Example sentences of "[coord] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 32 | Mr Major and his cabinet are in disarray and have evidently run out of ideas and of steam . |
| 33 | Many Christians can recognise secularism and have boldly stood up against it . |
| 34 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | ‘ And have now come out to the barn to convince me of it ? |
| 37 | ‘ They have had their ins and outs and have all got back into the side , ’ he says . |
| 38 | Thomson 's free kick Pearce gets it clear and then won back by Hill but has only gone back to the Forest skipper . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | Blood lead concentrations had been highest at age two , but had now fallen by over 40% . |
| 44 | The children emerged from the elaborate wrought-iron school gates , which were red with rust-preventer but had never got around to being painted . |
| 45 | Mrs McTavish used to wonder why she had produced two children who ran to such opposite extremes , but had never come up with an answer . |
| 46 | And there has been a remarkable interchange of ideas between computational theorists and neuroscientists , in which attempts to create computer models of neural function have not only generated powerful new tools for the interpreting of the brain but have also fed back into computer theory and practice . |
| 47 | Paul and Malcolm Bream first spent time exploring possible sources of voluntary funding , and then saw what might be done with the local authority , but have now turned back to their original search for their own place . |