Example sentences of "he have [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has received a number of private proposals to augment Crec 's capital ( now at the equivalent of about $100,000 ) . |
| 2 | For his part , the patron gains the personal support of the client and , when he has accumulated a number of these clients , he becomes a prestigious person in the area due to the cumulative honour from them . |
| 3 | He has written a number of books , among them a study of Picasso . |
| 4 | Since then he has held a number of positions both in this country and abroad while serving with the RAF . |
| 5 | William Perry ( 1970 ) has brilliantly charted the development of different perspectives amongst college students ; he has described a number of ‘ positions ’ , which vary from |
| 6 | A more important new tendency appeared in another Roman opera ( 1626 ) , La catena d'Adone by Domenico Mazzocchi ( 1592–1665 ) , who remarks in a note to the published score that he has inserted a number of ‘ mezz'Arie ’ which ‘ break the tedium of the recitative ’ ( che rompono il tedio del recitativo ) . |
| 7 | He 'd received a number of reports suggesting that the secret police were losing troops as , fearing the end was at hand , they were leaving their posts and returning to their families and homes . |
| 8 | He had to take a number of decisions in the field of immigration and deportation , which infuriated libertarians . |
| 9 | I was told by the retailer that he had lost a number of Emperors due to aggression in the confines of a small tank in his store . |
| 10 | In the early part of his career he had made a number of smaller , better films such as The Stripper ( 1963 ) and The Best Man ( 1964 ) , before embarking on bigger and more portentous projects such as The War Lord ( 1965 ) and The Planet of the Apes ( 1967 ) , both with Charlton Heston baring his teeth and chest ; Patton ( 1969 ) , an ambiguous biopic about a modern war lord ( for which he won Best Director Oscar ) ; and Nicholas and Alexandra ( 1971 ) , a tedious and simplistic Tsar-trek . |
| 11 | He had compounded a number of venial failings with the mortal sin of adultery . |
| 12 | He had seen a number of figures dressed in blue , patrolling the streets . |
| 13 | Mr Bergg said he had received a number of complaints from people who received both leaflets , adding : ‘ I am sure there are many more who were equally shocked but did n't bother to reply . ’ |
| 14 | Meanwhile , however , another career strand had become woven in back at McKinseys where , he said , he had done a number of health service assignments with John Banham ( the future first head of the English Audit Commission before he became director of the Confederation of British Industry ) . |
| 15 | He had had a number of mistresses and felt affection for some of them . |
| 16 | Dustin refused , not only because he had not seen the very different Warner , which the director had , but he justifiably felt he had to find his own direction , even if he had to make a number of detours on the way . |
| 17 | Here James 's own marriage of convenience to Margaret Tudor took place in 1503 , after he had sired a number of children on various mistresses . |
| 18 | In the meantime he had designed a number of small Episcopal churches . |
| 19 | However , on Oct. 21 he had submitted a number of amendments to the document , provoking demonstrations in Kathmandu and other towns on Oct. 24 and throughout the succeeding week . |
| 20 | Gould got what he considered to be the best out of Darwin and the Beagle : he had published a number of scientific papers on the exciting discoveries and new species contained in Darwin 's collection , and he had produced another important illustrated work . |
| 21 | He had held a number of minor Cabinet posts and had served as Chief Cabinet Secretary under Takeshita . |
| 22 | Erm that was a bad time er a critical time , they did n't know if he were gon na live or die then erm he 's had a number of transfusions to keep him alive but er he 's stable at the moment . |
| 23 | He 's had a number of operations to remove blood clots from his brain , but staff at Frenchay hospital in Bristol say they 're delighted with his progress . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's got a number of investments in Singapore , ’ Dowd replied . |
| 25 | No he 's got a number on if you look on the key . |