Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course she could n't leave Henrietta alone in the house , the tall building she had bought with great-aunt Dorothy 's money . |
| 2 | Look on it as an extra bit of security for all that money you 've invested in the station . |
| 3 | Almost as if he had willed himself there , he found himself standing on the scree at the foot of the rock wall , staring upwards , searching with the little experience he had gained on school climbing expeditions for footholds . |
| 4 | Instead , the main task here is to understand the systems of stable inequality which have existed in different types of society . |
| 5 | Now at first people thought that was because of the gulf crisis an and the downturn in traffic , but actually it 's the economic recession which has cut off demand er and which is lasting much longer than people expected . |
| 6 | This government have to be made to realize what a cruel blow it has struck on the very weakest sections of the community , the unemployed and the five and half million pensioners living in poverty . |
| 7 | It turned out that her son was a great friend of the paraquat-wielding monk I had seen at the monastery farm near Roscrea . |
| 8 | This was in recognition both of the 40th anniversary of his debut with the company and of the strenuous part he has played in bringing to fruition this ambitious project . |
| 9 | She was also prone to frequent and severe migraine headaches , and she had a wheezy chest which had led to her first asthma attack which worried her greatly . |
| 10 | What little hair he had shone with a silver sheen in the lamplight and she could see in the crumpled , brick-red face , the likeness of Stephen . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps not , ’ Travis agreed , then said how he 'd dearly love to ring Rosemary at her parents ' home , but that he knew for sure that he could definitely give up even the frail hope he had left of sharing his life with Rosemary if he did that . |
| 12 | Now if I , am I right in saying that B T is happy to continue er with the present framework of Trust Law , because within that framework you 've proposed to us er a er a body of ideas about the composition of the numbers of trustees and who they should represent , which would make it much more difficult for employers to raid the fund . |
| 13 | He had a lantern lit by the time she had dressed , wrapping herself last of all in the big , hooded cloak she had brought for Birsay . |
| 14 | A political storm which had developed in September around the proposed sale of 35 small islands in the Bay of Argolis and the Saronic Gulf abated after a government official , Byron Polydoras , on Oct. 14 assured journalists that the proposals had been that " certain rocky islets " should be leased — not sold — " on a long-term basis for tourist development " . |
| 15 | It 's only bloody luxury I 've got in life , smoking . |
| 16 | But she could n't just desert them , either ; for several members of the cast this play of Josh Thayer 's was the first decent break they 'd had , and she knew from dressing-room conversations just how much personal and emotional investment they 'd made in its success . |
| 17 | Through that illusion she had walked with blessed speed , and out beyond it into a world of other possibilities . |
| 18 | no , do you remember that photograph we 've got of that dancing troop ? |
| 19 | Our eternal future we 've committed to him . |
| 20 | This would issue bonds free of charge to each citizen who had worked for at least five years , which could be exchanged for shares in any enterprise . |
| 21 | He had been nothing other than polite since that confrontation they had had on the deck , maintaining the charade of their relationship with apparent ease , yet Fran had sensed the tension behind the smiling façade . |
| 22 | There may be a booklet on the subject , a special expert in the technical department who has sat on the relevant government fact-finding commission or a market research survey giving the latest market trends , any of which would help the journalists far more than the standard handouts . |
| 23 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 24 | Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts . |
| 25 | The new book , Kolymsky Heights , is says Sinclair-Stevenson , ‘ a wonderful , classy novel set mainly in Russia post-Gorbachev — the best thing in this genre I 've read for ages ’ . |
| 26 | Finally , my renewed thanks to you all for the generous support you have given to your parishes and the diocese as a whole . |
| 27 | Then the old porter I 'd seen on my first visit shambled across the hallway , teapot with no lid in one hand and a bottle of milk in the other . |
| 28 | He felt a superstitious , almost fatalistic reluctance to look too closely now , in case he discovered some horror he had overlooked on that earlier journey , for toe tender was accepted and the price could not be varied . |
| 29 | In this case I have talked to Council officials , and I think they would be prepared to offer to buy the land . |
| 30 | In all the circumstances of this case I have come to the conclusion that on balance the children 's interests are better served by their being allowed to remain in England pending a determination by the High Court , in the exercise of its wardship jurisdiction , as to their future and whether it be in England or Australia . |