Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really .
2 But at last with your help I 've conquered the cut and sew , I could give you all a hug .
3 I might 've guessed the worst when the scrum fell apart for me like the Red Sea .
4 He must 've broken the other arm because the next day he had both arms in plaster .
5 I should 've painted the picture
6 You could 've heard a critic smile !
7 You should 've heard the different birds .
8 All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’
9 I would 've picked a good one . ’
10 Reck'n ye could 've fried the eggs on the cylinder heads it 's so bright and clean and polished .
11 I hear you 've come a long way . "
12 Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke .
13 Eric Voegelin has emphasized the fundamental difference between what he calls the ‘ cosmological ’ civilizations , which presupposed the political symbolization of the cosmos typified by Babylonia with its epic of Marduk , and ‘ eschatological ’ civilizations such as the Hebrew — but first exemplified by the Iranian — based on the religion of Zarathustra .
14 The Conservative government has emphasized the notion of self-help .
15 Scudder ( 1964 ) , however , has emphasized the need to apply modern concepts of homology based on experimental studies of development ; such an approach , combined perhaps with the use of genetic markers for homologous segmental regions may eventually help to resolve some of the persistent difficulties in this field ( Sokoloff and Hoy , 1968 ; Fletcher , 1970 ) .
16 What is dysfunctional is expenditure in the form of social expenses on system maintenance , either through legitimation or coercion , although discussion has emphasized the former .
17 Recent social theory has emphasized the variety of interpretations to which texts may be subject , with linguistic texts , as usual , providing the dominant models .
18 Every stage in the growing complexity of social life and in the enfranchisement of populations has emphasized the need to designate functions and grades by means of symbols .
19 Legislation in the field of child protection has emphasized the role of the local authorities .
20 However , like Welsh national consciousness itself , the University has emphasized the cultural , linguistic and academic aspects of the country 's life at the expense of the vocational and technological .
21 The recent literature on macroeconomics has emphasized the effect of rationing on one market ( e.g. , labour ) on decisions in other markets .
22 It has emphasized an aspect of psychology that is particularly important for the discipline 's status and influence .
23 The end-of-term jollity was illustrative of the relaxed atmosphere that has pervaded the final week of the Liberal Democrat election drive — a product not merely of the light-headedness of exhaustion but also of the undoubted success of what has been a well-judged campaign .
24 A growing European consciousness has pervaded the arts .
25 His is an angry , radical critique of the changes taking place , arguing that market ideology has pervaded the Scottish universities to the extent that their work has lost its breadth , its pace , its ability to question and its identity .
26 FINGS ai n't wot they used to be department : The recent ministerial reshuffle has stripped the rather snobby Home Office of three Old Etonians — Hurd , Renton and Hogg .
27 The Scotsman has learned that the National Art Collections Fund has stripped the university of a purchase grant worth several thousand pounds because of its disquiet at the proposed sale .
28 The scatty lady has left her passenger door fractionally open all night and the courtesy light has drained the battery , which takes Mark about two seconds to figure .
29 A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses .
30 One used to be able to listen to light classical music on Radio 2 on a Sunday morning , but that has disappeared , and Radio 4 's topsy-turvy ‘ streamlining ’ has wrecked the listening habits of years .
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