Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chile , they provide a source of protest against the military government ; in Bolivia , the miners , wives fought alongside their husbands to get better working conditions and pay ; Nicaraguan women have formed a distinct group within the Sandinista revolutionary movement ; and in Brazil , women 's groups have formed to protest at price rises in food and other essentials . |
| 2 | This tradition happily has been continued by his successors whose duties have included presiding at the Annual General Meeting , an unpredictable , lively affair where it has been known for election to the Board to be determined by the toss of a coin ! |
| 3 | In Barbados ( and other places such as Jamaica and Antigua ) , the wickets are fast and so the bowlers have traditionally bowled fast , while the batsmen have looked to attack at every opportunity , to hit the ball as hard and as gleefully as possible . |
| 4 | ‘ Very well attended , as an opening occasion should be , but I think half of these people have come to stare at Emily Grenfell who has done the unthinkable and gone into trade . ’ |
| 5 | So many of them have come to look at it and gone away promising to let me know — and then , not another word . ’ |
| 6 | Plastic containers , cans and trays line our shop shelves and we have come to expect at least two-fold wrapping and a carrier bag to boot . |
| 7 | ‘ This year over seventy new overseas students have come to study at Napier University , ’ announced Professor Turmeau , at the reception held to mark the occasion . |
| 8 | Now that Hearts have decided to remain at a re-developed Tynecastle , Gulliver has resigned from the board . |
| 9 | Solent Stars , last in the Carlsberg League but unhappy with its organisation , have decided to withdraw at the end of the season . |
| 10 | Now , the happy couple have decided to marry at the Ipswich Register Office on August 14 . |
| 11 | As these lectures are concerned with the role of religion I have decided to look at Marxism in terms of two triads — one of commitment and the other of outcome . |
| 12 | However , official figures suggest that more girls have tended to stay at school to secondary level than boys , both in the homelands and in DET areas . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , these reports have tended to appear at times when fatalities have occurred as a result of fires when occupants have been asleep . |
| 14 | But trade has been so bad that organisers have had to shed at least half their shop staff . |
| 15 | If you have not worked regularly at some time since 1978 because you have had to stay at home to care for either a child or a sick or elderly person you may have protected your right to a pension by claiming HRP . |
| 16 | Men and women whether single or married who have been unable to work regularly because they have had to stay at home to care for children and/o-r a disabled or elderly person may be able to safeguard their pension by claiming Home Responsibilities Protection . |
| 17 | ‘ We still trade from there , but in order to thrive we have had to look at better ways of selling . ’ |
| 18 | After playing it I came to the conclusion that it was one of the biggest pile of dog 's droppings I have had to look at while researching this feature . |
| 19 | In that context I have had to look at the definition of a specific issue order which is contained in section 8(1) of the Act and I know , from talking to those who have been concerned with this Act and are familiar with it , that they have no doubt at all as to what that definition means . |
| 20 | What we have had to look at was how to adjust the decline . |
| 21 | Since opening the new account I have had to make at least six unnecessary visits to the bank because the system was not working properly , thus wasting your time and mine . |
| 22 | And let us , well that 's right , I mean that 's partly covered by erm , by in the sense that whilst as far as this year 's concerned , erm , it 's too late for that , but then if the government have agreed to look at , look at special service calls again for next year . |
| 23 | So far 11 clubs have agreed to meet at the Nelson Pub in Brownlees on February 20 . |
| 24 | His are primarily paintings , compositions in which he includes other objects with ‘ a universal symbolism that 's not precise — people have got to arrive at their own interpretation , ’ he stresses . |
| 25 | To make money in engineering contracting you have got to work at the blue chip end of the market , people who want a top class value-for-money service and are prepared to pay a reasonable price for it . |
| 26 | ‘ It is frustrating but we have got to look at developing the market in a different way , ’ he says . |
| 27 | ‘ We have got to start at home . |
| 28 | A hundred and thirty staff at a factory destroyed by fire have volunteered to work at the company 's plant in France . |
| 29 | Over the past 18 months the MCofS have attempted to arrive at the compromise statement on the contentious issue of bolting in Scotland . |
| 30 | We have attempted to look at the three critical institutions of the corporate state and to examine their legitimacy in Christian terms . |