Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This is not the first time the issue of control has come up in this column but because yours is a sign that tends to resist going with the flow , all too often you meet people and circumstances that appear to block your path .
2 Thi this is something which has come out in several places I do n't know whether the members noted it , erm the er it also touches on , on , on what my colleague said earlier and the item in paragraph V er the assumption of the demand remain much as it is , heavily towards the South East particularly Gatwick .
3 How things went with them from then on we know from what has come out in public .
4 He carries only nine pounds more than in 1992 and despite being plagued by a wind problem since that success , has come back in great style after being ‘ tubed . ’
5 It may well be the same story that has come down in two different strands of tradition .
6 It is small wonder that the practice has grown up in recent years of referring , however inaccurately , to a mistress as a ‘ common law wife ’ .
7 The Alumni Foundation concerts are a new and pleasant tradition which has grown up in recent years .
8 One of the reasons that Britain habitually trails in this sort of event is the culture of dogged amateurism that has grown up in recent years .
9 The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business .
10 Since then it has turned up in Kenyan tobacco plantations where safety precautions are impractical and widely ignored .
11 The ceremony has died out in many areas over the past hundred years , so it was a good idea to revive it.There 's cider and singing and it 's good fun .
12 The British Technology Group , formed by a merger of the National Enterprise Board and the National Research Development Council , has invested in in small firms in electronics .
13 In fact , it 's a term that could be aptly used to describe that whole flowery genre of catch-all fiddle-and-flute pop that has sprouted up in this country since Mike Scott first became an executive member of An Bord lascaigh Mhara .
14 As the trade union movement has found out in recent times , sometimes to its painful cost , modern capitalism and exploitation does not recognize international frontiers and employers and their political supporters are not slow to export their practices to countries whose borders have previously been closed to them .
15 John Child ( 1984 , Chapter 1 ) has set out in some detail the requirements for the formulation and successful implementation of managerial plans .
16 In its citation , the Nobel Committee ( of the Norwegian parliament , which awarded the Peace Prize ) said that it wished to honour Gorbachev for his " many and decisive contributions " to East-West relations and " for the greater openness he has brought about in Soviet society " .
17 In the face of this central problem , the valuable work that has gone on in recent years in narratology , and other aspects of fictional form , is curiously difficult to apply in practice .
18 ‘ It is something which has gone on in this force for almost two years but has now reached epidemic proportions and something has to be done , ’ he declared .
19 CalMac 's managing director , Colin Paterson , points out that his is possibly the only nationalised industry whose grant has gone down in real terms .
20 Abraham has gone down in Christian tradition as one of the great men of faith .
21 HARDLY a week has gone by in recent months without some new development in home video .
22 I was thinking for instance in the context of Sri Lanka , where I was born , that there is n't a straight forward national liberation struggle , there are lots of problems such as militarism which the women 's movement has taken on in various ways and played a major part in combating .
23 However , such systems tend to settle down after a time ; as long as the feedback process is not in full swing , we can often assume that the net effect has balanced out in one direction or the other .
24 Fortunately the Christian church is not dominated by theologians , but by the praying faithful , and the Divine Drama , although suffering numerous attacks and emendations , has lived on in popular spirituality and liturgy .
25 However , since nothing substantial has seeped out in this porous capital , that 's doubtful .
26 No longer would he have to pin all his hopes on the random burglaries that he 'd carried out in that first couple of days , none of which had turned up anything better than a shotgun or a low-calibre target weapon ; those were useless for his purpose , and he 'd left them where he 'd found them .
27 Women passengers who 'd nodded off in full make-up emerged with faces crumpled and ankles swollen .
28 It was a long time since he 'd eaten out in this style and he was shocked by the escalation of prices and VAT .
29 I thought you 'd taken off in that spaceship of yours . ’
30 They 'd crossed a highway while there was no traffic , they 'd blundered around in damp undergrowth , scurrying away from every chirp and mysterious croak , and finally they 'd found the plastic .
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