Example sentences of "to have [vb pp] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | You 've been here long enough now to have formed your own impressions of what goes on . |
2 | Whatever may be said about his lordship these days — and the great majority of it is , as I say , utter nonsense — I can declare that he was a truly good man at heart , a gentleman through and through , and one I am today proud to have given my best years of service to . |
3 | Indeed , the Encomiast claims to have witnessed his lavish gifts to the churches of St Omer on his way to Rome . |
4 | By the end of the month Israeli leaders were reported effectively to have withdrawn their controversial request for some US$10,000 million in loan guarantees to finance immigrant absorbtion programmes , in the face of persistent US demands linking the loans with a cessation of settlement construction in the occupied territories . |
5 | Our local starling population is a race apart in that they are non-migratory and have been isolated in the islands for long enough to have developed their own characteristics . |
6 | He seemed to have dismissed their disturbing conversation to some distant recess in his mind . |
7 | The British men 's magazine market seems never to have outgrown its tedious fascination with fast boats and faster cars . |
8 | He does not seem — and this is a crazy thing to say in the face of his beautiful verse , to appear ungrateful for it — but I say it , he does not seem to have inhabited his own experience . |
9 | Seeming not to have heard her last remark , Tom Reynolds spoke bitterly . |
10 | In it he says : " It is a great treat to have taught our section-hunting quarry men that two thick volumes may be written on geology without once using the word " stratum " " . |
11 | It would have been a shame if one mistake had cost the match and although the Cup remains on this side of the Atlantic the Americans must be pleased to have stopped their losing run and to fly home with their honour intact . |
12 | Of the plays , Macbeth appears to have received his greatest attention , and , in 1745 , while still in his thirties and making his literary way , he produced his ‘ Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth ’ , which begins : ‘ In order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age and the opinions of his contemporaries . ’ |
13 | The Court , however , found on July 29 that there was no case for an interim ruling against the bridge , since Denmark had given assurances that there would be no obstruction of the channel before end-1994 , by which time the Court would expect to have completed its full consideration of the case . |
14 | ‘ Old enough to have completed my medical training and a year as junior houseman . ’ |
15 | He chose to spend his moments of relaxation with his political cronies , though none of them could be said to have enjoyed his full confidence . |
16 | He seemed to have resolved his sexual hang-ups for the time being and was content with his lonely existence . |
17 | The overweight 45year-old was believed to have suffocated her 65-year-old victim during a furious row . |
18 | The only restrictions on purchasers were not to have owned their own home during the previous three years or to have spent more than $100,000 on their prospective North Side home . |
19 | She had not been absent from her home for long enough to have forgotten her own house smell . |
20 | He made no attempt to present her to the other man , however , apparently so deep in thought that he seemed to have forgotten her very existence . |
21 | But the Prince seems to have forgotten his youthful adventures . |
22 | Brian seemed to have forgotten his previous bias against older nannies . |
23 | Order er the honourable gentleman seems to have forgotten my previous warning , we 're not discussing all manner of rules and regulations , we have four statutory instruments and he must address himself to those . |
24 | You seem to have impressed our number-one driver as well , because he too has asked if you could be released to work closely with him for the rest of the season . |
25 | A chair on which he is claimed to have parked his splendid bulk during rehearsals is kept at the Mansion House . |
26 | Gorbachev nevertheless appeared to have modified his earlier rejection of negotiations with Lithuania , telling reporters that there would be " mutually respectful dialogue " . |
27 | By the way , the ‘ box ’ had a had a hole in it ; disconnecting it from the air intake manifold and replacing it with a blank plug seems to have solved our original problem with no immediately apparent side-effects . |
28 | According to one commentator , the IS staff themselves appear to have considered their project-based approach to have been the only piece of real teaching going on . |
29 | Zubi , who had been Prime Minister since 1987 [ see pp. 36178-79 ] , was reported to have selected his new Cabinet after consultations with the leaderships of the five parties ( including the Ba'ath Party ) which were components of the National Progressive Front . |
30 | Like U2 before them , the Flowers chose to remain in Dublin , homeboys and heroes to a younger generation who seem to have adopted their outre nouveau hippy image . |