Example sentences of "have [verb] the [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 We could have done the same with Benjamin .
11 ‘ You would have done the same for me , ’ he replied .
12 I wished she could have done the same for me .
13 You would have done the same for me . ’
14 Viol had made himself obvious today ; and presumably he would have done the same on other occasions .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 He would have done the same in her position if he had to appear at a press conference — appearance was important to Dexter .
18 He 'd have done the same in Cindy 's place .
19 But then , you 'd have said the same about Crippen or Christie , would n't you ?
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 You 'll have to do the same with me .
26 I mean , you could have asked the same about us , on a lot of things .
27 7.2 If the Supplier shall become substantially unable , whether for reasons within or beyond its control , to fulfil its obligations to supply the Products to the Company in accordance with any purchase orders outstanding at any time and , ( after the Company has notified the Supplier in writing of such default ) the Supplier shall not have remedied the same within a period of 90 days from the receipt of such notice , then the Company shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement forthwith , and obtain supplies of the Products from third parties .
28 Details of any such contract conditions will be supplied by us on request , but you will be deemed to have accepted the same as part of the terms of this order , whether such request has been made by you or not .
29 But in case he shall die in my Lifetime then I desire that my Coffin be made by his Son in like manner as his Father was to have made the same for which I Will he shall be paid the Sum of Ten Pounds and that in such Case the said Legacy of Ten Pounds so given to his father shall cease and not be paid .
30 Aethelwald , king of the eastern Angles , seems to have made the most of his opportunity to extend his authority into Swithhelm 's territory , for when Cedd baptized Swithhelm he did so among the eastern Angles in the royal manor of Rendlesham , near Sutton Hoo , in the presence of King Aethelwald , who was his sponsor ( HE 111 , 22 ) .66 The foundation of a monastery at Barking in Essex for Aethelburh by her brother , Eorcenwald , later bishop of London ( HE IV , 6 ) , could indicate an extension also of Kentish influence into the territory of the eastern Saxons .
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