newcomers are Llanelli 's Wayne Proctor and Swansea 's Simon Davies , both wings ( a position short of challengers recently ) , hooker Nigel Meek from Pontypool ( who has made the most of Garin Jenkins ’ move to Swansea ) , second row Paul Kawulok ( another who took the Hall and Griffiths trail from Bridgend to Cardiff ) and two sons of famous fathers , Richard Shaw ( Bridgend ) and Scott Quinnell ( Llanelli ) ; scions of Glyn and Derek respectively .
4 Saddam Hussein has made the most of it , has n't he really ?
5 And it would be you know , which tin is the best value , which has got the most in and all this .
6 ( I live in a town which has stayed the same for a thousand years beyond skirt-lengths and cars . )
7 That of course assumes that everything spent on transport in England is a national cost and that the policing of London is a national cost , but we say that once we settle down and allocate the nature of expenditure as between the two countries , disallowing the cost of running the southern region of the railways as a United Kingdom expense , it is perfectly clear , as the Scottish newspapers have often demonstrated under the heading ’ Scotching the Myth ’ — Scottish Television has demonstrated the same in a programme of the same name — that there is no question of Scotland being subsidised in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests .
8 The planners ' central analysis has remained the same throughout the controversy .
9 The island is seen as a microcosm of the world and this is part of Golding 's style that has remained the same throughout the book .
10 Partly because of the volume of this response and partly because of the radical nature of some of these proposals , going well beyond those envisaged in Partnership in Validation , the CNAA has allowed a few of the suggested procedures to be tried out on an experimental basis and while this is happening has virtually declared a moratorium on other ‘ special arrangement ’ proposals .
11 which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty .
12 ‘ I would have expected no less of you , Alice .
13 We could have done the same with Benjamin .
14 ‘ You would have done the same for me , ’ he replied .
15 I wished she could have done the same for me .
16 You would have done the same for me . ’
17 Viol had made himself obvious today ; and presumably he would have done the same on other occasions .
18 She ground a half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray , and McLeish was left with the feeling that she would willingly have done the same to the live flesh of Angela Morgan , if available .
19 He dialled Dottie 's number , trying not to dwell on thoughts of the times Michael Banks must have done the same from the same phone .
20 He would have done the same in her position if he had to appear at a press conference — appearance was important to Dexter .
21 He 'd have done the same in Cindy 's place .
22 But then , you 'd have said the same about Crippen or Christie , would n't you ?
23 It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses .
24 But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly .
25 IF THE inflation figures had been published a couple of days earlier , the Labour party would no doubt have made the most of a fall which was far short of expectations .
26 Its role could have been vital , for in theory skilful negotiators might have made the most of military situations which , at a given moment , greatly favoured one side rather than the other .
27 When one tries to analyse the real reasons for the respect which French cookery has so long exacted from the rest of the world , the French genius for presentation must be counted as a very relevant point , and its humble beginnings can be seen on the market stalls , i the small town charcutiers ' and pâtissiers ' shops , in the modest little restaurants where even if the cooking is not particularly distinguished , the most ordinary of little dishes will be brought to your table with respect , properly arranged on a serving dish , the vegetables separately served , the object of arousing your appetite will be achieved and the proprietors of the establishment will have made the most of their limited resources .
28 ‘ Well , could n't you have sold a few of those ? ’
29 ‘ You must have got a few in the Houses of Parliament , ’ he said , smiling .
30 You 'll have to do the same with me .
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