Example sentences of "have [verb] [is] " in BNC.

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1 In the centre of the clearing where they have stopped is a Red Indian wigwam , the one Odd-Knut erected a few days before .
2 And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’
3 What we have to see is that Christ died not just as a self sacrifice not just because of injustice but he died as the atonement , to pay the price , for our sin .
4 This patient I have to see is a monkey with a suspected broken arm .
5 The entropy we have calculated is for the system only-the system being the reactants and products involved in the combustion of methane gas at 25°C .
6 The example I have given is by no means the only one that exists .
7 If the food you have given is not completely eaten , or if the water becomes cloudy , stop feeding the shrimps for a few days .
8 ‘ having observed carefully both Mr. Morgan and Miss Calagarri give their evidence I am quite satisfied that in relation to the question of execution the description of events which they have given is correct .
9 The best birthday present we have given is to let them have the seven million pounds to buy the campus freehold
10 The saddest story I have heard is one of a blind German boy who had a Rottweiler as his special pet .
11 ( Another curious suggestion I have heard is that these rings were worn as a souvenir of a marriage ) .
12 About the only decent argument I 've heard on this , I have to say that because it was my daughter who advanced it , about the only decent argument I have heard is the one about badger baiting where she said to me but badger baiting is not allowed on your land and that is the point precisely that Mr made , it is not allowed because that is the law of the land and that is where decisions about the permission or otherwise of fox hunting should be made .
13 ‘ All the players have to lose is their self-respect , and I do n't think that will happen .
14 In general it must be , because all we have to lose is a little time .
15 Sixthly , and most importantly , the theoretical analysis that we have undertaken is entirely partial .
16 The chance that Britain would work with the French on the new air-launched nuclear missile they have developed is on again , after Mrs Thatcher had all but made up her mind to buy American .
17 The model that we have developed is to attach students in pairs to a general practice tutor in a teaching practice .
18 None of these objections to which I have referred is , in my opinion , a present ground for striking out .
19 I am satisfied that a promise such as that to which I have referred is binding and the only question remaining for my consideration is the scope of the promise in the present case .
20 What we and they have witnessed is certain types of ideas mishandled in certain characteristic ways , not the impotence of reflection and cognition themselves .
21 A spokesman for the Lord Chancellor 's Office said last night : ‘ The allegation we have received is that one of the magistrates nodded off and we will be investigating . ’
22 To give joy when all you have received is rebuke .
23 Our trade union has been unhelpful , and the only support I have received is a booklet on redundancy , which at the age of 37 I feel is somewhat premature .
24 Where the education and training they have received is substantially the same as that in the member states to which they wish to move , their qualifications will be recognised as equivalent .
25 All I have claimed is that consent to obey is recognized , and with reason , as one way of expressing such an attitude .
26 Only after both time-ships have departed is the name Mary Celeste revealed .
27 Increasingly the demands of the position are such that appointments are made with limited tenure only ; and the rotation of the office between partners of firms which have amalgamated is often adopted .
28 The most likely reason that waste pipes have frozen is because you have a dripping tap .
29 If all they have to dread is the passing of a law , why behave as if such a law already exists ?
30 ( One of the few politicians so far to have mentioned raising taxes in an election campaign and still have won is Bill Clinton . )
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