Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] have [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the number of books I have read is pitiful I doubt whether I will find another book as good as this . |
| 2 | All the pick-ups you 've mentioned are daft as a brush . |
| 3 | ‘ The deck shapes they have achieved are excellent . ’ |
| 4 | if I may say so is a key point is n't it that a lot of the transactions you 've discussed were off-market transactions , they were unusual transactions and the financial institutions that were carrying out those transactions whether they were acting as banker or acting as broker , they would have had knowledge that those transactions were not normal market transactions . |
| 5 | She murmured in protest as the gentle touch turned into a force that raised emotions she had thought were impossible in any dream . |
| 6 | All the plants you have listed are terrestrial , respectively swamp plants . |
| 7 | ‘ We have found many of the stations we have visited are interested in using GOMIS as part of their upgrading , and the project at Desnogorsk will be a pilot for possible installation at other stations ’ , said Arthur . |
| 8 | Now , that loving counted for nothing and all the sweet promises they had made were empty words that floated like echoes in a great grey void . |
| 9 | Well I thought so but we 've got a We think the builders we 've got are excellent . |
| 10 | The things I 've seen are lovely . |
| 11 | The common thread running through the problems you have to overcome is human failings . |
| 12 | Next morning in the market , shopping for a picnic , our struggles with the phrasebook brought an English-speaking Thai to our rescue , explaining that the quail eggs we had bought were raw , but could be cooked for us in the soup cauldron wherever we took breakfast . |
| 13 | Four pounds we 've taken is frequent cash and a pound each and a pound at dinner time . |
| 14 | We believe that the assumptions we have made are reasonable and that the picture we paint is a valid one . |
| 15 | The worst part lay in facing up to the fact that some of the things he 'd said were true , much as she might try to deny it . |
| 16 | Eleanor immediately pointed out that he had n't exactly held his wife , who was thoroughly unfaithful if half the tales he 'd told were true . |
| 17 | Regardless of what returns Japanese investors are thought to require , the returns they have received were spectacular in 1980–89 . |
| 18 | The signal sequence in preprogastrin — that is , residues 1–21 , is sufficient to ensure sequestration into the cisternal space of the endoplasmic reticulum so that the peptides we have measured are likely to be localised to the secretory pathway , most probably taking the constitutive route to the exterior . |
| 19 | Most of the houses he had seen were drab , workmen 's dwellings , but here on the periphery was an attractive tree-lined road which bespoke money , and plenty of it . |
| 20 | Have you fallen into any obvious traps : failing to make a proper specification of the job requirements in the first place ; not having a really clear picture of the ideal candidate in your mind ; being swayed by an attractive and forceful personality ; doing more talking than listening ; looking for people with your own characteristics ; appointing someone who lacks some of the points you had decided were essential ; choosing the best of the bunch instead of rethinking ; rushing the interviews in circumstances which do not allow a proper conversation ? |
| 21 | However , this does not mean that the kinds of plant foods we have mentioned are bad or are to be avoided . |
| 22 | I assume that the quality of the ones I have handled is typical or representative of the quality of the others . |
| 23 | But despite the imperfection of the mental process by which the belief is arrived at it may still be " honest " " , that is , a positive belief that the conclusions they have reached are true . |
| 24 | If the scouse rumours I 've heard are true , they 'd better lock up Leeds primary schools if he came to Elland Road . |