Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farmers say that this month 's heavy rain has stopped them harvesting much of their wheat . |
| 2 | ‘ I have not noticed that coming to London has stopped them having babies , ’ he said . |
| 3 | We know also the son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true and we are |
| 4 | But instead of announcing free and fair elections to these powerful bodies , Mr Ishaq has occupied himself manipulating the most important of them , that in Punjab . |
| 5 | Eltharion accepted and has busied himself strengthening the land of Yvresse ever since . |
| 6 | His support for Iraq has won him backing from all quarters , from western-educated intellectuals to Muslim Brothers . |
| 7 | After a slot-it-out 18 months , which has seen them circuiting Europe and America like Nigel Mansell switched to turbo-boost , they turn up here — excuse the expression — absolutely knackered . |
| 8 | This is what people do before parties : she has seen them doing it on television : indeed , she used to do it herself when she was young , when she had no need of such substances , before she reverted so inexorably to her ancestral type . |
| 9 | And although this work has seen him working all over Britain , Ireland , Europe and the US , he thinks it is time for a change . |
| 10 | Dick 's career has seen him playing against the country 's best , even though he always remained a village player at heart . |
| 11 | Maybe one of Dad 's visiting directors has seen me hanging around — spotted my talent . |
| 12 | In this poem you get the feeling that Owen is not actually taking part in this but he has seen it happening before and so , unlike all the rest , it is not completely based on his own experience . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope that no one has seen you hanging about round here . ’ |
| 14 | Thus , if the Moon today has a small liquid iron core then either its small size or the lack of a solid inner core or the slow axial spin of the Moon ( sidereal period 27.32 days ) has prevented it generating an appreciable magnetic field . |
| 15 | But by sheer adroitness of writing Dame Agatha has prevented us seeing it as such . |
| 16 | Police surveillance has prevented us contacting your sister-in-law . |
| 17 | Strach has missed him overlapping too … gives him options and a bit of space to do the damage . |
| 18 | It is faith in our nation that has made us little people great , that has made us poor people rich , that has made us wavering , fearful , timid people brave and confident , that has made us erring wanderers clear-sighted and has brought us together ! |
| 19 | The ‘ vehicle ’ is footsteered and some have claimed that it has helped their gybing tremendously . |
| 20 | This work has had me taking this set off the shelf again and again . |
| 21 | But this spring 's burst of blossom on older trees in the garden has had me thumbing through the catalogues again . |
| 22 | Yeah , it 's exactly that kind of experience that I think has got me thinking about what I was saying before you came , well before we were just doing the coffee , about the idea of actually starting to draw , well I was calling contracts , but probably it 's more better called agreements , about you know , the theatre will do this , we will do that and |
| 23 | Colin Shepherd , the Hereford Conservative , has got them breathing down his neck too . |
| 24 | Or no , do n't tell me , ’ she denied with a scowl every bit as horrible as her son 's , ‘ he 's adopted another blasted lame duck and has got him living here with him ! |
| 25 | This one has got us scratching our heads . ’ |
| 26 | They keep on going on in the negative sense and the bulldozing here , has got you digging a big hole , and you eventually fall into it . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , your Lucy has got you winding her chain , darling , and she just wo n't take her feet off the ground and let go — am I right ? ’ |
| 28 | Some say — Vic has overheard them saying it — that he tries to compensate for his short stature by his aggressive manner . |
| 29 | The other main reason is that , having been sidelined by Neil Kinnock last year into the job of transport , Mr Prescott has found himself appearing on the early-evening television and radio bulletins more often than any other member of the Shadow Cabinet . |
| 30 | Recently he has found himself working late in the office , unpaid overtime , trying to get the damned thing right . |