Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] one [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Meanwhile , Next has plucked up one of Sun 's men , hiring Bob Lawton , an Interactive Systems Corp legacy , away from Solaris-on-Intel product marketing to be its NextStep 80486 program manager , a newly created position .
2 It could never have been designed but for a revolution that has shaken up one of the world 's oldest industries
3 Mr Lloyd Webber has built up one of the country 's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelites , which is split between his 10,000-acre country estate in Berkshire and his home in Eaton Square .
4 Mike Curb , who has built up one of the most successful privately-owned record companies and recently moved his head office to Nashville from Los Angeles , thinks country is well on its way to being a big part of mainstream pop — making a nonsense of the current radio-station categories that still set country apart .
5 I guess she has used up one of her nine lives .
6 My hon. Friend , in his inimitable style , has smoked out one of the hidden parts of the Opposition 's agenda .
7 The Prodrive motor sport team in Banbury has taken on one of its most testing projects yet .
8 An industrial giant which has taken over one of the region 's biggest employers today assured workers there would be no major job losses .
9 The whole situation seemed both tragic and also profoundly humiliating — as when she 'd picked up one of his sweaters , packed in her suitcase by mistake .
10 Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning .
11 And who could have guessed that , with said gnashers playing him up , he would have to hand over one of his duties — and that a Labour MP would be called in from the subs ' bench .
12 Iraq and the Mujahideen claim separately to have shot down one of the Iranian aircraft .
13 He had picked up one of the pups and examined it roughly before replacing it in the cardboard box with the others .
14 Four birds died in the knowledge that they had pulled off one of the best saves ever seen at ‘ The Tip ’ .
15 The rebels of 1182 had been defeated , but they had weighed up one of their conquerors — and they also saw an opportunity .
16 They 've taken over one of the conference-rooms downstairs .
17 William was in one of his father 's two dwellings on High Street , while Thomas had taken over one of the original Fountain Lane/Cowards Batch houses built by his forefather William a hundred years before .
18 In the event she had to step over one of its feet .
19 Parents and teachers have set up one of the first toy libraries in the country for visually handicapped children .
20 The temple of the White Sikhs has moved on , there are many more South Asians than a decade ago , Egyptians have taken over one of the fast-food diners .
21 Now it has emerged that the Scots have taken over one of Merseyside 's finest seagoing treasures .
22 Have to get out one of them dolls Phil .
  Next page