Example sentences of "have [verb] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Instead they may have formed in a manner similar to many Cordilleran batholiths , from crust that is basaltic ( density 3.0Mgm -3 ) and does not include Precambrian basement-type material . |
2 | Bother — so have I. We shall have to go in a convoy — it 's only five minutes away . |
3 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
4 | I thought I might have to paint in a taffeta dress or something ! |
5 | In an appendix to his book , Atkinson surmises that the Horngarth may have originated in a hedge bounding the abbot 's right of way . |
6 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
7 | Normally , for an exchange to be arbitrary or capricious , it would have to behave in a way which no reasonable person in its position would have done . |
8 | George you may have seen in a wine bar , often in the company of younger lawyers ; or at the theatre , with a blonde ; or on the steps of the Garrick , with or without a blonde . |
9 | If he had not had this picture in his mind , he might inadvertently have written in a way that tried to satisfy different types of individual in the same book . |
10 | A man must have lurked in a car parked between two lamp standards , noting the time of arrival , the minute the curtains had been drawn at her bedroom , the second their shadows met and intertwined behind the window . |
11 | Up to 30 victims could have died in a basement community centre directly below where the jumbo jet struck . |
12 | A spokeswoman for the US relief agency Care said on Nov. 12 that as many as 40 people might have died in a gunfight between guards and gunmen who ambushed a convoy of trucks heading for Baidoa north-west of Mogadishu laden with grain for starving people , forcing all but one truck to turn back . |
13 | Indeed , such legislation would have helped in a case like that , because the asylum seeker concerned sought asylum at the port of entry . |
14 | Then succulent hare cooked in wine , a jelly moulded in the form of a castle , and a jug of chilled white wine and claret which Cranston would have downed in a trice . |
15 | Certainly , that expansion could never have occurred in a society organised into villages of co-operation ; nor would industries run by trade unions as workers ’ co-operatives and organised nationally have provided a basis for it , for the accumulation of capital with which to finance the crucial , secondary stage of the Industrial Revolution : that is , the establishment of a capital goods sector of the economy . |
16 | He says what do you think you 'd have to do in a library |
17 | Hereabouts , Beryl Love 's ashes must have been scattered beneath a rose bush , though he knew better than to think Ernie might have invested in a memorial plaque . |
18 | The law states the owners would have to put in a ferry , an interesting thought for the rush hour . |
19 | One thing I must emphasise though is that you will have to put in a lot of leg work and effort to find these places . |
20 | Keep ship 's papers and passports in a safe , but easily accessible place : you may have to leave in a hurry . |
21 | We would have to practise in a garage or something . |
22 | Would you have to send in a profile ? |
23 | What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant . |
24 | Well I would n't have thought she 'd have gone in a shop like that anyway cos there 's some more expensive stuff in there . |
25 | Associates of the Institute must have served in a solicitor 's office for three years and have passed four examination papers in law and Fellows must be over 25 , have served eight years in a solicitor 's office and have passed a further three examinations from a list of subjects offered by the Institute . |
26 | It also transpired that the couple owned their own house and if they did move to Huntingdon , they would have to live in a council house . |
27 | Muggeridge had been percipient in recognizing that the monarchy would increasingly have to live in a goldfish bowl and that would provide a new challenge for the image-makers . |
28 | If a horse does have to live in a yard or stable , it must have exercise every day . |
29 | I 'll have finished in a couple of hours . |
30 | ‘ After Jaws I could have pissed in a pot and they would have paid me something , ’ he says . |