Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At various points in this book I have referred to such agents — among them nations , dynasties , social classes , elites of diverse kinds , generational , ethnic and cultural groups — and we have now to examine more closely their role in political life and especially the conditions under which one or other of them has a predominant influence . |
| 2 | Ron as far as the Saudi claim is concerned you will be aware that I have written to all regions explaining the reason why we have not presented a claim , no other union has presented a claim in British Coal and if we do present a claim at this point in time , I 'll tell you what the answer will be . |
| 3 | I have written to those employees previously covered by the link explaining the reasons , and expressing my regret that we were unable to take this important step with union support , ’ he added . |
| 4 | ‘ In the same way as some people might go to church and seek absolution , accepting that I have confessed to these sins makes me feel better . |
| 5 | I have to go to another meeting . ’ |
| 6 | I have called to this pub to see a friend , the tall attractive barmaid in black , the Irish one , my lover 's ex , by the way . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the best start I have made to any season and it is the best four rounds I have ever put together , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The baroque curlicue I have added to this criterion lies in its last words . |
| 9 | All in all , I suppose I have changed to some thing of a nightbird . |
| 10 | Like that right , and she walked down the bus and this , the policeman said to the bus driver , oh you 'll have to hang on a wee minute because I have to speak to this woman here . |
| 11 | ‘ I have spoken to most captains and a lot of players and the general feeling is that we have played against sides in the past with Test players and we wanted to be able to fight fire with fire so to speak . |
| 12 | They must have recalled the prophetic remarks in 1829 of the Nez Perce elder Speckled Snake : ‘ I have listened to many talks from the great father . |
| 13 | As a past member of several panels of the CNAA ( and as a Council Member ) I have listened to many discussions about initial teacher training courses planned by polytechnics and colleges . |
| 14 | I will give you an example of why I have come to that conclusion . |
| 15 | He paused to allow his words to sink in , before continuing briskly , ‘ Now , I have come to this decision … as far as I am concerned , Agent Red Sixteen has been punished sufficiently by having faced an opponent in the Death Arena . |
| 16 | I have come to this conclusion with some hesitation . |
| 17 | It is with great personal regret that I have come to this conclusion . |
| 18 | six times I have returned to that country , demanding the past from the present , flogging my emotions , requiring of them , still , that freshness they once owed to novelty , and from year to year finding in my ageing desires rewards ever less vivid … |
| 19 | The remaining chapters in this part of the book examine the economic forces which have contributed to these trends and the impact which population change has in its turn had on the spatial organization of economic activity . |
| 20 | We have also looked at some of the processes which have contributed to these shifts and at debates over their explanation . |
| 21 | Those who were cured after their night at the sanctuary were permitted to record their dreams and commemorate their recoveries on votive tablets , some of which have survived to this day . |
| 22 | Mr Keegan said : ‘ We want to personally thank the people who have contributed to this memorial and to thank everyone in Kirkby for their support and kind wishes over the months . ’ |
| 23 | There are many tales of naturalists who have gone to some place in search of a rare species , only to find that a member of that very species floats down out of the trees on gentle wings to besport itself before his amazed eyes , or appear in whatever appropriate manner to his appreciative gaze . |
| 24 | Using the wider kin group as the basis for organizing social and economic life may not be characteristic of contemporary Britain , but some of the groups who have migrated to this country since the Second World War have brought with them , and retained , a pattern of kin relationships which differs from the white British norm and which in some cases includes a preference for cousin marriage . |
| 25 | They are coming from the second and third generations of families who have migrated to this country , families who have encouraged their children to enter the professions and vocations as lawyers , doctors , nurses and local government officers and to retain their competence in their own language . |
| 26 | We see this underfunding of eventide care as limiting the choice available to people who have come to that point in their lives when they 're making decisions about the sort of care that they will next require . |
| 27 | You must give the total gross SSP payments you have made to each employee on your P14 End-of-Year Return . |
| 28 | ‘ Ah , you have studied to some effect … |
| 29 | I personally think you must be a very unhappy man if you have to go to such lengths to find fault with things . ’ |
| 30 | Signs that you have gone to some trouble to find out about the firm will be very much in your favour . |