Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shadows have lengthened stealthily in the course of The Bellarosa Connection , gathering for what Martin Amis described in later Bellow as ‘ last things , leave-taking , and final lucidities ’ , and at the close there is a quietly affecting image of the narrator setting down his story , alone . |
| 2 | Throughout your career you have veered away from the blues into other areas . |
| 3 | But ever since the Government became embroiled in the row over the plan to close 31 pits , local beer lovers have veered away from the pub with the Prime Ministerial name . |
| 4 | Bits and pieces are still filtering out from IBM Corp 's conference call with analysts after its third quarter figures last week , and its director of investor relations Jim Clippard finally acknowledged that IBM could cut its workforce even more than the 25,000 announced in December , late in second quarter or in the third quarter : ‘ It 's clear to me that they have to go well beyond the 25,000 , ’ said PaineWebber analyst Stephen Smith , ‘ Maybe even 50,000 ; ’ analysts told Reuter that IBM said the majority of its targeted 25,000 plus staffers will leave the company during the second quarter , leaving it open to another plan in the second half of 1993 . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't notice you laughing when I have to go away for the night . |
| 6 | If you have to go away from the office on official business ES will pay for the cost of travel . |
| 7 | The great problem we face is that obviously the authorities in South Africa do n't want the picture to be made , and we 're shooting it in Zimbabwe , where we 've been made very welcome , and erm the difficulties is the creation of South Africa in Zimbabwe , which means you have to go all over the place . |
| 8 | The fact that there are fewer young workers could mean that people have to retire later in the future . |
| 9 | We have stumbled now into the dark cellars of ecumenism whence multilateral Church conversationalists dare not go . |
| 10 | Land prices have fallen dramatically during the past four years ( by an average of 35 per cent according to the Departmentof the Environment ) and the prices of materials and services have also fallen . |
| 11 | Road accidents in the North-East have fallen dramatically in the last ten years . |
| 12 | Remarriage rates ( the number of marriages per thousand divorced persons ) have fallen continuously since the 1970s , largely due to the growing popularity of cohabitation between marriages . |
| 13 | Prices have fallen steeply in the last year , and while this year 's drop will not be so dramatic , prices will continue to fall . |
| 14 | The 23-year-old multi-millionaire world snooker champion 's form and confidence have fallen apart under the pressure of being the victim of a bizarre death plot . |
| 15 | When further broken down , the figures for public institutions are somewhat sobering , since educational libraries represent only 9% of publishers ' total sales , and public libraries a mere 5% — and these contributions as a percentage of the total have fallen steadily over the past five years , due to wide-ranging public spending cuts in this period . |
| 16 | Adoptions have fallen steadily in the last 15 years . |
| 17 | Maybe you have fallen away from the regular practice of your faith ; perhaps , you have a feeling of hurt or of being let down or ignored — well , it 's easy to come back again . |
| 18 | Germany 's money-market interest rates have fallen again as the Bundesbank slowly eases its monetary policy . |
| 19 | I am also pleased to inform my hon. Friend that ophthalmology waiting lists have fallen substantially during the past year . |
| 20 | That is why the Turkish Federation are putting up such huge cash incentives for the team to beat England who , claims Piontek , have fallen behind in the world league . |
| 21 | Fitness requirements have altered dramatically in the last five years and the recent law changes make it even more imperative that players be fitter , more mobile and faster around the pitch . |
| 22 | The circumstances in which young people grow up have altered drastically in the past few decades . |
| 23 | There is no doubt that these perceptions have altered radically in the past 20 years , with the improvements in computer power needed for solving real problems ( see Box 1 ) . |
| 24 | ( How much would this country and the world have heard even of the Right Honourable Member for Finchley if she had not been backed in the House by that numerical Conservative superiority ? ) |
| 25 | The new consortium which will be putting its offer to Leckpatrick next week has called on shareholders to take no action until they have heard further from the consortium . |
| 26 | We should take heart from the encouraging stories I have heard recently about the success some retailers have had in selling British cheeses to the French . |
| 27 | We have heard much in the past weekend , if not before , about the concept of the mandate . |
| 28 | Merrell Down Pharmaceuticals , have relied largely on the testimony of expert witnesses , some of whom have reached conclusions by analogy rather than direct experiment . |
| 29 | The essay form has been dominated by scientific models of objectivity , and , as I have already said , students have relied heavily on the repetition of the views of their teachers or the critics , views often not in accord with their own personal response to the texts being studied . |
| 30 | But perhaps more generally women find their own retirement easier because they have had to organize their own time for most of their lives and have relied more on the small pleasures of domestic life . |