Example sentences of "[vb past] receive [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger White , head of public relations at Coopers , said : ‘ If we did receive a writ we certainly do n't think there would be any grounds and we would contest it vigorously . ’ |
| 2 | I got no machines initially , but did receive a huge carton of magazines and books . |
| 3 | It did receive a modest 137 additional undergraduate funded numbers in the Science and Mathematics categories and a further 55 additional research postgraduates , mostly in Science . |
| 4 | Hawke did receive a boost from the unemployment figures , however , which showed that there had been a fall in May to 9.4 per cent , the first reduction for five months . |
| 5 | One woman did receive a graze on her hand from a falling fragment , but after the last incident , in May 1992 , green gauze was installed under the centre 's 13 glass pyramids . |
| 6 | Although war prevented Bomberg from painting , he did receive an important commission in 1917 from the Canadian War Memorials Fund . |
| 7 | At the time , the red herrings were too numerous to tabulate , but one man who did receive the most meticulous scrutiny of Inspector Berret , was called Walter Candy . |
| 8 | Thus far it can be argued that , if and in so far as the objection to the validity of a pretended Act of Parliament is purely procedural , there is no objection to any court ( and not merely the House of Lords ) making such minimal inquiries as are consistent with Parliamentary privilege in order to ensure that the instrument in question was consented to by the two Houses and did receive the Royal Assent . |
| 9 | It must be proved that the accused did receive the item . |