Example sentences of "to have [vb pp] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wright is then alleged to have spat at a spectator as he left pitch . |
| 2 | John Douglas found himself charged with behaviour likely to lead to a breach of the peace as a result of some remarks he is said to have made at a meeting in Rathfriland . |
| 3 | On one issue — the nature of the orcs — Tolkien seems very nearly to have arrived at a solution without quite being able to grasp it , a sign , perhaps , of exhaustion . |
| 4 | To have eaten at a time like this would have seemed all wrong . |
| 5 | The office of collector of supply was one which held its value over time , for the salary appears to have increased at a rate which more than compensated the holder for the ravages of inflation . |
| 6 | Bivalves seem generally to have evolved at a slow canter rather than a brisk gallop ( see ammonites pp. 73–6 ) and some living bivalves have a very long ancestry ; the small sized genus ( Nucula ) has relatives in Ordovician rocks not very different from Recent species . |