Example sentences of "a [noun sg] have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The arrival of the British had been impressive : on 24 December 1807 a squadron had anchored in Funchal under the command of Admiral Samuel Hood and consisted of four ships of the line , four frigates and sixteen ships for transporting troops , carrying two regiments of infantry and two companies of artillery . |
| 2 | No mother of a case had worked at a nuclear establishment before her child 's conception , and no mother had a record of being monitored for exposure to ionising radiation at any time before diagnosis ( table V ) . |
| 3 | Quite a bit had spilled over the floor already so nobody would notice any more . |
| 4 | When the six LEAs in the Rampton survey were studied again for the Swann Report , a larger proportion of Afro-Caribbean pupils were obtaining academic qualifications : the percentage of such pupils obtaining five or more higher grades at O level and CSE and those obtaining one or more passes at A level had doubled in the period from 1979 to 1982 . |
| 5 | By the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial proceedings Act 1976 , protection against eviction from the dwelling a mistress has shared with her lover was introduced , and a host of cases decided under the Act have proved the efficacy of this enactment to safeguard a woman 's residential rights , often against physical violence by her former partner . |
| 6 | It 's always good , too , to hear how much being a winner has meant to you . |
| 7 | ‘ I think the fame of being a footballer has gone to his head . |
| 8 | A drip had landed on my head . |
| 9 | In July 1986 windsurfers shocked the sailing world with the news that a board had travelled at the astonishing speed of 38.86 knots which is nearly 44 mph . |
| 10 | A drain had overflowed at the end of the road and water was running down the tarmac . |
| 11 | All attempts at providing such a measure have proved to be abortive . |
| 12 | Once a beginner has got past the teething part of theory , his mind must be concentrated on the clubhead . |
| 13 | Quote the story of the old soldier who saw that a watch had fallen into a bear-pit , climbed down into it , and was eaten . |
| 14 | Even the methods of getting information in and out of a computer have changed beyond recognition . |
| 15 | It was so weird it made my hair stand on end ; it was almost as if a ghost had walked into the room . |
| 16 | On May 6 an attempt by opposition deputies in the People 's Assembly to remove Gramoz Rucaj from the post of caretaker Interior Minister because of the Shkodër events had been defeated , but a majority had voted in favour of dismissing Procurator General Rrapo Mino and head of the Investigator-General 's Office Qemal Lane . |
| 17 | out , it had blown and a flash had gone onto my cotton dressing gown my towelling |
| 18 | Which a try 's got ta cross the line , you have to throw it . |
| 19 | A scientist has resigned from FoE 's board of directors in protest against the organisation 's decision to adopt a low profile over oil spills caused by the Gulf war . |
| 20 | The complicated organs of an advanced animal like a human or a woodlouse have evolved by gradual degrees from the simpler organs of ancestors . |
| 21 | Daisy had one baby and then another , and Fred and Arthur did a television series together directly after the first child was born , but a reserve had come between them and their companionship was n't quite the same . |
| 22 | Head of state : King Mswati III who acceded in April 1986 [ see pp. 34337 ] , after a regency had ruled since the death in 1982 of his predecessor King Sobhuza II . |
| 23 | Although there is no worldwide ban on TBT in anti-fouling paints , legislation exists in many countries to prohibit its use on yachts and pleasure craft , and such a ban has existed in Britain since 1987 . |
| 24 | We phoned a good , dear friend who as a midwife had gone to much trouble and arranged to deliver the baby . |
| 25 | Clayton 's development as a photographer had accelerated at a rapid pace and within 12 months he won 12 awards , including : |
| 26 | Another time , a photographer had ventured onto the reef that rose up from the sea at the far corner . |
| 27 | When she resumed her story her voice was different , flat and uninflected , as she told him that one day a journalist and a photographer had come to Chastlecombe to do a feature on the shopping arcade for the colour magazine of one of the Sunday papers . |
| 28 | Then , gradually , a change had come over him . |
| 29 | This option enables you to view the packages which a user has been selected to approve and which a user has submitted for approval . |
| 30 | In particular , it is well established that when a statute has conferred on any body the power to make decisions affecting individuals , the courts will not only require the procedure prescribed by the statute to be followed , but will readily imply so much and no more to be introduced by way of additional procedural safeguards as will ensure the attainment of fairness . |