Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] have [adv] [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McMenemy might have been thinking of Steve Williams , another promising talent who 'd already won six England caps when he moved from Southampton to Arsenal in December l984 . |
| 2 | He ran the pub with his wife , an Irish woman who was known as Mrs Nora , and whose reputation along the docks had been assured the day she had broken up a brawl between a huge Turk who had just knifed two men , and a dozen of the wounded men 's shipmates . |
| 3 | On the other hand Leeds handed out a whopping defeat on a team who had only lost 1 of their first 9 and whose manager had just won manager of the month for September . |
| 4 | ‘ I can easily understand how people can see seals as dewy-eyed little things but if you 're a fisherman who has just had 200 creels robbed and you have n't even made enough money to pay for your fuel never mind make a living , you would view them differently . |
| 5 | And er there there was a major who 'd only got one eye . |
| 6 | Three hundred police are hunting for the person who has now killed seven back-packers , including two Britons , in Australia . |
| 7 | She felt he was looking at her professionally now : a woman who had only had two cups of coffee for breakfast , who had not gone shopping or taken herself out to lunch as she had planned , who , in the old days , never seemed to waste a minute , who never laid down in the middle of the day and yet was now stretched out on the bed , inert , apathetic , openly admitting that she had n't realised the time . |
| 8 | Dark-haired and vivacious , she was a mature student who 'd already led three other Acorn Projects that summer , and it was instantly apparent that she was an old hand . |
| 9 | Maidstone prison contains one man who has already served 33 years and staff seemed torn between two beliefs ; one , that the risk he posed ( of further offences against children ) meant that further incarceration was inevitable , the other that his extraordinarily long period in custody meant he would be unable to survive outside the prison walls , anyway . |
| 10 | Such is the charisma of a man who has just had seven weeks off following an operation on an old knee injury and has played only two tournaments . |
| 11 | Labour MPs , activists and union bosses would do well to remember that as they consider electing her deputy to a man who 's already had one heart attack . ’ |
| 12 | Have you captured a very tall American who has just stolen two million dollars ? ’ |
| 13 | As a PC depreciates faster than a catwalk model who 's just turned 30 , here are my tips for those of you who do n't want to lose your shirts : |
| 14 | President Carlos Salinas de Gortari , responding to increasing domestic and international pressure , was reportedly instrumental in compelling Ramon Aguirre Velázquez , a PRI hardliner who had officially won 55 per cent of the vote in Guanajuato , to make the unprecedented announcement on Aug. 29 that he would not take up office as state governor . |
| 15 | I keep reading about South Africa 's problems and it 's getting daft ; here we face an international squad who have already played four Tests since returning to the world game and who have played 12 games together on tour . |