Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There will come a time , Creggan , when you will learn that the fretting here in these Cages when you think the world has passed you by has taught you more than all the flights , and kills , and territories you may have made or seen . |
| 2 | The theologians ' determination to rest their faith on something more secure than history has made them more than willing , in many circumstances , to accept that the historical evidence of Jesus ' life is as patchy as the most sceptical secular historian says it is . |
| 3 | I have nothing but admiration for those hardy woodturners who have put the clock back a few hundred years and are making furniture with their pole lathes , but it has made me more than ever aware that the wood lathe has changed very little over the years . |
| 4 | I have no doubt that the hon. Gentleman accepts them — although it is true that he has surprised me more than once in the past by failing to agree with the most obvious proposition . |
| 5 | Governments , it seems , have yet to learn a fact that most smokers readily acknowledge : the tobacco industry has got them precisely where it wants them . |
| 6 | The whole affair has cost him more than £650,000 in fees for legal and financial advice , his spokesmen said last night . |
| 7 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
| 8 | Indeed , it has taken me more than three years to cast off my British cynicism and truly comprehend the value of freedom in America . |
| 9 | This county council has funded them more than social services erm , for , I do n't have the figures in front of me today , but for a long time , erm , this is unlike the overwhelming majority of county councils , who spend more on social services than they do on the police . |
| 10 | If it is then you need to think carefully about what we 're talking about today , and I hope everyone here has read it already cos that shows your spirit alone . |
| 11 | But he said : ‘ What has upset me more than missing the Olympics is that people I like and respect are going to think I 'm a cheat . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd telephoned you purely because I had a need to hear the sound of your voice and what do I get for giving in to such weakness ? |
| 13 | We 'd booked him just as his catchphrases were being quoted by the entire nation , and all because Julie 's mortgage broker knew someone who knew his phone number and he had agreed to appear . |
| 14 | She 'd visited him regularly when he was in prison ; but he could see as the months went by that whatever that special something they 'd had , it was withering away . |
| 15 | She 'd got it more than Bill 's got it . |
| 16 | Hardly surprising , since she 'd played it non-stop since her Lucy dream , wept to it , soaked it in until it was her heartbeat , floated on the cloud of its beauty all through the Lucyless days . |
| 17 | ‘ God , ’ her husband said , whenever she 'd brought him home before her father died , ‘ what a bloody awful climate … ’ |
| 18 | For the first term I felt guilty I 'd abandoned him even though he 'd told me to come and could stand on his own two feet . |
| 19 | I 'd denied it all when Doreen confronted me , but she must have confided her suspicions to the word-processor and left the floppy disc on her bedside table . |
| 20 | There were several alterations in ink ; she 'd changed it again since he 'd last looked . |
| 21 | I sent off for mine last week — I 'm sort of hoping that they wo n't have posted them yet so it may be worth ringing up to try and cancel . |
| 22 | He left her so abruptly that she could not have stopped him even if she had known what to say . |
| 23 | I might have stopped it already if it was n't for you . |
| 24 | Match summary : Both teams played well , England were unlucky when Dorigo hit the post from an excellent free kick , and Platt should have tucked it away when he was through . |
| 25 | Many will have forgotten him too because it is surprising how quickly those in the public eye fade . |
| 26 | A romantic little episode , yet the intensity of what she 'd felt in those moments could have overwhelmed her completely if she had n't remembered Didi 's words . |
| 27 | ‘ He could have done it beforehand when we met for drinks and everyone 's attention was on Mrs Figgis-Hewett , ’ said Angelina , albeit with a feeling of disloyalty to a fellow female . |
| 28 | I 'm not sure , but I think somebody else should have done it rather than me . |
| 29 | And she could have done it again if only she 'd had the chance . |
| 30 | I would have done it actually when , when I took the plate out but the water in the bowl was cold . |