Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [conj] have [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Cleveland Coroner Michael Sheffield said Mr Owens may have been startled by a car swerving to avoid him and had stepped into the path of the van .
2 It was Lou — frantic , almost incoherent , reporting that Rick had vanished along with his passport , that the police had been to see her and had asked hundreds of questions .
3 It should also be recognised that while this chapter has stressed the view of language as a process , it is nevertheless the case that , at some point , children do reach a level of mastery where it makes sense to describe them as having acquired knowledge of an abstract set of rules which can be used to express meanings .
4 The acquiescence by the religions derived from the various ancient scriptures in the ugly acts of war , revenge and violence is sufficient in itself to condemn them as having degenerated beyond redemption , and to be justifiably rejected .
5 He 'd agreed to ring her and had omitted to leave a phone number .
6 ‘ Bertie has been over to see us and has driven the car fitted with the engine management system he used in Donegal and the one that was fitted for the Ulster Rally .
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