Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The first of these new offices has already opened in Jesmond and a further branch is expected to open at Bedlington . |
| 32 | Although the land was largely champaign , some demesnes had never lain in common field , or had long ceased to do so . |
| 33 | She smiled kindly , but her eyes had already gone beyond me , to Richard and Adam waiting under the eucalyptus trees , by the swimming pool . |
| 34 | Ignoring her , Drew filled up Perdita 's glass , then , seeing Daisy 's eyes had suddenly filled with tears , asked her if she 'd like another vodka and orange . |
| 35 | His eyes had suddenly fixed on her keenly , as if he were finding her reaction very interesting . |
| 36 | The close racial and cultural connections between the inhabitants of Bougainville and those of the Solomons , together with the geographical proximity of the territories , meant that BRA units had frequently operated from within Solomon Islands ' territory and had often received unofficial military and political assistance . |
| 37 | There was a real danger that industrial unrest over this ‘ comb-out ’ would precipitate the event that revolutionary pacifists had long dreamt about — a national anti-war strike in the munitions factories . |
| 38 | Dimas had reportedly clashed with the Prime Minister 's wife , Marika Mitsotakis , who had publicly reprimanded him for his behaviour towards Greek industrialists accompanying the official party . |
| 39 | Ms Nadia Comaneci was still performing on the long bar for Romania , but her gymnastic trainers had already defected to the US . |
| 40 | Four parties had previously collaborated with the SED within the National Front : ( i ) the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) which merged with the West German CDU on Oct. 1 [ see p. 37761 ] ; ( ii ) the Democratic Farmers ' Party of Germany ( DBD ) , whose chair , Günther Maleuda , resigned on June 25 and was temporarily replaced by Ulrich Junghanns pending a merger with the CDU ; ( iii ) the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany ( LDPD ) , which renamed itself the Liberal Democratic Party and joined the new League of Free Democrats in February 1990 and merged with the West German FDP in August [ see p. 37661 ] ; and ( iv ) the National Democratic Party of Germany ( NDPD ) which joined the League of Free Democrats in March [ see pp. 37260 ; 37302 ] . |
| 41 | True , she was getting a belly on her now , her neck had started to sag , but her attractions had always gone beyond the merely physical . |
| 42 | By the time the Earthtrust team arrived , two nursing calves had already died of starvation after being separated from their mothers . |
| 43 | The first is that the absence of a systematic theology of redemption was simply due to the fact that in the early church no great disputes had yet arisen about it . |
| 44 | But suppose that nearly all the entries had just happened to be nasty . |
| 45 | Losses had also accrued from discounts and subsidies to private and public banks , and from exchange rate speculation . |
| 46 | Therefore the process of the naturalisation of economic relationships had already begun before the transition period was embarked upon . |
| 47 | Since several gentlemen had already subscribed towards furthering Vial 's proposals , Penn , Stone and Gretton were asked to discuss with Vial the best way of amalgamating the two plans . |
| 48 | She sat in an attitude of dumb submission , weary and spent , as if careless of the future her words had painfully shaped for her . |
| 49 | It is as if the words had suddenly come to life inside my head . |
| 50 | ( Rich 1986 , p. 189 ) The rapid growth of job opportunities had considerably diminished by 1960 , but immigration was still increasing . |
| 51 | But as two months had already elapsed since the end of the previous contracts , this would mean that for some weeks the players would be getting more than the permitted £4 a week maximum . |
| 52 | By the time of the completion of the audit , over six months had already elapsed since the end of the year covered by these accounts . |
| 53 | There were a number of walkers now , all taking their time and drinking in the view , but the chap at our heels had now resorted to breaking away from his party to try and close the gap so obviously gnawing at his soul . |
| 54 | Vulnerable places on her neck and throat were kissed before his lips found their way to her breast , where her nipples had again firmed into rosebuds . |
| 55 | Again , this was a 1960s fad which lasted only a very few years ( c 1966–69 ) , although split-screen sequences had occasionally appeared in fantasy films such as musicals in the 1940s and '50s . |
| 56 | The Pétains had never boasted of a military tradition . |
| 57 | By the late 19th century , hard-knotted rugs had almost ceased to be made in Europe , as the advent of weaving machines meant that rugs could be produced much more quickly at a fraction of the cost . |
| 58 | While these books had probably disintegrated by Leapor 's time , it is striking that poor scholars might be taught Latin . |
| 59 | Its latest forecast , issued in August , found that order books had already fallen behind ‘ normal ’ levels . |
| 60 | By summer 1990 , 44 schools had successfully applied for grant maintained status . |