Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] he have " in BNC.

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1 When he had departed for Benghazi he had left Lord Jellicoe in charge at Kabrit , and on 20 May Jellicoe wrote to MEHQ asking for an order to be issued to the Commando to release the men .
2 As to that college novice , Williams , I have ordered my attorney to throw him instantly into gaol on an action of debt for money he has borrowed from me .
3 On the question of whether as adviser he had been privy to confidential information , he said : ‘ Any ( management ) buyout is party to information other buyers wo n't have . ’
4 Nixon claimed that as President he had special executive privileges which allowed him to refuse access to the tapes .
5 This was a peripatetic Diogenes of the masses though , and fined for obstruction he had to constantly seek new pitches : ‘ His barrel was sandwiched between a fasting girl and a flea circus .
6 After mass he has a cantata sung , during which he sometimes dispatches very urgent business .
7 After marriage he had got fatter , and less lively .
8 Dr Neil also had his evening off from his practice on Wednesday , but after lunch he had vanished into the surgery , on the pretext that he had work to do there , but in reality to escape McAllister 's siren call , which had unconsciously grown stronger over the previous week .
9 After breakfast he had flattered his ego by assisting Patricia with her homework .
10 This particular occasion was on a Sunday , and after dinner he had reduced a full bottle of the golden liquid by almost half .
11 Oh it 's so funny , cos the second time he could n't , he came back and I think I was upstairs , and she did n't shut the door and I said all four , cos I 've got to pick her up at five , he said oh , anyway he went back , after dinner he 'd gone back and I said told you about it 's five o'clock , he said are you on me .
12 Time after time he had pressed the claims of a workingman candidate on a constituency " , but they had properly chosen the man who was considered to be most suitable for the constituency .
13 Time after time he has had a tournament in his pocket only for a miracle shot from a rival to steal it away .
14 Time after time he has shown that nice guys can finish first .
15 Time after time he has shown that nice guys can finish first .
16 After Christmas he had wanted to arrange for the marriage to take place straight away , before he could change his mind , but it was difficult to fit it in with his new duties as a Governor of the Foundling Hospital which required him to spend one day a week in town .
17 Since sobering up after Christmas he had degenerated into a deep depression .
18 So wrote Llewelyn from Aber ; and between the lines they read plainly that though he might still be arguing for peace he had ceased to believe in it or greatly to desire it .
19 The nephew , seeing something about Auntie he had never properly perceived before , said quite humbly : " Yes , I see … "
20 His own hair was combed out over his shoulders , and for make-up he had used only the faintest trace of kohl .
21 Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 .
22 Yesterday saw Hopkinson in sad , frustrated mood , attacking the ‘ complacency ’ among many field sportsmen and bewailing the lack of support he has received over the past seven years .
23 Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce .
24 Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce .
25 Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce .
26 Dozing on the plane he felt the smoothness of the assassin 's face in his fingertips , the tumble of hair he 'd taken to be Jude 's over the back of his hands .
27 She filled him with a kind of exultation he had never experienced before and he found himself shaking his head .
28 Thus far on the road of concession he had carried the Seven .
29 Edward 's first year at Oxford , with its long hours of set daily lectures and prepared reading , its loneliness punctuated by long walks , longer letters , and occasional forays in search of new friendships , formed a gentle transition from the two years of freedom he had enjoyed , since leaving St. Paul 's , towards the severer demands that family and social demands were to make upon him .
30 Years in which Creggan had matured , his wings bigger now and darker ; years to grow tired of the teachings of old Minch and bitter that the early hopes of freedom he had had were gone .
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