Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large scale farming has ripped out hedges and woods to make way for arable crops , leaving Harwell as an oasis in the middle of the fields . |
| 2 | He has stashed up reserves of arms , and can probably get more . |
| 3 | The seller has given up goods in exchange for an increase in his bank deposit . |
| 4 | The reader interprets this as " the echo died away " , but is aware that the sound has conjured up birds for the people . |
| 5 | Auspex Systems Inc has picked up distributors in Europe and the Pacific Rim including Storage Data Systems International in France , RacTech GmbH in Germany and Edata in Scandinavia . |
| 6 | OpenVision Inc , the unusual nine-month-old Pleasanton , California start-up with $25m in funding and a $12m revenue stream , which launched its unusual systems management concept at the end of last month ( CI No 2,158 ) , has picked up friends in high places . |
| 7 | WISH you were here can so easily become ‘ wish we 'd never gone ’ when you arrive home to find that burglars have emptied the tool shed , the pipes have burst and the dog has picked up fleas in the kennels . |
| 8 | DELL HAS COME UP TRUMPS AGAIN , THIS TIME WITH A NOTEBOOK COMPUTER THAT 'S CHOC-A-BLOC WITH USEFUL FEATURES . |
| 9 | She is full of praise for the invaluable public library system which has come up trumps in most of her researches . |
| 10 | Netherwood has carried out modifications to the kit and relaunched it as the Rotorway Exec 90 , currently selling for $35,000 including power plant . |
| 11 | They concede that municipal monopoly of schooling has let down generations but they come back with ideas that seem to me to be sensible and subtle but also politically popular . |
| 12 | A round of modifications has speeded up Stars & Stripes for the fourth round of trials . |
| 13 | A whole new service industry — office design — has sprung up in the city , and the demand for furniture , secretaries and commercial space has pushed up prices . |
| 14 | Ransome kept her on the River Orwell just below Ipswich , at the peaceful little anchorage of Pin Mill where the National Trust has built up holdings of land . |
| 15 | This plant has shot up 21ins in 3 days . |
| 16 | The wheel of fortune has turned up trumps and offers you a handsome payola today . |
| 17 | Brigade chairman says the force has turned down allowances for its services because the formation of the brigade was voluntary and they are proud to render their services to the people and the country . |
| 18 | It has shown up deficiencies in common law where protection does not exist or can be waived for people with HIV . |
| 19 | Now pursuing a wider marketing brief to boost its coffers , the Open Software Foundation has opened up labs at its Cambridge , Massachusetts-based headquarters as an interoperability testing site . |
| 20 | The LDDC has opened up committees to the public . |
| 21 | Genetic engineering has opened up possibilities for the introduction of genes which confer the ability to produce either insecticidal toxins or semiochemicals which alter insect behaviour . |
| 22 | Now pursuing a wider marketing brief to replenish its coffers , the Open Software Foundation has opened up laboratories at its Cambridge , Massachusetts-based headquarters to provide an interoperability testing site . |
| 23 | He has stitched up deals with a Singapore company which makes Tiger Balm , one of Asia 's natural remedies.most popular ‘ cure-all ’ ointment . |
| 24 | The European Commission has drawn up proposals for compulsory recovery of 90 per cent of all packaging waste . |
| 25 | SPURRED on by the prospect of imminent defence cuts , the US Army has drawn up plans for cutting its forces in Europe by half , and recasting the army of the future into a rapid-deployment force , able to intervene in Third World trouble spots , in terrorist situations and to fight the war on drugs . |
| 26 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |
| 27 | Nuclear Electric , the state-owned nuclear generating company , has drawn up plans to extend the life of its seven Magnox power stations . |
| 28 | A FOREIGN medical company has drawn up plans for a private hospital development in Darlington , it was revealed last night . |
| 29 | IRVINE Development Corporation has drawn up plans to transfer of some houses to a housing association . |
| 30 | It has handed over sections of line , even complete routes like the Tyneside loop serving Whitley Bay . |