Example sentences of "he have at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Pannick , for the Secretary of State , reminds us that a prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment has no right to be released on licence ; he has at best a hope that the Secretary of State will release him in the exercise of his discretion under section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 . |
| 2 | Furthermore , he has at best only two years of political life ahead of him . |
| 3 | And the easiest way to ensure that — a readiness to criticise the Government at each and every turn — is the one temptation he has at all costs to resist . |
| 4 | He has at most two years before the next presidential election in which to try to put together a new centre left movement capable of carrying him into the president 's seat . |
| 5 | ‘ Candidate ( thinking he has at last come upon a Village Hampden ) : ‘ I can not conceive that the Election can in any way affect your rights here . ’ |
| 6 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 7 | Mr Mitterrand appears so delighted with the ultra-courteous Edouard Balladur , that some Socialists wonder whether he has at last found the prime minister of his dreams . |
| 8 | He has at last achieved his ambition to look both indistinguishable and distinctive . |
| 9 | Yes , he has at last . |
| 10 | He 'd at first said , ‘ wild flowers ’ , but I reminded him of what had happened at Caroline 's wedding . |
| 11 | 8 A coin collector has C coins and is given a further 20 coins.If he now has 2,352 coins altogether , how many did he have at first ? |
| 12 | He had at first intended to drive straight to Jack 's house in Chelsea . |
| 13 | The railways undercut his price and he was forced to find many more passengers than he had at first calculated . |
| 14 | A working compromise was reached only after Barbarossa agreed to hold the Pope 's bridle and stirrup at a formal meeting ; an act of ritual homage which he had at first refused . |
| 15 | When Shinwell discussed the men from the industry to be appointed to the senior positions , he had at first wanted two deputy chairmen , one to look after generation and the other to oversee distribution and the Area Boards , but Citrine proposed an alternative division between operations and administration , feeling that it was ‘ essential to have someone familiar with the operation of large-scale organisations ’ . |
| 16 | Looking at her more closely , he realized she was much older than he had at first thought . |
| 17 | Alone with Damian Flint Rachel found him even more formidable than he had at first appeared . |
| 18 | Lesley-Anne Rawlings , prosecuting , said he had at first claimed he had gone into the school on August 9 to try and put the fire out . |
| 19 | He said that when the hijacker commandeered the plane over Austria , he had at first ordered the crew to fly directly to New York , but had been persuaded of the need to refuel . |
| 20 | Capt Goebel said that when Demeke commandeered the plane over Austria , he had at first ordered the crew to fly directly to New York , but had been persuaded to refuel . |
| 21 | ‘ No evidence that he had at all . |
| 22 | He had been able to join in mathematical discussion with the English he had at that time . |
| 23 | A Pharisee by training and once a vehement conservative , he had at one stage harassed the infant church but was dramatically converted by confrontation with a vision of the risen Lord . |
| 24 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
| 25 | I believe he had at one time worked with Cizek and he certainly knew of Tagore 's work and writing . |
| 26 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 27 | There was Miss Sharon Hughes with whom the deceased had been very friendly and who , it is said , he had at one time wanted to marry . |
| 28 | He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this . |
| 29 | Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret . |
| 30 | He had at one stage been described as the worst farmer in Britain and RSPCA investigators found emaciated animals when they went there . |