Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dr Russell had set up the monitor when Belinda returned . |
| 32 | Firemen had to lift up the bus before ambulance officers could try to rescue her , but she died at the scene . |
| 33 | He knew she had not because the press conference had finished only an hour before and not a drop of alcohol had passed Blanche 's lips . |
| 34 | and er had to measure up the body because the coffins were made to measure . |
| 35 | My boss knew he had taken on a lesbian when I was appointed . |
| 36 | Miss X had taken out the mortgage because her father was retired and she had intended that her fiance should move in with her and her parents . |
| 37 | And had put down the receiver before he could say anything at all . |
| 38 | And when the Cabinet Minister admitted he had no ticket , he had to cough up the fare as well as the fine under his Government 's 1989 Act which orders passengers to pay before they travel . |
| 39 | He had to go and they would I think actually sometimes had to lay out the body as well . |
| 40 | The court heard that the two , armed and masked , had held up a courier as he was about to deposit a bag containing computer data sheets into a TSB night safe on the Belmont Road . |
| 41 | She is very proud of being the first person ever to sit on her ; Pauline broke the pony and the two have done all the training since , with professional help in the later stages from instructor Mal Kendall . |
| 42 | They are the ones who , at present , have to sort out the mess after the degree ceremonies have been long forgotten . |
| 43 | They have to sort out the problem before the caretaker locks the school gates . |
| 44 | But because these schemes are more complex , staff at the Ministry of Defence have to draw up the contracts as DoI officials lack the expertise . |
| 45 | Enticed by a 2 per cent incentive payment on top of the National Insurance rebate , some five million people have taken up the option since it was introduced in July 1988 . |
| 46 | Various constructions of people with learning difficulties have existed down the ages as society has attempted to define and make sense of patterns of behaviour which differ from the norm . |
| 47 | Suppose the lawmakers in England and in Scotland have determined differently the question whether a man is entitled to whatever another has gratuitously promised . |
| 48 | I 'll have to wallpaper your bathroom , then paint it , I then have to touch up the door cos it 's that kind of paint and I had it like , on the top of the loo , I was doing it up a bit , and the next thing I saw was Felix coming onto the back of the wind ah |
| 49 | The Soviets are largely unknown in the British Isles , but elsewhere they have established quite a reputation as fearsome yet fair opponents . |
| 50 | Only special notice from you to those involved that your agent 's authority has ended will prevent you being liable once you have held out an agent as having the right to legally commit you to certain agreements . |