Example sentences of "have [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MICHAEL Heseltine taking a break from passing judgement on the schemes of architects and property developers , has decided to put his own house in order . |
| 2 | To cut a long story short , such is Smiley 's loathing for government that he has decided to establish his own private nation on Henderson Island , The Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) has neither accepted nor refused Smiley 's request For permission to build himself a family-sized mansion and an airstrip on Henderson . |
| 3 | This is why in some countries with privately owned papers the ruling party , or even the government , has decided to launch its own . |
| 4 | The Board has had to weather its own political upheavals and adjust to changing circumstances . |
| 5 | ‘ Kevin 's a bit in awe of Ian and I have told him he has got to become his own man , ’ said Graham . |
| 6 | Frau Gess has promised to make me some creamed chicken and steamed potato . |
| 7 | He has promised to launch his own broad-based party before the next general election . |
| 8 | He has agreed to pay us more than our usual commission — well , I explained , of course , that we would need ample compensation to lend him one of our girls for such unusual services , and I must say — ’ |
| 9 | But , under threat , my Creator has agreed to make me this Eve with whom you interfere , uncovering her nakedness . |
| 10 | John Major has refused to make his own staff changes in the Cabinet . |
| 11 | ‘ So if it appears that the Princess has contrived to bring her own marriage down then that is not the case at all , ’ says Penny . |
| 12 | Anyone who has tried to alter their own habits , like going on a diet or giving up smoking , will realise the degree of ill-ease and anxiety it causes . |
| 13 | Cornwall has kept the Championship flag flying for the last few years and has continued to emphasise my own view that such a competition could have an important place . |
| 14 | Clearly , if a person has contracted to buy his own goods from someone else , the contract can be set aside on the basis of mistake and any money paid over will be recoverable because of total failure of consideration . |
| 15 | Leslie Janson , of Chelmsford , Essex , has vowed to start his own fund-raising effort . |
| 16 | As I have read his writings , often in photocopies lent to me by friends , or in the book on his work published in 1982 , in India , I have not only come to appreciate his films in a more informed way , but I have also realized that his outlook on film-making is one which has begun to affect my own thinking . |
| 17 | Of course she might be pleased with that outcome , but she may also have a new feeling of helplessness , in that she has failed to manage her own problems . |
| 18 | It can be argued that there is a clear difference between finding that Parliament has failed to follow its own procedural rules and from saying that Parliament does not have the power to legislate in a particular way . |
| 19 | Thomson has managed to hold its own on some soil , but it has done lamentably in selling domestic video equipment . |
| 20 | St Leonard 's church has stood witness to the incredible changes wrought by the dissolution of the monasteries and the general passage of time and yet has managed to retain its own original identity throughout all this . |
| 21 | Having explained once more she added , ‘ I 'd intended to tell you all together this afternoon . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ E said I 'd got to give it another go . |
| 23 | She 'd got to paddle her own canoe , as she always had done . |
| 24 | You know I was completely on my own I , I 'd got to make my own decisions . |
| 25 | Now she was lost , every cell , every fibre of her body alive with the memory of his possession , aching to re-experience what only a few hours , a few minutes ago she 'd sworn to deny them both . |
| 26 | The coroner , Nicholas Gardiner , could n't say whether or not he 'd meant to take his own life and recorded an open verdict . |
| 27 | I could have gone to my own office in Whitehall , but I was due to see Sir Edmund Pusey in the evening , and I did n't want to risk running into him before I 'd managed to clear my own mind a bit . |
| 28 | It 's probably full of abbreviations and emendations because you 've had to rush to get it all down , so take it home and write it up into recognisable dialogue . |
| 29 | I would hope that we might be able to arrange it but obviously if it is er out of the question , then we 'd have to try to rearrange it some other time . |
| 30 | Having decided to start her own nursery playgroup , Clare sold her engagement ring , a flashy marquise diamond , in order to buy the lease of the first floor of a big Edwardian house in Pimlico : it contained a ballroom , a small rear room , and a bathroom . |