Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry has claimed to have developed a method for breaking down large amounts of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 2 | Victims and health authorities agree that services are n't being properly coordinated , but one authority has promised to try to find a consultant to sort out the problem . |
| 3 | The Middle East Council of Churches ( MECC ) has agreed to help coordinate a newly created network of Christian documentation centres in the region after sponsoring a seminar on the theme ‘ Documentation for Effective Information Sharing ’ in Cyprus , 28–31 August . |
| 4 | Johnson Matthey 's Cerene glaze formulation has enabled Inax to commercialise a new series of high gloss , super white tile glazes . |
| 5 | The ‘ Cerene ’ glaze has enabled Inax to commercialise a new series of tile glazes with a high degree of surface perfection and gloss . |
| 6 | He could remember that there was an age for puppets and magic , just as he could remember the time that he 'd spent trying to fan a deck of cards or sitting in front of a mirror trying to get the hard consonants down like a real ventriloquist . |
| 7 | Yet , although we had n't thought of a name , we 'd started to fancy doing a couple of gigs and , of course , you ca n't do gigs without a name . |
| 8 | Very briefly , I would 've preferred to have seen a contract based on the end performance with the grass being cut to a structured length . |
| 9 | Shamir would have preferred to have formed a broad coalition government with Labour , but this became impossible for him in view of statements made by Labour Ministers suggesting that they supported contacts with the PLO , and in view of pressure from hardline Likud members such as Ariel Sharon to form a right-wing government . |
| 10 | Erm you closed questioned which I thought Martin made very difficult for you but er obviously intentionally but erm what else is it you mentioned erm pension or benefits from the navy , you never actually picked up on whether he had any erm pension benefit from , from the forces which is something that , that we would have had to have made a note of . |
| 11 | First , the young person would have had to have found a job , and that job would itself have to offer day release , which at the age of fourteen would amount to two days a week . |
| 12 | No , cos I was gon na pay the butchers which I would have had to have changed a note and you said I 'll pay . |
| 13 | The remains of houses and possessions give an idea of people 's lifestyle , while the remains of their tools can show what work they did , and to some extent how hard they would have had to work to do a particular job . |
| 14 | Although the laser printed sheet is only in black and white the rostrum camera operator can add the colours optically and generate a very high quality slide for around half what it would have cost to produce using a ‘ conventional ’ electronic system . |
| 15 | I 'd have loved to have built a 10-year career around him , but I fully understand his reasons for going . |
| 16 | I 'd have loved to have seen a database import facility in the software . |
| 17 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 18 | While I would have liked to have seen a bit more about 9 Sqn 's contribution to the Tirpitz attacks , I appreciate that this is a book about 617 Sqn . |
| 19 | I mean what you 're looking for is a reduction or what you would have liked to have seen a reduction in the land allocation for employment needs , and yet in the other breath you are saying to North Yorkshire , you should really cater for one hundred percent migration . |
| 20 | ‘ I would have liked to have seen a few more North and Mid Wales sides near the top of the league , ’ he says . |
| 21 | He would have liked to have made a run for Mexico but he had work to do , and there was n't a chance of their surviving that long a race against the hurricane . |
| 22 | He would have liked to have taken a doggy bag to restaurants and collar extras he could n't quite fit in , like garlic bread , crusty granary rolls and After Eights . |
| 23 | Dot would have liked to have had a hand to hold . |
| 24 | They would have liked to have had a baby together , but she lost triplets , was very ill , and it seemed a family was not to be . |
| 25 | Sandys would have liked to have established a similarly unified headquarters at Singapore , but determined Naval opposition thwarted him . |
| 26 | She would have liked to have wed a Jewish boy , primarily for mother 's sake , but fate had decreed otherwise . |
| 27 | He would have liked to have put a hand on her shoulder now to comfort her . |
| 28 | He had stopped prowling to lift a dining chair from its place beside a circular dining table , swinging it round to sit astride it , resting his arms along its back and meeting Gina 's quizzical gaze with a rueful smile . |
| 29 | It will be recalled that , in the expectations-augmented Phillips curve , Friedman had assigned to aggregate demand a prominent , independent and direct role , summarized in the magnitude of f(U) , in determining the actual rate of inflation . |
| 30 | Major , who before the election had been the subject of adverse newspaper comment for not having put a woman in his Cabinet , had felt compelled to make a move . |