Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | It is patently apparent that young Georg has forgotten just who owns the Zimmermann farm . |
2 | In two modern cases , however , it has been held that so long as the donor has done all he needs to do , the beneficial interest passes from him to the donee . |
3 | When I spoke to the Conservative association in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency I heard only a litany of problems caused by the Labour-controlled council , which has done absolutely nothing to promote the area . |
4 | The Government must have known it was coming again , yet has done absolutely nothing to prevent the side-effects . |
5 | He once began a memorable contribution to a debate on the 1981 riots in Brixton with the words , ‘ My Lords , I think I am the only member who has spoken today who has had agricultural estates in Jamaica . ’ |
6 | So what has happened here I believe , that there was someone told , I do n't know who it was was told this is the figure , now you you you 're . |
7 | The defensive manoeuvre behind it is something like this : if I do n't acknowledge that this thing has happened then I do n't have to believe it is true ; I wo n't have to understand what has occurred if I hold off from consciously realizing that it has happened . |
8 | And yet now that he has passed away I feel as if a close friend has been lost . |
9 | That 's what I was saying I did n't know whether I 'd heard correctly you see . |
10 | She was lifting her hand to knock again when the door was flung open and she was confronted by the woman she 'd seen outside who stared at her defiantly , her painted face incongruous against the fall of grimy hair over her shoulders . |
11 | But , you know , if , if , if I 'd have put , when we , when we started to talk at the beginning of this term we had at the beginning a general discussion about what are we gon na put in land reform , if I 'd have come along to s to you and I 'd said well I think we should do this |
12 | What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free . |
13 | She 'd written well she did n't been consulted |
14 | Her daughter 's attack made her break down and weep , and after they 'd cried together they talked about the misunderstandings . |
15 | Very occasionally she would come and tell me that it had been left so immaculate that she 'd had almost nothing to do and instead would remove some of the dust in the melin for us . |
16 | She 'd known then who had taken it , and why Lori had left with so much friendliness . |
17 | When he 'd arrived home there had been nothing to eat and not even a bed of his own . |
18 | And then we changed things like the name because we found somebody 's name in all these words , somebody , and we just sellotaped it down , and at the end when we were running out of time , and we did about three times have a look at the time , we did change the script slightly to fit the words that we 'd found so we had responsibilities instead of , I do n't know what it was , but instead of another words , just because we 'd found it . |
19 | Worried by their absence , it was only when he had contacted the superintendent of the building — who seemed to know everything that happened in the neighbourhood — that he 'd learned exactly what had happened to Laura and the twins . |
20 | The only thing I 'd say , I , I would have expected perhaps I missed out on , on yesterday 's course , but I would perhaps have expected more emphasis to have been given to something that you mentioned , right at the end , was ‘ Find out how long the interview 's going to be ’ . |
21 | And , since she , too , was n't at all hungry — and would have done practically anything to avoid having to sit down at such an overtly romantic candle-lit dinner — she reluctantly agreed to his suggestion . |
22 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
23 | Could Puttnam not have done more himself to change the cultural attitude of governments ? |
24 | ‘ You 're right ; at that stage I would have done almost anything to stop Kirsty falling into your hands . |
25 | Or somebody would have said well we wanted brown bread , not white bread . |
26 | As I approached it I reached out my talons to land and perhaps the prey I was holding obscured the view for I should have seen sooner what had been put on top of the post by Men . |
27 | But having done so it rendered the Convention otiose except in relation to non-EEC members of the Council of Europe . |
28 | Having done so he says ‘ I was much revived and eased of my infirmities ’ . |
29 | Having done so he folded the sheet of paper again , replaced it in his pocket and made to leave . |
30 | We should have had twice we 've |