Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [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 | Now the red blood cells and so on have leaked out into the surrounding tissues . |
| 5 | I have given back to the Reich the provinces stolen from us in 1919 . |
| 6 | Resident outside the airfield 's motel for nearly 30 years , it was beginning to look very much the worse for wear and , as other Ouragons have given in to the ravages of time , attract the nearest of museums . |
| 7 | When all people occupying a room have checked out of the hotel , the room status is changed to ‘ not occupied ’ . |
| 8 | We have stumbled now into the dark cellars of ecumenism whence multilateral Church conversationalists dare not go . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Road accidents in the North-East have fallen dramatically in the last ten years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Prices have fallen steeply in the last year , and while this year 's drop will not be so dramatic , prices will continue to fall . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Adoptions have fallen steadily in the last 15 years . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Germany 's money-market interest rates have fallen again as the Bundesbank slowly eases its monetary policy . |
| 18 | I am also pleased to inform my hon. Friend that ophthalmology waiting lists have fallen substantially during the past year . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Insecure Christian men feeling threatened have fallen back on the Scriptures with authoritarian tunnel vision , while Christian women are learning Greek and Hebrew in order to find a loophole to invalidate this ‘ yoke of bondage ’ . |
| 21 | Welsh Water has dragged many old-age pensioners and under-privileged people through the courts of Wales because they have fallen down on the odd instalment on their water charges . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The circumstances in which young people grow up have altered drastically in the past few decades . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | ( 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 ? ) |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | We have heard much in the past weekend , if not before , about the concept of the mandate . |
| 29 | A major supermarket has just unveiled four new Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle pizzas and Dr Mumby says the way the foodmakers have jumped in on the Turtle band-wagon is wrong . |
| 30 | These factors have stacked up against the amateur game : a preponderance of Tours to house players ; a huge glamour industry attached to the pro game that seduces the players ; parents wanting to push their sons into a life of perceived prestige and an automatic aspiration to be a pro among most players of ability . |