Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had even made up a 19 foot rod with an astronomical test curve and weighing a ton but it made no difference ! |
| 2 | So if I 'm late for work one day , you 'll know why , I 've probably fallen down a hole somewhere . |
| 3 | And I 've already fixed up a local lass to come and clean up for you every day . ’ |
| 4 | I think I 've just sewn up a deal on a new account . ’ |
| 5 | I 've never turned down a film I 've wanted to do because the money was too small . |
| 6 | I have just wiped out a whole line by carelessly resting my finger on a key , and earlier it kept telling me ‘ mistake ’ — not , of course , helpfully saying what the mistake was . |
| 7 | ‘ My husband and I have just taken out a massive loan to finance the purchase of offices and manufacturing equipment . |
| 8 | I have sometimes taken on a role where I have been injured , a plague victim , and used the role to become Devil 's Advocate , suggesting that one of the more aggressive boys in a class " Finish me off . " |
| 9 | Q I have recently set up a four foot tank which I furnished with rocks , caves and bogwood . |
| 10 | Can you please tell me what the rules are as regards holding cash , as I have recently taken out a personal equity plan ? |
| 11 | I have taken engines out of cars , rebuilt them and then put them back , but I have never carried out a conversion before . |
| 12 | ‘ The only thing that can be said is that somebody has just snuffed out a very special person who was going to achieve an incredible amount in life . |
| 13 | It is available from SIB which has also set up a Home Income Scheme Help Desk . |
| 14 | Moreover , the Attorney-General 's contentions are inconsistent with the practice which has now continued over a number of years in cases of judicial review . |
| 15 | Then the wind and the darkness and the sense of utter abandonment had unlocked a memory which had already put in a passing appearance earlier that night . |
| 16 | Amnesty called on the government ( which had recently set up a human rights task force and an inquiry into alleged atrocities ) to admit the extent of abuses in the past , including its own role , in order to clear the atmosphere for a fresh approach on human rights observance . |
| 17 | When the procession , which had now picked up a large following , reached Grassgill End the effigy was placed on a small stone area at the roadside , its clothes were drenched with paraffin and it was set alight . |
| 18 | Infanticide by males which have just taken over a harem is probably common in nature in many species : it has been observed several times in the Hanuman langur ( Presbytis entellus , a species of primate ) and has been anecdotally recorded in many other mammals . |
| 19 | The fact that there are low wage levels in many parts of this country is a result of the stop-go economy and stop-go management of the economy over the years , which have now brought about a recession . |
| 20 | It is , therefore , worth bearing in mind that if you want a new tank , and have a friend who has just set up a new fish-house , you might do well to order through him/her … |
| 21 | She has successfully set up a resource centre for materials from Christian Aid and the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund . |
| 22 | And though she was certain she 'd only sent out a couple of hundred invitations , it felt as though there must be at least ten times as many of the little darlings present . |
| 23 | If you 've ever picked up a real handmade lute , you 'll know the feeling . |
| 24 | And a man to whom she had just thrown down a deliberate challenge . |
| 25 | And Senator Eagleton , who had successfully brought in a reclassification amendment so that amphetamine would be more tightly controlled , stated , when he saw the amendment subsequently overturned : ‘ when the chips are down , the power of the drug companies was simply more compelling than any appeal to the public welfare ’ ( p. 53 ) . |
| 26 | A radio ham called Tony and an ambulance driver who had just picked up a man with bandaged fingers who was suffering from exposure . |
| 27 | ‘ Not yet , ’ said Scarlet , who had already slugged back a double . |
| 28 | Because everybody was treated equally at the start of their Legion service , Mike , who had learnt his killing in the bush war in Rhodesia , was treated the same as a South Vietnamese man who had never put on a uniform in his life . |
| 29 | Hipper , steaming northward parallel to Beatty , again sighted his enemy to the west at about 17.40 ; he immediately turned east but was then bombarded by Hood , who had inadvertently taken up a wrong station . |
| 30 | He was , of course , the man who had once brought in a cup , painted black on the inside and white on the outside , and , after pointing out its close resemblance to the soul of the average sinner , had jumped up and down on it , foaming at the mouth . |