Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.

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1 I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues .
2 He care for the whole of mankind and has given us in the Bible a guide-book by which to live .
3 He has educated me in the best sense of the word and I have trusted him as I think I would trust no one else of my own sex .
4 But it is obvious that the sentences form part of some larger act of conversational interaction between two speakers ; the sentences contain several references that presuppose shared knowledge ( e.g. ‘ that meeting ’ implies that both speakers know which meeting is being spoken about ) , and in some cases the meaning of a sentence can only be correctly interpreted in the light of knowledge of what has preceded it in the conversation ( e.g. ‘ You ca n't be sure ’ ) .
5 The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention .
6 The reason for this is that ( in many cases ) the client becomes aware of the proposed legislation either because he has been served under the General Orders with a notice as being directly affected , or because he has seen it in the local newspaper or Gazette advertisement .
7 He has offered madness in the form of a minute ; she has accepted it in the form of an examination answer .
8 To that extent it does not matter in principle whether the individuals are described in a particular society as ‘ upper class ’ , ‘ middle class ’ or ‘ lower class ’ , or whether the society is rural or urban : it is a universal that all individuals in all societies have contacts with other individuals ( even the exceptional case — say , a hermit — has occasional societal contacts or has had them in the past , and ‘ isolates ’ are special cases ) .
9 ‘ The City is certainly more inclined to look kindly on the film trade than before , and thus a considerable weight that has handicapped us in the past is removed ’ , remarked John Maxwell , as he launched British International Pictures ( BIP ) as a public company with interests in production , exhibition and distribution .
10 Store has got it in the can
11 But Mrs Thatcher has told him in the Commons the Government 's not to blame :
12 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ .
13 Unfortunately , the designer has integrated them in the text , and while this might be admirable for coffee table books or even guide books , it is quite wrong here as it makes them look cramped and mean .
14 No other wave since has deposited him in the river .
15 So a new ball Lewis This his third chance Stone has found him in the end .
16 Sergeant Bragg remembered that your friend Aubrey Rivington has assisted us in the Past — through your good offices .
17 When he reached the hut Ariel had built , he found Kit Everard asleep on the threshold , curled up like a worm when a hoe has struck it in the earth , rust-pink and grimacing with his whole body , as if in pain .
18 It has put us in the position of villains , whereas the Secretary of State is the villain because he will not pay .
19 But the local council has put it in the highest council tax band — for houses worth at least three hundred thousand pounds .
20 ‘ She looks like someone has punched her in the mouth , ’ said one pal .
21 The dual Oaks runner-up is not at her best on soft ground and trainer Michael Kauntze has left her in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp on Sunday .
22 She does n't do anything special to look after the distinctive voice which has kept her in the music business for an astonishing 33 years .
23 Only Pears ’ consistency has kept him in the background . ’
24 Only Pears ’ consistency has kept him in the background . ’
25 Well , I see they 've instructed you in the story of your birth , since you had so thriving a grudge against me .
26 They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film .
27 They 'd met them in the pub a couple of weeks back .
28 I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich .
29 She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away .
30 I 'd seen them in the shops marked down , as a Christmas offer , to around nine hundred quid .
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