Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] and have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |
| 2 | Darren bought a 72,000-mile Sierra Sapphire 16 months ago and has now run the mileage up to an incredible 112,500 miles with no attention apart from a new exhaust , replacement rev-counter and three services . |
| 3 | The Association is paying for the work , expected to cost in the region of £5,500 ( $9,600 ) from donations worldwide and has also launched an appeal for funds to restore the whole altar . |
| 4 | He began to explore the possibility of borrowing from East Berlin five years ago and had already secured an agreement from the authorities in charge of Potsdam , and from the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in West Berlin which normally never lends . |
| 5 | He had been an unsuccessful amateur jockey some fifteen years ago and had then been assistant to a leading jump trainer in Lambourn . |
| 6 | ‘ I developed the pin curl looks about two years ago and have since changed the technique by dressing the hair more with back-combing and pinning it up for a more avant-garde finish . |
| 7 | They bought the house five years ago and have almost finished the ground floor . |
| 8 | They are , therefore , not required by law to have governing bodies although some LEAs , including Berkshire , established such bodies some years ago and have subsequently applied most of the requirements of legislation to the ways in which they conduct their affairs . |
| 9 | The catering manager at Butler 's contract is Neil Patterson — a chef who joined Compass six years ago and has since moved across into management . |
| 10 | In Gabon halofantrine came on the market three years ago and has since been widely used . |
| 11 | Kevin Earnshaw , of the Flanders Scottish Alliance , a war charity which took more than £1 million of aid to Romania three years ago and has since taken hundreds of thousands of pounds of supplies to the former Yugoslavia , said he agreed to the request but he needs help to keep his word . |
| 12 | Flowers East made the brave step to East London several years ago and has now acquired an additional space of large proportions directly opposite its headquarters in Richmond Road . |
| 13 | He 's Woodleigh 's cousin , and his heir , of course , unless that 's the older Horbury brother who ran off to Australia years ago and has never been heard of since . |
| 14 | It was finished many years ago and has never been moved since . |
| 15 | She had slimmed down to 10st 7lbs ( 66.7kg ) for her wedding eight years earlier and had gradually gained weight since . |
| 16 | Antony has turned the tables completely and has now completely destroyed all hopes of the conspirators ever establishing themselves in Rome . |
| 17 | Take your time — I awakened a couple of hours ago and have already attended to my own needs . |
| 18 | ‘ He has police badges from 837 forces worldwide and has also met many heads of state as well as Mother Theresa , the Pope and the Dalai Lama . |
| 19 | When he was second to Big Ben , he was two seconds faster and had only one fence down . |