Example sentences of "he has [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the hon. Gentleman believe that when he has created an independent Scottish state it will have a separate currency , or would he go for the ecu ? |
| 2 | ( It 's true , of course , that Sir Fred Hoyle has been writing recently about Earthly plagues that have originated in space , but he has devised an ingenious way of converting this objection into a virtue . |
| 3 | This book is dedicated to his 30 years ' research in the area , and he has contributed an interesting first chapter on his reminiscences . |
| 4 | ‘ I admire Trevor Sorbie because he has contributed an incredible amount to the industry . |
| 5 | He has compiled an illustrated catalogue to accompany the exhibition ( £19.95 hardback , £12.95 paperback ) which is published in the spring . |
| 6 | He has built an estimated £6.7 billion worth of extra taxes into the economy for 1994-95 rising to more than £10 billion in 1995-96 . |
| 7 | He has made an understandable decision to Americanise the story , just as Disney did with European fairy-tales like Pinocchio and English classics such as The Jungle Book . |
| 8 | He has made an impressive start though to DIY , successfully wallpapering a cupboard — inclusive of feature border ! |
| 9 | Although his lecture is curtailed by the fake fire alarm devised by the Czechoslovakian authorities ( itself an indication that the ironic force of his lecture has not been lost on the audience ) , Anderson 's calmness ( significantly indicated by Stoppard in his stage directions , p. 91 ) as he gathers up his papers , not only contrasts sharply with his panic in scene six , but indicates that he feels he has made an effective protest . |
| 10 | Thomas was sent to £2,500-a-term boarding school in Norfolk , where with specialist help he has made an enormous improvement . |
| 11 | He has made an excellent offer to us , and — ’ |
| 12 | Already he has called an extraordinary meeting of directors and supporters to discuss his radical new proposals . |
| 13 | He has ‘ written ’ far more books than any other driver in the history of the sport ; he has given an infinite number of ‘ in depth ’ interviews ; he has been the subject of as much and as adulatory film footage as the Fellini-like Enzo Ferrari , and while everything he says seems absolutely straight , nothing he says is without a sharp edge to it . |
| 14 | He has done an immoral thing because he felt guilty about not taking the children to Disneyland all those years ago . |
| 15 | He has done an enormous amount of hard and soft thinking , but most of it about the stimuli to which he is responding , and the rest about whether he is being honest with himself as to how he is responding . |
| 16 | ‘ He has done an excellent job , ’ Wanless says . |
| 17 | It is the second time he has missed an international tour because of injury . |
| 18 | Although he describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk , he has become an international figure , touring the world to give talks and also meeting many world leaders , dignitaries and religious figures . |
| 19 | He has become an expendable symbol of the 21 years lost by Czechoslovaks since the invasion of August 1968 , for he had taken over , apparently without compunction , from Mr Alexander Dubcek as Communist Party leader when the latter was humiliated at the beginning of 1969 . |
| 20 | With other Highlands and Islands MPs , he has signed an early day motion in the Commons objecting to a recently granted Several Order , a little-used mechanism which can entitle an individual or company to exclusive farming rights on the sea bed . |
| 21 | The story centres on Giorgio , a successful eye-surgeon working in Paris and his alter egos : his much younger brother Piero , who is caught up in the obscure ‘ manoeuvres ’ going on in Sicily ( it will turn out that he has sabotaged an American helicopter and is on the run ) , and Charles , a 12-year-old boy who is at the centre of the whole story . |
| 22 | I see I wa before you do that I 'll get in touch with the guy who drew it and if he if he has got an original copy he might be able to erm to er |
| 23 | In 12 years of boxing , he has won an impressive 103 bouts out of 115 , winning seven national titles at different weights . |
| 24 | However , he has bagged an enviable collection of major prizes , including two Classics , the 1,000 Guineas and St Leger . |
| 25 | Salim is now homeless in the sense that he has shed an old tendency to nostalgia : ‘ the idea of going home , of leaving , the idea of the other place ’ , he takes to be weakening and destructive . |
| 26 | With Mr Norman Tebbit , the former Cabinet minister , he has sponsored an early-day motion , tabled yesterday and signed by 111 Tories . |
| 27 | Ironically , it was a severe injury that first brought Carvill 's Hill to Martin Pipe 's stables in Somerset where , working closely with the Bristol vets , he has established an enviable reputation not only for helping horses to recover but also for avoiding the injuries that plague racehorses , especially jumpers . |
| 28 | From an early age , it is fair to say that he has enjoyed an arm's-length relationship with reality . |
| 29 | He has had an unhappy life , when all is said and done , unhappy in the personal department . |
| 30 | Joe , who was an outstanding goalkeeper in the Irish League and had a spell of management with Ards , has been looking after Ireland 's senior badminton players since the 1978 European championships in Preston and over the years he has had an excellent working relationship with the players , motivating them and looking after their fitness . |