Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of this amended agreement , the British LTA might have been forgiven for thinking that it had pre-empted any legal action over its former agreement , which it had sent to Brussels for consideration as long ago as September 1990 . |
| 2 | she 's easy to get on with is Eileen , probably be shattered with talking after she 'd gone , but she 's easy I mean I , there 's lots I would n't want coming to stay , but Eileen is one I do n't , I would n't mind because , well oh I know Eileen 's ways and er , er , her , my interests are very much like hers we 've similar interest with family and everything , er it 's just if you 've nothing in common with them |
| 3 | ‘ He mentioned in passing that you had a lot of female visitors , that 's all . |
| 4 | So ( and this is my conclusion ) I am resigned to living as I have lived : alone , with my throng of great men as my only cronies — a bear , with my bear-rug for company . |
| 5 | In order to calculate what your entitlement to the additonal reg=additional pension is , the DHSS starts by assuming that you have always been contracted in . |
| 6 | what she 'd collected by saying that she has n't really gone to any |
| 7 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 8 | Amiss thought of mentioning that it had tasted like condensed milk with a tea bag waved at it , but felt that might be a slur on Alf 's taste-buds . |
| 9 | Jim is a hard hitting sort of individual who knows where he is going in racing and he has brought Down Royal , I feel , out of the 17th century into the 20th — not quite the 21st — in a matter of a couple of years . |
| 10 | Although there had clearly been a great deal of bumping and brawling , Aboyeur 's jockey Edwin Piper declared on unsaddling that he had would not object . |
| 11 | Dick really could n't make head or tail of the place and resorted to believing that he had no personal problems , and that the Centre had little to do with cures , which was true . |
| 12 | When the British civil servant Sir Robert Armstrong struggled in the Spycatcher trial to deny that he had lied by claiming that he had been ‘ economical with the truth ’ he met with well-earned derision . |
| 13 | Many headhunters themselves accept that some candidates are justified in considering that they have had a raw deal . |
| 14 | But he knew he was well known for knowing that he 'd got you . |
| 15 | ‘ My mind ’ , she said ‘ was set on going and I had to go . ’ |
| 16 | Charles hedged by saying that he 'd never imagined the BEF would be at all like this . |
| 17 | Historically it goes without saying that we have used all kinds of nature , and especially animals , for human benefit . |
| 18 | ‘ It goes without saying that we have an obligation to pray for a just , understanding and — dare I say I — compassionate solution to the situation . |
| 19 | If you are hit on the head by a pot of paint whilst walking under a ladder you would not be asked to show the precise act of negligence that caused the paint to fall ; it goes without saying that someone had been negligent . |
| 20 | David did n't like it because he was on there and so we went through saying that I have only the most important |
| 21 | Kathleen supposed there was some comfort to be gained from knowing that nobody had ever died of humiliation . |
| 22 | She listened without interrupting until I had said all I wanted to say . |
| 23 | Furthermore , these policies must aim at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy these aspects of health . |
| 24 | The indictment concluded by declaring that he had been found ‘ incorrigible without hope of amendment ’ . |
| 25 | She was followed by Rabbi Moishe , his sallow face with its rippling white beard inclining first to one side and then to the other as everyone did him honour by rising until he had passed , and just behind him came another black-garbed figure , a bespectacled priest , greying head covered by a yarmulkah . |
| 26 | She dramatically resigned after hearing that he has been invited to speak at the Green party conference next month . |
| 27 | On May 25th he resigned after admitting that he had speculated in the shares of companies associated with Daimler-Benz while sitting on its supervisory board . |
| 28 | Deliberately , he refrained from remarking that she had called him by his Christian name for the first time . |
| 29 | Once again , she refrained from mentioning that she had asked them to keep the baby in the nursery as his presence in the room was upsetting her . |
| 30 | I always find that all the children move without realizing that you have not said ‘ Simon Says ’ . |