Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [noun pl] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1863 , in a note written on a rare visit to England from his self-imposed exile in warmer climes , Lear apologises to Gould for not visiting him because , ‘ all my daylight hours have gone in the service of the old Enemy — Lithography . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Popple lay on the bathroom floor , her jaw muscles having gone into spasms . |
| 3 | Twelve years later her fundraising efforts have pulled in more than three hundred thousand pounds for disabled people in her home town of Newent in Gloucestershire . |
| 4 | On Oct. 22 , 1989 , Ogonek published a poll , only 12 per cent of respondents to which believed that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) would lead to significant positive change ; only 23 per cent said that their living standards had improved over the previous two to three years . |
| 5 | Its operating profits have increased by 20% from £22.5 million to £27.1 million . |
| 6 | She had n't written to me for several weeks and I was beginning to wonder what stage her marriage plans had arrived at , but was n't at all prepared for the news that greeted me . |
| 7 | Ford 's employees are also wont to point out that their mortgage payments have rocketed over the past year and negotiations will take place against a background in which interest rates seem to be moving in one direction only . |
| 8 | But however the goals of their lowland neighbours have shifted over time , they have remained essentially predatory . |
| 9 | Since buying the company , its staff numbers have fallen from 25 to six . |
| 10 | Its member states had joined for diverse reasons , and of the regional states perhaps only Thailand took the Pact seriously . |
| 11 | Yanto had an idea The stag had stopped momentarily , its spread antlers had tangled in the thick brambles . |
| 12 | One of its shoulder straps had drooped to her upper arm . |
| 13 | But it was also the day an independent report suggested his defence cuts had led to far greater job losses than expected , especially in defence dependent areas like Gloucestershire where thousands have been made redundant from companies like Dowties and Smiths Industries . |
| 14 | Kerr , reared in West Bromich and once a regular on the terraces at the Hawthorns , thought the chance of facing his boyhood idols had disappeared with his red card for a professional foul at Runcorn two weeks ago . |
| 15 | Dorcas and his trainee engineers had disappeared in search of the Ship 's engines . |
| 16 | Whatever might his Frome ancestors have thought of a Titford playing for Divine Service in an Anglican place of worship ! |
| 17 | One of our sherpa porters had stumbled on the rough ground and to save himself had slipped his headstrap to release his load . |
| 18 | You see your canteen takings have dropped by nearly twenty percent over the last two months . |
| 19 | Ask yourself these questions again to see if your eating habits have changed after the diet . |
| 20 | Our Mortgage Advisors have helped with more house-hunts than most people have had hot dinners — so their brains are well worth picking . |
| 21 | One of the authors , Phil Hanson , who is IBM 's consultancy team leader , commented : ‘ While few of our manufacturing companies have proved to be world class , it is good to see we have a significant number of strong contenders . |
| 22 | One of our baggage mules had died during the night and several others were sick . |
| 23 | Since that was written our interest rates have risen in real terms to an all-time peak . |
| 24 | If the owner of the insurance company covering your house contents had absconded to Fiji , you might not discover this until your house was burgled and the company would not answer the telephone . |