Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philosophy has effectively challenged what the theologian often persists in seeing as the ‘ proofs ’ of God 's existence which he or she must hang on to in order to have an absolutely secure and certain faith . |
| 2 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 3 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 4 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 5 | His name has already made him the butt of many jokes . |
| 6 | ‘ Which is why the lady has already promised me the pleasure of her company tonight . |
| 7 | She has probably known what the doctor is going to say and may feel she has betrayed the family or patient and her relationship with them by not previously telling them the truth . |
| 8 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 9 | He has now offered them the use of his white Rolls-Royce for the wedding as well as a Renault 19 for the honeymoon . |
| 10 | It is only now , in middle age , that joy is beginning to develop in her heart , as she begins to realize that God has truly given her the gift of life . |
| 11 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 12 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 13 | She 'd even given them the evidence herself . |
| 14 | He 'd never allowed anyone the opportunity . |
| 15 | Except she was saying that you 'd actually offered her the job . ’ |
| 16 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 17 | Second , having fully discussed what the customer wants , the salesperson knows which product benefits to stress . |
| 18 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 19 | If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence . |
| 20 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 21 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 22 | Baxter 's influential friends had secured for him four of the ablest barristers in the land , but it was obvious from the beginning of the trial that Jeffries had already decided what the verdict would be . |
| 23 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 24 | Flaubert was delighted with the story : ‘ Do you know , Lapierre , you 've just given me the subject of a novel , the counterpart of my Bovary , a Bovary of high society . |
| 25 | Stephen had just granted me the barony , and I decided ‘ t was time I had a wife . |
| 26 | I had hardly eaten anything the day before . |
| 27 | ‘ I know you 've always told us the truth — but what are you talking about ? ’ asked Rose . |
| 28 | Brackenbury was kindly , and had always shown them the courtesy due to their rank — and himself as their ally . |
| 29 | Tories , long , short and tall , queued with the stoicism that had once made us the envy of the world . |
| 30 | Rosemary had once told her the amount she was paying in rent . |