Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] has [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Then clutching her daughter Maria Dingwall , she added : ‘ Mr Clarke does n't know he has got Iris Bentley to fight .
2 Well , not too bad really , it 's erm I can only describe it has having erm a huge hangover , which erm which I 'm used to anyway , so erm you know I 'm obviously a bit disappointed with the way things went , but erm you know that 's party of Rugby .
3 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 .
4 Your puppy is now a young mature adult and let us assume he has gone through puppyhood with no problems .
5 Alternatively the Director General may confirm he has decided not to refer the agreement to the Court where : ( a ) any directly applicable provision of EC law applies to the agreement ; ( b ) the agreement has expired or has been terminated ; ( c ) all the relevant restrictions have been removed ; ( d ) the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has discharged the Director General from his duty to take proceedings where he is satisfied that the restrictions are not of such significance as to call for investigation by the Court .
6 He does n't feel he has outgrown the part of the middle-aged veteran cop .
7 Tabkay says he does n't feel he has given anything up to be a Buddhist monk .
8 Nichols does feel he has made a mistake . ’
9 The lesson of the story is clear : re-established in Downing Street , John Major may feel he has steered the British political system away from contamination by the international .
10 From his wording , it would appear he has picked up these rumours secondhand from somewhere .
11 But she is still the same MP ; I do n't think she has moved an inch . ’
12 Do n't think she has got a form , no , Alma have you got any spare forms for that .
13 For three months she went by Underground to the Wimbledon home of Elizabeth Russell where for almost as long as anyone can remember she has schooled the daughters of knights , dukes and earls in the delights of sauces , sponges and souffles .
14 I 'VE DONE IT , MUM JUBILANT Sally ca n't believe she has beaten American rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick to the gold medal — and her mum and dad were quick to join in the celebrations .
15 She 's a young girl who really has her feet planted on the ground and I do n't believe she has let herself be carried away by her success .
16 I do believe she has left me . ’
17 It seems to me a definite kind of immortality both to be remembered with great affection and to give that feeling ( which I and so many friends have ) that we ca n't believe he has died .
18 ‘ It 's possible that he has taught the gardener 's cat , ’ replied Mr Appin thoughtfully , ‘ but I do n't believe he has had time to teach any other cats . ’
19 Many people — editors audible among them — still can not believe it has stopped .
20 Over the past 15 years perinatal mortality rates have more than halved while the social and political pressure to measure and interpret them has increased .
21 He can do nothing , though , because the stuffing is coming out of the armchair he is sitting in , and before anything else can happen he has to decide whether to get it re-covered or buy a new one .
22 ‘ She 's no dumb blonde , she has got a skin of steel and by the way she conducts herself you can tell she has got things in proportion too .
23 Albert has scorned a stammer that he will tell you has got him into trouble on more than one occasion on the golf course ; and he emerged from brother Alfie 's shadow to partner his own Open champion — a player who at one time was reputed to throw a 5-iron almost as long as he could hit it , and who , it was told , sometimes sacked two caddies a week — to the prized claret jug .
24 ‘ An American president 's proposals are not always supported by Congress — that does n't mean he has to stamp his foot and leave Capitol Hill , ’ he said .
25 Does that mean he has had a drastic change of heart or is it just that he thinks , along with many of his colleagues , that there is electoral advantage in keeping this quiet at the moment ?
26 Mr Major 's visit to Barcelona for the last two days of the Games will mean he has spent an astonishing 80 days out of recession gripped Britain in the 20 months since he came to power .
27 A mortgage may be the largest financial commitment you will make in your life , but that does n't mean it has to ruin it .
28 That does n't mean it has to happen again . ’
29 Stories are circulating that Ford will announce it has built a 5 per cent shareholding early next week .
30 So I 've decided that I will suppose he has posted it .
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