Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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1 | With a bit of practice , you can learn to put a condom on without the punter knowing you 've done it ! |
2 | Deploying all of the ritual tactics of a US bid battle , Chevron , founded by the Rockefeller family , filed a lawsuit to remove Pennzoil as a shareholder claiming it had violated anti-trust laws with its share purchases . |
3 | More generally under association bargaining it has been shown that |
4 | After one of Ralph 's more painful foolishnesses , she had once persuaded a lover to telephone Grunte pretending he had a message from Downing Street . |
5 | We , we went up to erm top of And er , we , we earned mo more money in carol singing we had in anything else . |
6 | The problem of Sunday caddies was again aired but not to any effect , the committee believing it had to abide by the ‘ banning ’ decision made at the earlier bondholders meeting . |
7 | Without declaring for or against the coup , Sukarno issued an ordinance stating he had taken over command of the armed forces . |
8 | In 1991 , animal campaigners telephoned Central South saying they had planted up to ten bombs in Oxford University labs in protest against animal experiments . |
9 | They complained to the council saying they have n't got planning permission . |
10 | But after her refusal , Carol has received a letter from the council saying it has ‘ discharged itself of the responsibility of rehousing her as a homeless person ’ . |
11 | They found Bowler screaming she had stabbed her husband and produced a knife from the kitchen which she said she had used . |
12 | Well he 'd got a seven year old girl copying him had n't he ? |
13 | Then , out of the blue , at a business meeting you had a ‘ panic attack ’ , characterized by hyperventilation and palpitations . |
14 | Nah Wilko offloaded him cause Rocky knew which way to put his cashcard in the hole-int-wall implying he had a brain and there fore could think for himself — something Wilko do n't encourage . |
15 | With less than twenty minutes of his shift remaining he had already decided on the clothes he would be wearing for the special occasion . |
16 | So letter and er and evening compiling it has er gained me my fifteen pound back ! |
17 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
18 | You sought out your supporters , briefed them beforehand , then went into the meeting knowing you had strength in numbers . |
19 | The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction . |
20 | Mr Gray read from the peer 's service record showing he had left Austria on 22 May , before some of the crucial decisions about the repatriations were taken . |
21 | The thing I hated most about my pregnancy was the hot weather and my body changing I had quite a nice figure before but now along with the stretch marks , I hate my body . |
22 | It looked a shambles on the live broadcast , but by the evening showing it had been cleaned up thanks to some additional mobile camera coverage . |
23 | Right I well if you ca n't get the lexicon going it 's got a problem of course . |
24 | We have erm er just bought Saboo Saison out so er the twenty percent share holding they had in the airline we 've now bought back in-house . |
25 | ‘ But will he if the person facing him has the same weapon ? |
26 | ‘ After that I told Sir Alfred of my plans for a monocoque car for the next season , and got a sour letter back saying we had to win another grand prix before we talked about anything . |
27 | She turned to the door as Myra came in , her smile saying she had been successful . |
28 | 3.00am : The Tory group sits with folded arms and a collective smile saying it has nothing to say . |
29 | And David Evans , all white and stammering , do n't you tell me my father 's a bloody animal I 've got to kick out of the way , and G.P. saying I 've never hurt an animal in my life , you can always make out a case for hurting human beings , but human animals deserve every sympathy . |
30 | Despite the pleasure it gave Minton to walk into a friend 's house and find his own wallpaper , purchased without his friend knowing he had designed it , he did not take his interest in this area much further . |