Example sentences of "he has [vb pp] 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 ) .
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