Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] have [prep] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people ! |
| 2 | And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go . |
| 3 | And I have to practically get permission from the Palace before I can go to the bloody bog in the morning because Her Maj is petrified I 'll put my foot in it again and encourage the republicans . |
| 4 | A nightmare and we had to actually ring the emergency number and in an emergency ring this number |
| 5 | It 's very good if that , that 's in place , but you have to also make sure that the , the screws on the hinge side are fitted correctly as well . |
| 6 | There is every reason to believe that this degree of movement was typical of the corn-growing regions , but we have to constantly bear in mind that one part of England may have very different experiences from another and that even neighbouring communities might have contrasting stories to tell . |
| 7 | They have not yet followed the example of Italy 's chief reformer , Mario Segni , who has left his party to form a new one , but they have at least threatened to do so . |
| 8 | The sociologists of knowledge … may well have come to erroneous conclusions ; but they have at least attempted in some measure , to solve the philosophical problem that results from the existence of competitive social-world [ theoretical ] systems . |
| 9 | It 's not so much that they undersell themselves in the UK , but they have to really pull their fingers out in the US . |
| 10 | Gesner was the one who ought to be slapped , but he had at least done the decent thing in abandoning Suzi . |
| 11 | He may not have returned to Paris in 1944 with all his answers to France 's problems fully formed , but he had at least decided what the problems were . |
| 12 | Chamberlain returned to Britain and publicly proclaimed ‘ Peace in our time ’ but he had by now realised that Hitler 's word could not be trusted , so he endeavoured to form an alliance with Russia against Germany , the fear of Communism being overcome by the greater fear of Nazi domination , However , Poland refused to agree to Russian troops having the right to cross Polish territory for the purpose of attacking Germany from the east , so an effective alliance was impracticable and Russia became isolated from that proposed pact . |
| 13 | Ceauŝescu may not be the most benevolent of rulers but he has at least kept his country outside the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | Her engagement had been a bitter mistake , but it had at least taught her a lesson in preserving her invulnerability , instead of charging into things with unbridled optimism . |
| 15 | It is unlikely that either side in this arrangement had much hope that it would last , but it had at least enabled the government of Louis-Philippe to avoid an embarrassing public debate , which a trial might well have become . |
| 16 | It is unusual to have an autumn statement in the middle of a debate on the Queen 's Speech , but it has at least given us an opportunity to test the veracity of the promises that have been made . |