Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 3 | Other radicals demanded that foreign policy should no longer be at the mercy of " the ideas , valuations and methods of a sporting aristo-plutocracy " or " the obscure convolutions of diplomatic staffs " , that " there must be an end of the secret diplomacy which has plunged us into this catastrophe " and that the working classes should " lay down our own terms , make our own proclamations , establish our own diplomacy " . |
| 4 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 5 | However , no accounting standard-setting body in the world has recognized them as serious propositions for replacing accruals accounting . |
| 6 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 7 | Tory candidate Paul Rayner and Liberal Democray Rosamund Jordan will struggle to keep Mr Bell 's majority under 10,000 despite his concentration on Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority issues , with has diverted him from other matters . |
| 8 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 9 | Does the Secretary of State not accept that our valley councils have lost more in rate support grant over the past 10 years than he has given them in new money in the latest package ? |
| 10 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 11 | They may even find time for a sustained effort to win the Premiership , a trophy which has eluded them since 1987 , the only way they can improve on their remarkable exploits of the last two seasons . |
| 12 | However , even if they do not make the play-offs , the Chiefs have achieved a degree of respectability that has eluded them in past seasons . |
| 13 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 14 | ‘ He has forbidden me to fast or even keep the days of abstinence . |
| 15 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 16 | But he will have to wait to get into the action — an ankle injury has sidelined him for two weeks . |
| 17 | Defender Ian Harold starts a three-match ban , while player-boss John Carroll is again doubtful with the Achilles injury that has sidelined him in recent games . |
| 18 | Although we have answered some questions , our work has presented us with many more . |
| 19 | Since then , Dr Richardson has met him on many occasions , and he conveyed the university 's invitation to the Dalai Lama . |
| 20 | Nobody has seen him since that day . |
| 21 | By the time the aged parents had arrived , Lisabeth was ensconced in my bedroom , the sleeping-bag ( which has seen me through three continents , two sit-ins , an eviction and a New Year 's Eve in Trafalgar Square , and which I called Hemingway ) in place on the sofa . |
| 22 | He has seen her for all of 30 seconds . |
| 23 | The ‘ Sinatra/Jagger/Jive Bunny 's Back ’ joke has seen us through many a long winter . |
| 24 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 25 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 26 | It is not clear if the Government 's tactics over the last few days are typical of the muddle that has beset it in recent months or if it is deliberately designed to throw its opponents into confusion . |
| 27 | Your own haiku can have ‘ movement ’ as its subject , ‘ my town ’ , ‘ Spring ’ or whatever has moved you to powerful feeling . |
| 28 | ‘ He was a black Jew ; the Church has turned him into some kind of Barbie doll . ’ |
| 29 | Announcing his first programme yesterday , he spoke of the ‘ awesome responsibility ’ of following Joan Knight who has turned it into one of the most successful theatres in the country with an average audience of more than 7,000 people for each production . |
| 30 | Though Coronation Street , a downmarket soap , has lots of viewers , Granada , the firm that makes it , has to sell it to other ITV companies for a mere £100,000 per episode . |