Example sentences of "have [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is believed that in the virgin planet 's oceans there evolved , by chance , complicated molecules called ‘ proteinoid globules ’ ( or ‘ proteinoid microspheres ’ ) ; alternatively , these molecules might have formed on the slopes of the primordial volcanoes and been washed , by rain , down to the seas . |
| 2 | This is , of course , wrong as we could have guessed on the basis of our experience with forces acting upon capacitor plates . |
| 3 | To see the full series , we will have to wait on the BBC , who have bought Twin Peaks with the rights to show it anytime after November . |
| 4 | Dozens of literate psychometricians might have commented on the shallowness of the books the Times usually chooses to review . |
| 5 | A beat that sets out for a destination may have to renavigate on the way or may even have to change destination . |
| 6 | A drop of petrol could have fallen on the lamp bulb and shattered it to expose its white hot filament which would have ignited the vapours . |
| 7 | By the time this column is read the curtain may have fallen on the empire created by George Walker , finally defeated by a £1.5bn debt burden . |
| 8 | Well we 'll have to see on the bread . |
| 9 | it 'll have to go on the document location erm sheet B eight or something is n't it ? |
| 10 | His wife said to him , ‘ This one 'll have to go on the back seat . |
| 11 | Yes he will , he 'll have to go on the plug yeah he c You 're not fit for work for a little while . |
| 12 | Then we would have to go on the run , move from place to place , rely on the people to feed and shelter us . |
| 13 | The further twenty five pounds that will have to go on the poll tax this year will cost this Council eight point one million . |
| 14 | First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees . |
| 15 | I do n't have to go on the underpass do I ? |
| 16 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
| 17 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
| 18 | Now we did not have to sit on the edge of the bed — a much wider bed — because there were two chairs , and I had my own shower and facilities for making coffee and snacks . |
| 19 | You do have to sit on the floor . |
| 20 | Waste of my time for an hour , waste of whoever 's gon na have to sit on the committee for even more , ridiculous . |
| 21 | This mean that he probably do not wish to play as a central defender in the english premiership — central defenders in england are seldom allowed/seen going forward and ronny feels after playing three reserve games for spurs ( which is supposed to be a playing team … ) that this kind of futba does not suit him … so i guess he will be staying here — most of the top norw. players just think of one thing now — USA'94 and to be among the 24 that are travelling — and they choose club out from this : ie how much play will i get at my new club — better be going to a low-profile club in the premiership than a high profile club where i might have to sit on the bench ( Flo , Nilsen ( Sheff Utd ) , Halle , Pedersen ( Oldham ) , Fjortoft ( Swindon ) — will gets lot of play this winter — whereas players like Bjornebye ( Liverpool ) , Lydersen , ( Arsenal ) and Strandli ( Leeds ) struggle to keep/get places in their teams . |
| 22 | If he/she fails to comply promptly , say , ‘ If you do not do as I asked you immediately you will have to sit on the chair in the hall . ’ |
| 23 | Much would have depended on the distances involved and on the modes of transport available as already mentioned above ( p. 44 ) . |
| 24 | In the succession of sons to their fathers ' benefices , reform would have depended on the bishops and , of course , the clergy themselves . |
| 25 | There was as yet no separate building ( other than St. Mary 's ) and much must have depended on the enthusiasm — and ability — of the priest . |
| 26 | The Target , if part of a larger group , will have depended on the group for certain services ( such as accounting and computer services ) , which it will now have to provide for itself . |
| 27 | ( His father 's occupation is particularly significant , because the invention of the mechanical clock must presumably have depended on the co-operation of the learned man , probably a monk , who first thought of it and the blacksmith who actually constructed it . ) |
| 28 | If prostitution were to be stopped they would have to work on the rice fields on a starvation salary . ’ |
| 29 | Pick Systems Inc has recognised for some time that it will have to concentrate on the database side of Pick 's personality in order to survive , but currently only around 40% of sales comes from Pick for Unix , with a few percent going to the MD-DOS implementation and the native Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation accounting for the biggest part of the business . |
| 30 | Had she done so she would not have said a word , would not have looked a word , would simply have sat on the bed and talked to Tina for ten minutes instead of the two of them sitting opposite each other in armchairs . |