Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronald Duncan offered a perhaps apocryphal account of how lunch had been cancelled when Eliot sent a telegram explaining that he had to " bury a woman " . |
| 2 | Gavin Turk , who attracted notice for erecting , as his only contribution to his degree show at the Royal College of Art a year ago , a blue English Heritage plaque announcing that he had been working in his studio for two years , is having a first exhibition at an apartment in Docklands , opposite Canary Wharf ( 1–31 July ; by appointment only , call 071–274 0041 ) . |
| 3 | Besides , there have been so many opportunities for growth in countries that do not require local equity sharing that they have had little incentive to try to build businesses in those countries that do . |
| 4 | ‘ IN APRIL 1992 , a researcher from the BBC 's dramatised documentary programme ‘ 999 ’ contacted our Community Education Department asking if we had been involved in any unusual incident where rescues had been carried out . |
| 5 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 6 | Well people have rung into this programme saying that they 've been put off visiting graves because this man is there . |
| 7 | 1.15 In Gregory 's case the plaintiff , who was injured in a way that could have been avoided by wearing a seat belt , suffered a 40 per cent total reduction since he was also travelling as a passenger in a car knowing that it had defective brakes . |
| 8 | A ‘ desperate ’ candidate stands much less chance than a more relaxed candidate who goes into the interview knowing that she/he has other options . |
| 9 | Is the little dark-eyed doe implying that she has n't been haunted , since the moment of their first encounter , with images of our fascinating , leather-jacketed heroine ? |
| 10 | Well now , your helicopter is approaching the ground at a great rate of knots with the engine idling and you have to land it — gently . |
| 11 | During questioning , Ahmed al-Zahrani was allegedly beaten and made to sign a confession stating that he had a sexual relationship with Maha Banat . |
| 12 | For example , the percentage reporting that they had had a cold or flu in the previous month showed little change with age . |
| 13 | And Anjelica Huston returned to her own home saying that she had been humiliated for the very last time . |
| 14 | But the most common problem is a team formation disintegrating because someone has ‘ heavy legs ’ , the result of a chase for personal glory in the previous day or two . |
| 15 | All true , we found — Hugh will bear me out — the branch lying where he had cast it aside . |
| 16 | If we pursue the last option then we might have a job proving that we have made a successful descent but at least it would then truly become a purely personal outing in a boat . |
| 17 | If a person writes a book or magazine article denying that he has committed any crime , are his words to be interpreted as his opinion regarding the crime ? |
| 18 | Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory |
| 19 | One final quick note Chairman , there is no point complaining that there has not been a cop copper bottomed guarantee . |
| 20 | Now I 've made a mess on your the these need wiping because I 've got butter on my fingers . |
| 21 | Couple of days later a little note comes in the post saying that you 've just paid the National West National Bank Bank of Scotland twenty three pounds thirty and it 's absolutely brilliant ! |
| 22 | The former Vice-President , A. K. M. Nurul Islam , protested at the summary manner of his dismissal on Aug. 13 ( see p. 36852 ) , while M. A. Matin resigned on the same day as Deputy Prime Minister and deputy parliamentary leader claiming that he had been passed over in promotion to the post of Prime Minister . |
| 23 | He found the King 's strength and confidence increasing and he had no doubts about his fitness to rule ; but the King was still anxious for time in which to adjust himself to his new station and duties . |
| 24 | A fun item , it seemed , with a policeman vouchsafing that he had chased a puma in his panda car . |
| 25 | We could spend the rest of the night looking if we have no guides . " |
| 26 | In the past it has been alleged that consent was often less than genuine , the person believing that he had no option but to allow the police the right to enter the premises and search . |
| 27 | Now he was standing back regarding them with the faintly anxious proprietorial air of a stallholder at a church bazaar wondering whether he has set out his wares to best advantage . |
| 28 | For example , on one occasion a youth was caught urinating in the street late at might , and was very respectful and deferential when caught in the act , but , upon the policeman recalling that he had recently been one of a group which had shouted abuse at him , an act expected from gougers , he was arrested , and the incident was treated as a case of indecent exposure . |
| 29 | down and , and may well be just one person requiring and you 've got somebody else to go down |
| 30 | Three hearty hurrahs , therefore , for the inventors of the GuitaRest , the kind of ultra-neat idea that keeps you awake at night wishing that you 'd thought of it . |