Example sentences of "have [verb] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.

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1 JOHN MAJOR has stopped taking all the newspapers .
2 ‘ Boots has considered withdrawing these products for some time , ’ the spokesman added .
3 The FRG has avoided answering that .
4 Because of the nature of the allegations and counter-allegations it would be necessary for all the children to be subjected to psychiatric examination : the Official Solicitor recognises this but has postponed arranging any such examination pending the result of this appeal .
5 However , the Government has proposed changing this so that the final decision would be up to the DoE .
6 He has to keep going all the time — to and fro about the world and walking up and down in it .
7 It is clear how rattled the Labour party is , as it has to start barracking this early in the proceedings .
8 Until now , at least publicly , the society has played down the level of anxiety ; it has resisted taking any action that could be seen as anti-government .
9 Within the past month he has tried re-walking some of the most popular of Wainwright 's routes .
10 However ‘ doing it to our satisfaction has meant re-compiling all of the programs on the system ’ — a much more time-consuming process .
11 The Food Safety Act 1990 has led to an increase in demand for hygiene courses throughout the country , and to help the Training Department cope with the demand has meant having another qualified trainer in this area .
12 A teenager who kidnapped his former girlfriend and her stepfather at gunpoint last year has admitted making more threats .
13 The AUT has rejected recommending such strict policing of personal relationship .
14 As soon as she starts laying herself , however , she has to stop doing this .
15 As Kmart has begun putting these data to work over the past few years , the company 's operations have become steadily more centralised .
16 It was only after I 'd stopped doing that and gone into the corner to have a piss that I looked over into the other corner where there was a pile of rusty cans and old bottles ; there I saw the jagged stripes of the sleeping snake .
17 And the other thing that 's happened of course , is that the tw , the , the indoor and the outdoor have had to start spending more time working together and think together , and indeed being measured together , because you 're now measured as a team are n't you ?
18 So you see , in schools like that we would never go uniformed and we would have to discontinue visiting those schools as we would be jeopardizing the children and teachers .
19 With all this in the headlines daily there was no hope of preventing gossip ; Aunt Rose would not normally have considered imparting any personal information to a servant , but she was concerned to protect the children from the truth until they were judged ready .
20 He would have enjoyed seeing more of this blue and green misty world with the lingering scents of ancient magic everywhere and he would have liked to see some of its people and found out how they lived and what they did and if they were happy .
21 I can not help but wonder how much more he would have enjoyed catching those fish if he had baited the swim himself .
22 If the trumpets of Britain had not been blown loud and long from St Mary 's , a different myth would have grown giving all the credit to America .
23 I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another .
24 ‘ I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another .
25 ‘ Mind you , it ca n't have helped working all this time for Ricky France-Lynch .
26 It shifts the onus of proof in convictions from the police , who currently have to prove intent , to the public , who would have to justify carrying any sharpened blade .
27 I think I 'm gon na have to start eating some stuffing
28 Find out about er you know , if that is going through we 're gon na have to start flogging some of the stuff off to get some money back then .
29 To adequately deal with the rise in the informal sector and the return of the competitive labour market , organized labour would have to start asking some fundamental questions about the distribution of wealth and power in capitalist societies .
30 They have they have t why should they even have to contemplate taking this type of industrial action ?
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