Example sentences of "have [vb pp] and [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 However , the key quarterly average has dropped and is down to 33,700 over the three months to March .
2 Thus , further down the chain , demand for low-time pilots and ex-military aircrew has slumped and is not expected to pick up again until the pool of laid-off pilots has been used up , probably in a year 's time .
3 At the top of the backswing , note how the left shoulder has turned and is now in front of and slightly underneath the chin .
4 Coopers deplores what has occurred and was as much the victim as everyone else ’ .
5 " The changeable international situation , " he said , " has affected and is still affecting Xinjiang 's social stability .
6 The area of cropland has peaked and is now static .
7 The KGB has survived and is even taking on new tasks , such as distributing western food aid .
8 under Sub-Section 2(a) unless the person driving holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
9 under Sub-Section 2 ( b ) ( c ) or ( d ) if to the knowledge of the person claiming to be indemnified the person driving does not hold a licence to drive such car unless he has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
10 driven by the Policyholder unless he holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
11 driven on the order or with the permission of the Policyholder by any person who to the Policyholders knowledge does not hold a licence to drive such car unless such person has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
12 Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong .
13 Another im prominent toxoid vaccine which you should all have received and be regularly receiving boosters for is the tetanus vaccine , and really , a very similar situation pertains here , that the toxin is so important in the pathogenesis of disease , tetanus , that simply immunity to that one factor can lead to immunity er to the disease as a whole .
14 She trailed a hand along an imaginary banister , sweeping the other behind where the skirts of a ball-gown would have trailed and was so tangibly created that when she sat down on the sofa Delia Sutherland moved to make room for the folds of that gown .
15 By the 1960s the London ring 's increase had fallen and was no longer able to compensate for core losses , leading to a massive net loss in the SMLA as a whole .
16 This was much more than we had expected and was largely due to the need to raise the path to the front door , which involved relocating two man-hole covers .
17 Some members of staff at the school felt that it had suffered and was still suffering from the effects of the reorganization .
18 FitzAlan had turned and was now half sitting , half leaning against the table .
19 She felt like Cinders having to decide whether to overstay the deadline and risk an embarrassing incident or do as Fairy Godmother had instructed and be back by twelve .
20 But this — was as though Fox had died and was still dying , and had enjoyed her own kill … .
21 She would be hurting no one because , even if Rune had lied and was still involved in some emotional way with Lotta , the Swedish girl had already assumed they were lovers and obviously accepted them in that role without suffering undue pain .
22 Her father 's bouts of fury were n't strategic , they never achieved anything but trouble for him : there were some houses , she knew , where he had played and was no longer welcome because he 'd made a scene .
23 Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold !
24 He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted .
25 This is consistent with the hypothesis that incidence had peaked and was probably declining-in other words , that the present potential user population was beginning to approach ‘ saturation point ’ .
26 ‘ He was the best horse I 've trained and was only just getting going again after being off the track for nearly a year . ’
27 Then , just when they thought that they had finished and were about to leave the room , up pipes a small Scottish voice in the corner which says , ’ What about Scotland ? ’
28 But he had survived and was out of hospital , the attempt to push his weight up .
29 He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action .
30 I recall how disappointed I was in the morning to discover that the pebbles I had collected so lovingly the evening before were just a pile of dull stones now that they had dried and were away from the beach .
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