Example sentences of "we have [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well whatever , what we have to do , we have to fill out a form and er I think erm |
| 2 | If we are to control all variables , we have to set up a totally artificial situation . |
| 3 | We have built up a great deal of knowledge about the historical side of the palaces but that has not been presented to the public . ’ |
| 4 | Although he can not escape from the linearity of language ( see 7.2 , 7.5.3 ) , James does the next best thing , which is to fasten our attention initially on the most immediate feature of Pemberton 's predicament : his uncomfortable sense of indecision , and then to expatiate on it so that by the time we have threaded our way through two paragraphs , we have built up a sensitive grasp of the coexisting intricacies and ironies of that predicament ( the ironies will concern us in section C below ) . |
| 5 | We have to go back a little way to remember that in 1976 they presided over the most savage cuts ever imposed on the national health service . |
| 6 | As part of our programme to raise funds , we have fixed up a lecture by Chris Bonington in London on Wednesday , October 16 . |
| 7 | So we have fixed up a deal for readers with chartered surveyors Angmering Gorse and Partners . |
| 8 | We have fixed up a room which you can call your own . ’ |
| 9 | Er looking at the rest of the P and L , you will see that we have split out a profit on sale of fixed assets which is our Lakeside erm Capelat and the Capco shares er which is why the corporate expenses for this other income has turned a way round , it 's gon na be negative nowadays , so we thought it 'd look a little silly saying other income less expenses . |
| 10 | Because of socialisation it is only rarely that we have to puzzle out a meaning for an action which we come across in our normal social encounters — most actions seem perfectly intelligible to us the moment they occur — because we have learnt the rules by which others are playing the ‘ game ’ . |
| 11 | We have carried out a few water changes , but our water is still dark green . |
| 12 | We have carried out a revaluation of our assets as at 1.4.92 to time and cost . |
| 13 | We have carried out a structural and functional analysis on the human NF-L ( H-NF-L ) gene . |
| 14 | We have set up a team of senior business people to pursue the idea of a new British Quality Award . |
| 15 | we have set up a network of 31 drug liaison officers , in 19 different countries , tracking the international drugs traffickers who threaten Britain with their trade . |
| 16 | ‘ We have set up a clinic over there , ’ she says . |
| 17 | Many time we have set up a tank containing large and heavy items as part of the decor , only to find that the undergravel filter has either collapsed flat or broken in half . |
| 18 | Since Trudy is unable to answer each of your letters personally , we have set up a special SHE helpline which covers some of the topics that most frequently crop up in Trudy 's postbag . |
| 19 | With a number of major international partners , including Airbus Industrie and Lufthansa , we have set up a programme to assess safety factors on ageing aircraft ; Pirelli commissioned us to conduct field inspections of joints in high voltage power distribution cables to meet quality assurance requirements . |
| 20 | To guide our response to the discussion papers and the new draft strategy promised in May , we have set up a Tourism Advisory Group under the chairmanship of Professor John Aitchison . |
| 21 | For example , we have set up a joint working party with Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise for this purpose . |
| 22 | We have set up a review body to advise the Government on the proper remuneration for teachers . |
| 23 | We have set up a peace conference , sent in monitors and have established ceasefires . |
| 24 | He will be glad to know that we have set up a noise review working party and that one of the issues that it has been considering is traffic noise and how to deal with it more effectively . |
| 25 | We have set up a new company , Strategic Land Management Limited which will manage and add value to all longer term land within Wimpey Homes . |
| 26 | We have set up a Review Group but I do not think all action can wait on its recommendations . |
| 27 | We have set up a computer link through the NSA network , and are now able to send texts , questions , and supporting information direct to the school . |
| 28 | ‘ Once again we have set down a marker for trans-Atlantic travel with a £93 for '93 offer which is the most competitive fare available , ’ said Branson , yesterday . |
| 29 | But if we want to consider how life arose , we have to look back a further thousand million years beyond even the earliest micro-fossils , to a time when the earth was completely lifeless and still cooling after its birth . |
| 30 | I can not remember a previous time when we have bought back a former council house . |