Example sentences of "have [verb] at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the name of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( IGLA ) , I would like to congratulate you on the positive stand that Amnesty International has taken at its recent International Council Meeting regarding people imprisoned solely for their homosexuality . |
| 2 | From the presence of enlarged joints and marine gastropods on these shelves , he was prepared to attribute them to marine action since the sea has stood at its present level . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ he agreed before lapsing into silence , but not before she 'd seen his face reflect the pleasure he 'd experienced at her instant recognition of what was clearly one of his favourite recordings . |
| 4 | I 'd sworn at my thick sweater when I packed my bag in the Laura Ashley room , but I 'd be needing it soon . |
| 5 | Jared Tunstall was distraught ; his much adored daughter had disappeared , but as was his usual way no one could have guessed at his inner feelings . |
| 6 | However , there is no denying that the picture quality does suffer at these low levels : the colours become increasingly weak and washed-out looking , and the sharpness of the definition falls off because the lens is having to work at its maximum aperture . |
| 7 | Davide ate one of the sweet ring-shaped biscuits , then another , and a third , and would have laughed at her dear comical face and appreciated the baking , if his head had n't maddened him . |
| 8 | Having glanced at her ringless hands , he cleared his throat . |
| 9 | Ace had looked at her scarlet face and his eyes were amused . |
| 10 | Okay so we 've looked at your current income and expenditure , what I 'd like to do now is move on to the future . |
| 11 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 12 | There was a bit less hair on his scalp but he looked as fit as he had done at their previous brief meetings . |
| 13 | Just before that , however , Queen Victoria had died at her favourite home in the Isle of White , Osborne House , on 22nd , January 1901 . |
| 14 | Leith got started on her work , doubting very much that they would so much as catch a glimpse of their new ‘ colleagues ’ , but she had to smile at his quaint terminology for the higher ranks . |
| 15 | You only had to look at her greasy black hair , her insolent stare and her creased and spotted uniform . |
| 16 | It was built in the beautiful plum-coloured brick he had used at his main residence of Rycote . |
| 17 | The whole company had then made their way along the considerable length of the dripping tunnel by torch light , until they had exited at its other end into the moonlit woods outside the perimeter fence . |
| 18 | They had arrived at their given destination , had ridden out the Chief Wren 's wrath , and tea — and toast , too , if their noses were to be believed — were within blessed reach . |
| 19 | By the time Bodie reached the dusk-lit Embassy in Kensington , the limousine had arrived at its front steps . |
| 20 | ‘ Be quiet ! ’ he ordered , and before she knew what he was about he had snatched at her white cap and pulled it off . |
| 21 | Therapist : ‘ OK , we have looked at your current difficulties , let's now look at some background information [ turns page of assessment sheet ] . |
| 22 | ‘ Inspector Cotton is getting uppity , because we have looked at his precious Livesey file . ’ |
| 23 | Many candidates all down the line think of headhunters as privileged individuals able to hand out plum jobs willy-nilly to those in their favour ; at the same time — somewhat contradictorily — they regard them as dodgy , cowboy characters who have arrived at their coveted positions in life after having failed at everything else they have attempted . |