Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [subord] [pron] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fred Proctor asked him to sit down as he had been speaking long enough . |
| 2 | ‘ Wo n't she expect you to come over once you 've been home and changed your shoes ? ’ |
| 3 | Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone . |
| 4 | I wanted to find out if there had been any mistakes , so I asked Ron if he had spotted any . |
| 5 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 6 | The other boy , David , was also puzzling about his experience in the cutting and had resolved to go back and try to find out if he had been dreaming ; somehow he did not feel frightened but more determined to see the tramp and make friends with him . |
| 7 | He noticed that someone had moved the few horses they had managed to round up , and sent two men to find out where they had been taken . |
| 8 | I 'm sure you did n't order Lee and his men to find out where I 'd been and who I had seen . |
| 9 | In the past we have been able to help out when there have been settlement and clearing difficulties and are ready to do the same again . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ In some cases smoking is as addictive as heroin and it is difficult for people to give up when they have been inhaling deeply for a number of years , ’ he told a news conference at the Royal Society in London . |
| 11 | Sister Jane Anne said that they would continue their fight : ‘ We do n't want to give up until there has been a fair hearing . ’ |
| 12 | They have not always been sufficiently quick to follow up when there has been evidence that a site has been tampered with , and certainly they have not always been keen to organise rescue excavations to investigate these sites . |
| 13 | I just assumed they were trying to cut back as they had been a bit too lavish . |