Example sentences of "[noun pl] and have [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Worse were the revelations that the CIA tolerated his activities and had continued to pay him $200,000 ( £125,000 ) a year for at least 10 years .
2 During 1912 , when numbers had reached 172 , it was decided that entry would have to be restricted for the next year , as " the Board of Education has commented adversely on the size of several of our classes and has refused to countenance it " .
3 Joan had not visited Brian 's grave in five years and had expected to find it neglected and overgrown .
4 I have worked for him for more than three years and have come to admire him both as a doctor and a man .
5 Erm got fined a hundred and ninety six pounds and has got to pay me fifty pound compensation .
6 It is almost as if Big Brother begrudges us our pleasures and has decided to make us realise there are other things going on in the world other than cricket .
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