Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] have [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I have in mind the fact that it was not seriously disputed , at any stage during the election , that eight out of 10 families would gain as a result of Labour 's tax and spending proposals ; and yet a number of people who would undoubtedly be beneficiaries of what we were proposing appear not to have recognised that . ’
2 I think some of the erm er they 've crossed all the P Way ones out and er appear not to have crossed any of the works , bridges , B E S out .
3 It may be that ‘ post ’ will need progressive reinterpretation to include telex , facsimile transmission and other forms of ‘ electronic mail ’ but international conventions appear not to have explored these possibilities thus far .
4 I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ‘ literary ’ .
5 We seem now to have exhausted all possible answers to our question .
6 The Americans seem now to have taken this aboard .
7 ‘ It is dramatic stuff , I believe , though I confess not to have read any .
8 You claim not to have found any lighter , is that it ? ’
9 Two-thirds , however , claim also to have made much use of information routinely available and to have collected information especially for the purpose of the review .
10 Erm I think it 's really very sad that i it 's just the society we live in has put these kind of pressures on marriages and you know we 're all human and we can all be tempted to look at other people and be unfaithful but in those times of er you know temptation you just I well I I 've found that that 's where my faith comes in you 're sort of helped through those times .
11 I 've never had taken that .
12 I see here 's got such a lot on this but he says erm Well I 've lost where I was .
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