Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one reason why the Yugoslav government has tried to avoid raising the price of foreign exchange . |
| 2 | Having made significant political concessions to the pro-Allied monarchist and military " families " in the first half of the year , while repeatedly stalling on entry to the war on the side of the Axis , from June to December 1941 he showed open and sometimes vehement support for the Axis , ignoring the criticism of his senior generals and their suggestions that the time had come to consider restoring the monarchy . |
| 3 | On realising that he was the only person charged with breaking into the bank , Middleton said , he had decided to stop protecting the ‘ real criminals ’ . |
| 4 | Earlier , during a stopover visit to Guam , Cheney had promised to consider closing the base . |
| 5 | erm , he said I do n't know we 've got to stop having the coffee , so I said well erm Sister had spoken |
| 6 | You 've got to keep checking the level . |
| 7 | When he started treatment , the positive supporting reaction in his foot was difficult to desensitize because he had learned to walk using the abnormal reaction when he was in the orthopaedic rehabilitation centre . |
| 8 | You 've managed to dodge meeting the boys at the sharp end of this exercise for far too long . |
| 9 | He said people would have had cause to criticise if his department had failed to act following the information they had received . |
| 10 | However , such strategies have perhaps become less important for the very high income earners who , in recent years , have enjoyed a large reduction in the taxes they have had to pay following the reduction in the high rates of income tax since 1979 : for example , in real terms , those earning over £400 per week take home on average an extra £55 more in 1986 then they did in 1979 . |
| 11 | If we are going to deliver to the people to whom we as elected members owe the highest duty , that 's the people who are in receipt of our services the sort of quality service that we , that they deserve then I have to say that we can have as many reports of this nature as we like , but you have got to acknowledge the need to change and you have got to stop resenting the rights of parents and governors to run schools , you 've got to stop being obstructive to competitive tendering and you have got to stop arguing for the retention of services where it 's patently obvious that there 's over provision . |
| 12 | We were fortunate in having an outdoor swimming-pool , and it was there that I learned to swim , and have continued to enjoy swimming the rest of my life . |
| 13 | We have tried to avoid repeating the formula of the ubiquitous open-air sculpture exhibition . |