Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is entirely coincidence that we have now given up pies for Lent . |
| 32 | Although they have apparently been happening for much longer , abductions first started coming to light in the late Sixties , but they 've really taken over UFO culture since the publication of Communion in 1987 . |
| 33 | They had previously ruled out alternatives to a one-phase project comprising shops , a multi-storey car park , bus and taxi interchanges and some housing . |
| 34 | They had already set up Exhibition clubs so that working men could pay in small sums a week towards the total cost of an excursion ticket which included accommodation at the Ranelagh Club — bed and a hearty Victorian breakfast — for two shillings ; the fare was five shillings . |
| 35 | Many , he said , were convinced that they had had no managerial experience , yet they had successfully brought up children , run a home , and far more . |
| 36 | By resorting to a money-lender it became more difficult to conceal their embarrassment — than if they had merely run up bills with retailers . |
| 37 | He says he has already ruled out IBM Corp , and what makes the announcement intriguing is that the number of potential partners is so small . |
| 38 | He has always turned out teams who , until recently , were the cream of the crop in terms of style . |
| 39 | It has also beefed up debt collection by the simple expedient of using the phone instead of relying on writing to people for all its credit control . |
| 40 | It has also scaled down payouts for redundancies , so as not to exceed the $1.5bn restructuring charge it was hit with two months ago . |
| 41 | It has also picked up Jeff Spirer , formerly in charge of the Intel/IBM relationship at Intel , to be NextStep 486 marketing manager . |
| 42 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
| 43 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
| 44 | It has already picked up Meccano , Trans Avia airlines and Swan Vestas . |
| 45 | But he revealed today he 'd never given up hope of signing the defender turned striker despite the breakdown of the original negotiations two months ago . |
| 46 | ( For " The Dry Salvages " he had even written out lists of rhyming words to assist him . ) |
| 47 | They talked , and in course of it Paul mentioned that he had already sketched out plans for a second book ; the Professor had already informed Mr Lamprey of the first . |
| 48 | He had already put out feelers with local employers but they had n't been too keen on employing a well-known agitator ; even those who seemed sympathetic to the anti-nuclear cause did n't actually have work on offer . |
| 49 | He had almost given up hope of meeting Liza on the beach and was considering whether he would , after all , call at Four Winds , despite Eleanor 's warnings , when , to his incredulous delight , on the fifth day of his visit , he saw a different figure scrambling down the cliff followed by a little girl . |
| 50 | He 's just put down Sophie . |