Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ That ‘ familiar in fiction ’ is deadly , suggesting as it does that the author has stopped looking at life and has purloined his Andre from the picaresque , in which rogues are invariably charming and whose advances are never rejected . |
| 2 | The company has , however , gone ahead with £1 million of research into public attitudes to nuclear power and has completed filming at least one television commercial , although it is not known when it will be broadcast . |
| 3 | The time has come to look at the Treaty of European Union and the philosophy which lies behind it in a little more detail . |
| 4 | But after 25 years loyal service with the RAF , the time has come to look at a more modern replacement . |
| 5 | This phase will only be entered if no errors were detected during the prepass phase and the user has selected to continue at the end of the prepass phase . |
| 6 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 7 | As part of a reassessment of its priorities , SERC has had to look at the balance of its forward planning , in particular to ensure that the funding of grants can recover from necessary short-term stringencies . |
| 8 | National Government , then the time has got to come at so some stage as to whether you defend a principle of Lincolnshire being a de a longer term debt free authority , or whether you look around the county and say , important services must be protected . |
| 9 | It does seem a pity that no one has bothered to look at the actual behaviour of the children in question in relation to such practices as might lead them to encounter greater dangers of lead pollution ; the almost entire absence of psychologists among the medical and other experts engaged in this research may account for their overlooking a very obvious alternative hypothesis . |
| 10 | But Strasbourg 's anti-nicotine brigade has won a consolation prize : the health and social-affairs commissioner , Mrs Vasso Papandreou , has promised to look at a ban in the future . |
| 11 | Jennifer Batten has agreed to appear at London , demonstrating the amazing flair and technical ability that prompted Michael Jackson to hire Jennifer as his guitarist . |
| 12 | The chap then goes to the manager , saying ‘ Perry has agreed to appear at our benefit concert , ’ whereupon the manager says , ‘ Sod off , slime bucket . ’ |
| 13 | Most employers ' schemes are ‘ contracted out ’ of SERPS which means that the employer has agreed to provide at least as much from his scheme as you would receive from SERPS . |
| 14 | Following discussions between Bond , the Shrewsbury board and Burnley police , Bond has agreed to stay at home rather than attend the match and provoke violent scenes on the terraces . |
| 15 | The French approach to takeovers has tended to aim at strengthening their central manufacturing core and to ensure that the French company remains dominant and in control , whereas the British takeover is generally aimed at diversification . |
| 16 | We would only need to witness a marked increase in trade and there will certainly be an increase in demand why do you think trade has increased ? and trade is n't a necessary condition it 's just that trade has tended to grow at the same time as erm as demand is growing . |
| 17 | Despite having grown from 33 local stations in 1980 to more than 100 now , commercial radio 's share of advertising spending has stayed stuck at 2% . |
| 18 | LOCAL BUS — Processors are getting faster and faster but the clock speed of the system bus has stayed put at 8MHz for over nine years . |
| 19 | Unless the landlord has opted to tax at the standard rate , there is generally an exempt supply for VAT purposes on the grant of any interest in , right over , or licence to occupy land in the UK ( for example , the grant or assignment of a lease , except an assignment to the landlord ; Sch 6 , Group 1 , item 1 , Note ( 1 ) and Sch 6A , para 2-4 ) . |
| 20 | The frustrated Mersey manager has pledged to drop at least four of the side that lost at Sheffield United on Saturday for tonight 's vital Coca Cola Cup clash with Chelsea . |
| 21 | At an extraordinary general meeting last Thursday , Spectrum 's shareholders agreed to form a consortium , Harmony Investments , which has pledged to inject at least £600,000 into the station to cover debts estimated at £450,000 . |
| 22 | " He has asked to do at least two details at night and if anyone falls sick he will ask to do a third and even a fourth . |
| 23 | ‘ It came on suddenly — Charles has gone to look at this new sewing-factory equipment at some place in Wales … |
| 24 | By around two to four months the baby has learned to smile at strangers ( whether in pleasure or as a learned signal of interaction , or as a primitive placatory gesture , is debatable ) . |
| 25 | Today the company has moved on , trying to cohabit with such bedfellows as hundreds of small software firms , or investing in specialist ‘ business partners ’ IBM has learned to cooperate at least a little , and even sold off a few businesses — but the company continues to have an exceptionally coherent set of beliefs and behaviour patterns . |
| 26 | The UAW has tried to recruit at Toyota , but with scant success . |
| 27 | Since Britten 's death in 1976 Sir Peter has continued to live at the Red House where he observes with sometimes amused and sometimes astonished eyes , the considerable development of the Britten-Pears Library and the Britten Archive . |
| 28 | M4 , the best measure we have , has risen at an annual rate of around 18 per cent , and even this year it has continued to rise at that rate . |
| 29 | Continued on Page 3 Continued from Page 1 Nevertheless , Mr Evans has continued working at Merseyside 's other course , at Haydock Park , St Helens . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , Mr Evans has continued working at Aintree 's sister course at Haydock . |