Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Descending the stone steps from the station platform , Durham turned up the gas and had just sat down on the bench and opened his bait tin when he was startled by the apparition of a strange man followed by a large black retriever dog emerging from the coal cellar . |
| 32 | It looked as if they 'd been having a party and had just taken off in the middle of it . |
| 33 | ‘ They had not been there very long and had just come out of a restaurant , ’ said Mr Robinson . |
| 34 | She had made a complete fool of herself and had successfully lived down to every low opinion that Piers harboured about her . |
| 35 | He was lonely and broke and had already barged in for the loan of a cupful of Quaker oats . |
| 36 | Futre had been substituted in a warm-up match prior to departure for Valetta and had subsequently fallen out with Quieroz and was left at home for being ‘ not in the correct frame of mind ’ to play a World Cup tie . |
| 37 | While physicians advised sparing use of the ointment , the quacks prescribed it liberally to great effect and had usually passed on to the next town before the inevitable relapses and the not infrequent deaths — results of over-treatment — had occurred . |
| 38 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 39 | He had used the rest buying drinks to console himself and had then staggered back to the flat for the night . |
| 40 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 41 | I 'm a big , noisy fellow and had always felt out of place in those discreet British restaurants with their strict dress code and moody staff who 'd be looking at their watches every five minutes from 9pm onwards . ’ |
| 42 | They were dropped by their record label Phonogram after the hits dried up , and had actually split up after a gig in Jersey . |
| 43 | The legend recounted how seventy translators had worked in independent cells and had all come up with the identical version of the sacred text . |
| 44 | Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor . |
| 45 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 46 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 47 | Mr Major and his cabinet are in disarray and have evidently run out of ideas and of steam . |
| 48 | Many Christians can recognise secularism and have boldly stood up against it . |
| 49 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 50 | I am making good progress — slow but sure — and have now graduated on to walking sticks , although I feel very wobbly on these having had the crutches for a month . |
| 51 | ‘ And have now come out to the barn to convince me of it ? |
| 52 | ‘ They have had their ins and outs and have all got back into the side , ’ he says . |
| 53 | Black gravel shows the fish 's colours well , but has not caught on in Britain as much as in Europe . |
| 54 | But Li Ka-shing , head of Cheung Kong , confirmed he is ‘ interested in some of Olympia 's assets , but has not come up with any solid plans ’ . |
| 55 | Thomson 's free kick Pearce gets it clear and then won back by Hill but has only gone back to the Forest skipper . |
| 56 | The opening scene of the movie features the gangsters discussing the true meaning of the lyrics , with one insisting that it 's about a nymphomaniac who 's been around but has now met up with ‘ some John Holmes motherfucker ’ — in other words a guy well hung enough to make her feel ‘ like a virgin ’ again . |
| 57 | By the time he had taken her back to the theatre she felt totally removed from the morning , quite calm , controlled , almost as though she was nothing to do with the Hochhauser Season but had just come back from a week in Vienna staying at a luxury hotel . |
| 58 | They knew he spent his weekends at the flying club , but had n't got around to totting up how many hours of blind flying instruction in a twin-engined Cessna he was buying , nor how much each such hour cost . |
| 59 | He used to be the crier , but had recently taken over from Fred Harrison who had proclaimed the fair annually for the last thirty years . |
| 60 | One fighter had been a Skinhead and had worn the appropriate ‘ gear ’ of his time but had now grown out of this kind of thing . |