Example sentences of "we have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have gone a goal down in our last four games , so there is no easy game at this stage . |
| 2 | ‘ We have gone a step further , even starting some nests off by taping on twigs and other suitable material to the boxes . ’ |
| 3 | We have sent a donation out of our as yet meagre little store of funds . |
| 4 | A police spokesman in Bristol said : ‘ It has now been decided to take no further action against Mr Redknapp but we have sent a report to the FA . |
| 5 | We have devised a game plan geared to winning more than entertaining . |
| 6 | That 's why we have devised a low-calorie , high protein diet . |
| 7 | British Airways legal director Merwyn Walker says : ‘ For several months we have endured a campaign of very serious allegations made against us by Virgin and Branson . |
| 8 | We have become a part of the community which is what it 's all about . |
| 9 | For we have become a spectacle to the world , to angels and to men ( like the dying gladiators ) . ’ |
| 10 | We have become a nation of takers for granted . |
| 11 | ‘ We have heard a lot about Salomon Brothers ’ multi-billion pound war chest for acquisitions . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We have heard a lot of that in the last ten days , ’ she told a meeting at St John 's College , Cambridge , yesterday . |
| 13 | In the past two days we have heard a lot about students . |
| 14 | We have heard a lot today about the of the Trade Union . |
| 15 | It may be that , at least in the Western World , we have reached a level of wealth where we can afford to be concerned about the environment . |
| 16 | Since the days when oysters were as everyday a dish as hamburgers are now , we have reached a point where each person eats only an average of 1.2oz of fresh fish a week . |
| 17 | Right meditation : the true meaning of meditation is a training of the mind to its limits until we have reached a point where we are fully aware of our true nature and free from our desires , fears and intolerance . |
| 18 | It is as though we have reached a plane beyond normal feelings . |
| 19 | This is the point behind all this discussion , is n't it , that erm , we have reached a stage where certain things er , we take for granted as being difficult , as being frightening |
| 20 | Mr Lang stated : ‘ I 'm not going to start answering specific questions about specific aspects of how one of the individual solutions we may chose will apply until we have reached a conclusion about the right way forward then we can address this issue and debate it fully , but as things stand at present I see no reason to have to change that law . ’ |
| 21 | There are some would-be events that are too improbable to be contemplated , but we ca n't know this until we have done a calculation . |
| 22 | We have been able to resume many former activities and look forward to going to France again , as we have done a number of times , and stay in a tiny village in the mountains of Provence . |
| 23 | We have done a number of things internally in the store which have also contributed to us going forward . |
| 24 | Oh it is true , but it did , it did do it , but that was the other day and I did n't think that they had the same effect , no , well perhaps so , mind you I mean we have done a lot of walking , have n't we ? |
| 25 | Taking our cue from the Cardiff group 's vision of a system which ‘ would recall the patients to see their general practitioner at regular intervals , warn … and request … both clinical information and blood for estimation of glycosylated haemoglobin , ’ we have developed a system for prompting community care of non-insulin dependent ( type II ) diabetes . |
| 26 | For instance , at Sussex University we have developed a system called Pop Eleven , which , like BASIC , is fully interactive , like PASCAL , has structures which enable you to do complex things . |
| 27 | We have developed a procedure for quantifying a specific mRNA purifying it with a selected biotinylated oligonucleotide ( sbODN ) and measuring its absorbance by free solution Capillary Electrophoresis ( CE ) . |
| 28 | We have developed a range of short courses related to health , lifestyle and the environment making extensive use of the farm , woodland and Country Park . |
| 29 | At Nottingham we have developed a technique for measuring reflux of radiolabelled food into the oesophagus in ambulant subjects using a highly collimated cadmium telluride gamma detector , which is worn in a harness over the oesophagus . |
| 30 | There are clear financial advantages in doing so and the handling of the claim should be improved by involving reputable firms with whom we have developed a relationship . |