Example sentences of "to have [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will not be satisfactory to have marched a lot of money up the hill , only to march it down again . |
| 2 | Intel , after all , is said to have lopped a year off its P5 ( 80586 ) design cycle just to compete with RISC chips . |
| 3 | A committee of shaikhs representing Yemen 's highly armed traditional leaders was reported to have given a warning on Dec. 15 that the tribes would intervene unless order was restored . |
| 4 | He seems to have given a sketch of the evolution of sovereignty from the king of the golden age to his own time ( Sen . |
| 5 | He trusted Pat — despite the impression he seems to have given a lot of his friends and acquaintances — and enjoyed the company of people like Maggie Smith and Sheila Hancock . |
| 6 | One of those charged was George Finbar O'Doherty , who was alleged to have given a command in Irish to the colour party . |
| 7 | The Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry has claimed to have developed a method for breaking down large amounts of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 8 | Texaco alone is estimated to have spilled a total of 16.8 million gallons of oil into the area . |
| 9 | The Steward 's staff seem to have heard a rumour about his being out of favour with the War Office , but he seemed a most efficient and kindly gentleman to us , with the welfare of children very much at heart . |
| 10 | In the one such study reported , 91 women who had had a hysterectomy were more likely than age matched controls to report infrequent defecation and to have consulted a doctor for constipation . |
| 11 | has to have pick a cushion off , off the floor . |
| 12 | It is no hardship to have to carry a pail of water along a flat surface . ’ |
| 13 | He never married , though he is understood to have received a number of proposals . |
| 14 | Charlotte Campbell was more than delighted to have received a reply to her letter for the position of children 's nanny which she had seen advertised in The Times . |
| 15 | But likely to be ruled out of the action is full-back Keith Proctor , who has suffered a reaction to his first game back after a six-week injury lay-off he played for the reserves last weekend and is now likely to have to see a specialist about his troublesome knee . |
| 16 | But likely to be ruled out of the action is fullback Keith Proctor , who has suffered a reaction to his first game back after a six-week injury lay-off he played for the reserves last weekend and is now likely to have to see a specialist about his troublesome knee . |
| 17 | I am going to have to write a letter of explanation to the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | In Estonia and Latvia , pro-independence candidates seem to have won a majority of seats in the republics ' parliaments even in the first round of the local elections on March 18th . |
| 19 | PEOPLE living near a Middlesbrough mosque appear to have resolved a dispute with the local Muslim community . |
| 20 | People living near a mosque at the corner of Bow Street and Princes Road appear to have resolved a dispute with the local Muslim community over plans to extend it . |
| 21 | He then ran off towards the Alexander yacht club and is thought to have smashed a couple of windows as he made off . |
| 22 | After all , when he starred as champion boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , he put on 60lbs and is reputed to have done enough training to have earned a place in the top twenty world middleweight rankings . |
| 23 | It 's no use going home on Friday night and going erm , I 've only got five appointments , you 're self-employed , it means you 're going to have to work a couple of hours extra . |
| 24 | It comes after Customs and Excise officials intercepted a magazine addressed to Mr Beatson which was said to have contained a copy of a child pornography magazine . |
| 25 | Alcester appears to have contained a number of buildings of quality , both inside and outside the fortifications . |
| 26 | It would seem strange for the lord to have pursued a policy of buying up freeholds while leaving undisturbed copyholders who for the most part were virtually owners too . |
| 27 | ( Marco Polo is known to have carried a number of goldfish with him in case his lodestone ever broke down . |
| 28 | When dawn comes , some individuals will have been unlucky and return completely empty , while those individuals that have managed to find a victim are likely to have sucked a surplus of blood . |
| 29 | The income of the chantry at Clipsham was assessed at £7 , which further enquiry reveals to have included a pension of 7s. issuing from certain lands in Lincolnshire . |
| 30 | We seem to have solved a couple of murders , but espionage is a job for specialists . |