Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father and I have owned a 1965 Series IIA for two years . |
| 2 | I also used one of your photos of the Pembrokeshire coast in our new recruitment leaflet , for which I have added a further £25 . |
| 3 | I have added a further £25 because I have appreciated holding on to the material for so long . |
| 4 | We have let a few people remix a few things , just for fun , but normally I would n't want to change it ; it had a certain magic at the time . |
| 5 | As well as their popular guided walks and rambles , the rangers have organised a special series of ‘ Go Wild In The City ’ days for children . |
| 6 | Not that I know all that many people anyway , I suppose ; Jamie is my only real friend , though through him I have met a few people of about my own age I regard as acquaintances . |
| 7 | In the last ten years we have seen a fifty percent rise in serious and fatal accidents , at whose expense colleagues ? |
| 8 | I have seen a few salmon in my time and caught a few too but this thing was not like a salmon at all . |
| 9 | " We have prepared a detailed series of proposals that include : |
| 10 | Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries , but both are near enough to fitness and form . |
| 11 | The council have agreed a 10 % salary supplement for staff with language skills ’ ( * ) . |
| 12 | The bookies are quoting us at 40–1 and you can bet one or two of the lads have got a few bob on us at those odds . |
| 13 | ‘ And now we have got a full sales team we will be able to move further from home , ’ says Mr Murphy . |
| 14 | Although camcorders have become a popular means of picture-taking , many more people are familiar with video in the form of table-top recorders ( VCRs ) for the time-shifting of television programmes and the viewing of rented films . |
| 15 | And at Warrington District General Hospital it says the level of donations for essential equipment have reached a staggering 100pc . |
| 16 | Over the past year Japanese semiconductor firms have spent a colossal ¥850 billion ( $6.7 billion ) building more production lines for 4-megabit chips . |
| 17 | ‘ I have spent a few quid myself , like breaking the British record for a defender when I spent £2.5 m on Keith Curle . ’ |
| 18 | Since 1980 , the UK staff have shared a massive £250m in profit sharing hand-outs and this year the figure should be around £50m . |
| 19 | Through our efforts the 359th Fighter Group have found a missing aircraft . |
| 20 | Not me personally but I have known a few people who 've wanted perhaps , a very quiet wedding , just in a registry office , and finished up with a large church wedding . |
| 21 | In particular , missions led by ministers have proved a useful means of opening doors for companies sending representatives . |
| 22 | By extending judicial review to cover such non-governmental bodies performing ‘ public functions ’ , the courts have provided a valuable means ( even if of marginal importance ) of exercising legal control over the pursuit of governmental aims and policies . |
| 23 | And after half an hour of discussing the good things and the less good things about the royal family the vote , apart from a few abstentions , we have worried a few people fo fo fo forty three people say we think that it should be a republic , fifty four no , so there is there 's a swing factor in the middle . |
| 24 | The voluntary levy has raised £2m so far and unions have pledged a further £7m to enable payouts of at least £100 a week to be made to those called out on strike . |
| 25 | John Wiley and Sons , prolific publishers of computer books , have announced a new series of books that will , they claim , change the face of computer book publishing . |
| 26 | In the Netherlands , Wolters-Kluwer Bookshops are extending their range of book stocks with up to 100 CD-ROM titles and have appointed a new media adviser to help them plan future developments . |
| 27 | England 's Premier League and BSkyB have signed a massive £304 million five-year deal to show 60 League games live on Sundays and Mondays , with highlights on the BBC on Saturday nights . |
| 28 | Wednesday last night confirmed that they have rejected a British-record £4m offer from United for the England international , as revealed in TODAY yesterday . |
| 29 | Choosing the right diet is the key , and to make it easy for you we have devised a three-part series , Slim Plan ( page 81 ) , backed by all the knowledge , research and thorough testing you have come to expect from the Good Housekeeping Institute . |
| 30 | Noctuid moths are eaten by bats , and have evolved a special pair of ears to warn them of approaching danger . |