Example sentences of "the [noun] [pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , to her relief , the voice that greeted her from the other side of the oak door , though indistinct , was that of the porter she had met so briefly the evening before . |
| 2 | As Harry stood there , lost in thought , the porter he had spoken to earlier appeared from the direction of the lodge , rattling a Punch of keys in his hand . |
| 3 | While the major policy-making and orientation roles rested with the members of the Council and its multiplicity of committees , the search for promotional roles in association with the institutions was inevitably a key part of the activities we have seen the CNAA 's officers playing . |
| 4 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 5 | Look back on the activities you have enjoyed in the past and select one to develop . |
| 6 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 7 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 8 | The activities I have tried have been successful , and I shall try many more . ’ |
| 9 | well I mean the , the agent has n't or has n't yet sued , but I was n't really putting it like that , I was asking you whether it is your case as in presently stand looking at the defence you 've raised to whether or not you have failed to perform your legal obligations under clause nine . |
| 10 | The response we 've had indicates that our clients are confident they will not come to any harm . ’ |
| 11 | But we ca n't wait to come back over , because the response we 've had over here has been just overwhelming . |
| 12 | I mean , it 's been absolutely marvellous , the response we 've had and the energy and enthusiasm of everybody getting involved . |
| 13 | ‘ If the response we have received to the first phase continues we will embark on the creation of a ‘ mirror scheme ’ , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Phillip Cue , general sales manager at Holland Park BMW , says : ‘ We have extra staff on duty because of the response we have had . |
| 15 | So I mean if y if you say that 's , that 's the income you 've got at the moment , what , what sort of income would you believe that er that Mrs Goodwin would need if you were n't around tomorrow ? |
| 16 | They 'll need you back there to take charge and you can make sure the Marines do n't compromise the defences you 've set up . |
| 17 | But by the time Fokine produced The Firebird he had developed his mimed dance much further . |
| 18 | However , perhaps even more significantly , certainly for the junior players , is the opportunity they have earned to go forward for a personal screening at Bradnam 's unique Herts-based Dewhurst Tennis Academy , the operation which has firmly set about the task of uncovering a future British Wimbledon champion . |
| 19 | Apart from having limited time to try and spread the gospel about the tournament in its magnificent venue , if , as should have happened , Jimmy Connors had played , if John McEnroe had survived his first round , if Pat Cash had looked better prepared and if , as certainly should have been the case , Jeremy Bates had taken the opportunity he had to upset Wimbledon quarter finalist , Thierry Champion , the whole picture may have looked so different . |
| 20 | He had n't expected her to make this sort of use of the opportunity he had given her . |
| 21 | Eleanor had given him the opportunity he had needed . |
| 22 | Back then , I 'd have given my right arm to have had the opportunity you 've collared . |
| 23 | Hill said : ‘ This is the opportunity I have worked for and I would like to thank the team for putting their faith in me . |
| 24 | And what has made his own life in this society so deeply pleasurable ( as he now sees , looking back on it ) is the difficulty of it , the opportunity it has offered to strive and overcome . |
| 25 | A feature of the role has been the opportunity it has provided for closer liaison between the Catholic Education Commission and the Department of Education . |
| 26 | For several weeks , Tobias Beventini had found it impossible to speak of the apprentice he had chosen to follow , to dissect , to guide , in a medical way , towards the real , adult world . |
| 27 | There was also a quote from Forbes ; he praised the stand I had taken in the face of management victimisation and stressed my right to real work . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's hard to believe such a vivacious personality is lost to us ’ , ’ Dysart was quoted as saying 'and harder still to accept that the stand I have taken against terrorism may have brought about her death . ’ ’ |
| 29 | Whereas , in Fulk le Réchin 's account which preserved the comital family 's own early tradition , Geoffrey was a solid but unremarkable figure , in the Gesta he has undergone transmogrification . |
| 30 | However , behind the tendencies we have charted lurks a more intractable problem , that of curriculum expertise . |