Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] have [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mobutu had ordered the troops to surround the bank and the Finance Ministry on Oct. 4 , after Tshisekedi had on Oct. 1 dismissed Nyemba Shabani as governor of the bank following the discovery that US$5,000,000 was missing from central reserves . |
| 32 | The row comes less than a year after Lovell had to rehouse 17 families in nearby Kites Close after it was discovered THEIR homes were crumbling . |
| 33 | She saw Chesarynth cast out , begging in the gutter Hells of Earth where she could feel no home as Jezrael had on Mars . |
| 34 | Shortly afterwards at another meeting , Mr. Fairbank said , in response to a letter from the Ministry of Health suggesting that the vaccination officer should be paid a fixed salary , that ‘ the time had come when Whitehall had to be told that the local authorities were going to stop being ciphers , and would exercise their own judgement . |
| 35 | Maybe that Maria Luisa in Seville had meant as much to him as Fernando had to her . |
| 36 | The first of several , annual Parliamentary ladies ' golf matches , between lady relations of Members of the Houses of Lords and Commons , were reported on as Henley had at least two ladies who were eligible to play — Mrs. Kate Fleming , wife of the Club President and Henley 's M.P. , Mr. Valentine Fleming , and Mrs. Cecil Norton . |
| 37 | Not that I expect you to be so baby-besotted as the people round here — with good cause , of course , as Ewan has to be a paragon ! |
| 38 | When Iskra had to be printed in London Quelch put all the resources of the Twentieth Century Press at the disposal of the Russians , who for a time included Lenin . |
| 39 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
| 40 | There one met at each other 's homes for dinner , one eye on the clock on the way — cursing the traffic , having to watch the drinks as one was driving and must n't be too late as Nigel had to be up early for work . |
| 41 | In this way he would , much as Darwin had during the voyage of the Beagle , remain in the public eye all the time he was away . |
| 42 | Absent also was Leofwine , who had taken Thorfinn for King as Cormac had , or so it seemed , on the glorious journey to and from Rome , and who had stood trembling as Cormac had on the steps of St Peter 's , one of a brotherhood that had seemed to promise a future none of them had so far dreamed of . |
| 43 | Lear must have received considerable encouragement from the Fellows of the Zoological Society , just as Gould had after him ; not to mention the contacts necessary to recruit his 175 subscribers . |
| 44 | As the Welsh had been written off even by their most loyal supporters , the French media was at pains to try to explain to their bemused readership the concept of points differential , in other words point out that in order to win the cup France had to score at least as many points as England had in Dublin . |
| 45 | But Shearer suffered the same lack of service in Taylor 's new-look team as Lineker had in Sweden . |
| 46 | RCT , based in Arizona , is a non-profit making trust fund , and has much the same relationship with US academic institutions as BTG has with UK ones . |
| 47 | He 'd had , as Winnie had in her way ( less physical ) his heart torn out . |
| 48 | On leaving the Service in August 1935 he spent several months looking around and also being looked at by the family of the lovely Ly , his Swiss wife , a scrutiny which was reciprocated when Ly had in turn , to be looked at by the swarm of Bennetts in Brisbane , Australia . |
| 49 | Digital was always regarded in Galway with the same respect and awe as Cinderella had for her fairy godmother . |
| 50 | The surviving correspondence does not make clear what happened to Mr. Carrick , but as Glassford had by the time of election three votes prepared and George Abercromby defeated Major Dundas , it may be surmised that Lord Dundas 's failure to secure the reinstatement of the collector of Inverness was seen by Glassford as a neglect which justified his remaining friendly with Abercromby . |
| 51 | ‘ Only when Franco has to be a man , ’ and looking at him carefully , she burst into a fit of laughter . |
| 52 | The following table gives about as much as SHHD had in the way of detailed information about registered nursing homes . |
| 53 | ‘ I could get anyone under the spell , ’ he says , adding that he had hypnotised their maid ( as Breavman had in The Favourite Game ) and feared that he had driven her insane by it ! |
| 54 | She had managed , nevertheless , to seize a few moments with the erstwhile companion when the gentlemen returned , for Araminta had at once gone over to greet Mr Saul Quatt , who had , at her request , presided over the service in the local church — much to the chagrin of its incumbent , whose ruffled feathers Mrs Alderley had been obliged to smooth when she heard of the plan from him . |
| 55 | There was an anxious moment for the Cobblers when Hampson had to be taken off , but he was soon back , and half-time arrived with the score still at 1–1 . |
| 56 | But punters are unlikely to get much value for the grey in this competitive 25runner handicap and , as Daru had to be ridden out for his last two victories , he is worth opposing . |
| 57 | NK : I think I have as much chance of winning a Major as Major has of winning . |
| 58 | Now that Windows has proved to the world that massive files are OK ( yah ! ) you 've as much chance of being able to save a decent sized word-processed document onto a 1.44MB floppy as Madonna has of becoming a nun . |
| 59 | ‘ And she 's ashamed of me , ’ he fumed to Lily , when Stella had at last left the house . |