Example sentences of "[conj] thing have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These should not be intended to duplicate the deed of indemnity but to obtain information as to possible taxation problems and where things have been done in the past which could , depending on what is done in the future , give problems after completion . |
| 2 | I do n't know how long it was that things had been going badly for them but I do know there were problems . |
| 3 | ‘ They recommended it to the Department of Employment but were told that things had been tightened up because of a Bulgarian footballer who was signed by Ipswich Town and then found to have less international caps than at first thought . |
| 4 | Was it perhaps since Sir John Merchiston 's death that things had been allowed to slide to this pass ? |
| 5 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 6 | It 's just since I had Donna that things have been different for me . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 'm just content that things have been going pretty well on the field so far . |
| 8 | Every so often senior level people must go to files to check that things have been correctly , you need to continue to do it , , Action Divisional Quality Managers . |
| 9 | He says that he 's advised the farm owner that conditions are n't up to scratch , he says he 'll return to check that things have been put right . |
| 10 | That was back in the early 1600s and things had been improving gradually ever since . |
| 11 | He had been abroad , and things had been too much for his younger brother , he having been deserted by his partners . |
| 12 | As far as we know you 're blood pressure and things have been fine . |
| 13 | th th the building went ahead and people every year or two sometimes twice in a year get flooded and they get sewages the the sewer with the volume of rain water they ca n't otherwise get away , but it brings to light what happens i i i in the ditches and , and the waterways that are spread across the direction of Airport and then out into the river when the tide is low because the switches close when the tide comes in and basically er and this is up to date information the information that I have is that the channels are the responsibility of the er you know responsibilities are either kept cleared or not clogged up and in connection with the , with the incident I , I did hear it said that in , in a place where once said it usually counts that possibly and more than the that the first flood was due because the drains and the ditches could n't take the volume of water after they were cleared and things have been pretty reasonable erm since that time , so it would seem to confirm what , what I have to say about keeping clear erm but it may be that authorities that were n't responsible had the job of cleaning them , I do n't know . |
| 14 | ‘ All sorts of quiches , flans and things have been spirited into my house . |
| 15 | It was better that way , she supposed , though if things had been normal at home Rob could have phoned her there . |
| 16 | Erm well we 'd , we 'd got something on trying to ascertain if things had been produced by a multinational , which I suppose ties in with probably with , with three down . |
| 17 | If things had been otherwise , Mrs Arbuthnot would have made an ideal wife for the duke . |
| 18 | If things had been otherwise , perhaps that 's how he would have liked to hear of his son 's death . |
| 19 | Oh yes , if things had been alright . |
| 20 | Erm , we need to be convincing in challenge , otherwise the challenge , erm , we should question whether there is a need for any change , erm , if things have been done in a certain way for a certain period of time , erm , just because we want to change them , does n't mean to say that it does n't |
| 21 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 22 | I think I could be a lot lot shorter than it might have been thought was necessary because things have been made , a lot of furniture has be has been moved today er already . |
| 23 | Myra 's familiar voice made her want to cry ; it seemed such a long time since things had been normal , with nothing more exciting than new orders to think about . |
| 24 | I asked Jean-Claude whether things had been different , once , between them . |
| 25 | The queer feeling came over her , that choking feeling in her throat which she experienced in the night , when she was lying awake trying to recall and piece together dim , fleeting memories of another time in which she had lived , when things had been both happy and sad , when angry broken sentences would not meet and so explain the odd pictures that formed in her mind . |