Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [adv] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 The hon. Gentleman , who has only just wandered in , should realise that I am responding to points raised earlier by his hon. Friends .
2 Her call sharply stepped up the pressure on Prime Minister John Major who has so far ruled out military intervention in the savage civil war .
3 It was more surprising coming from thrusting thirtysomethings who had probably never picked up a copy in their lives , certainly not since their last visit to the school dentist .
4 The people who had not yet moved out of hospital showed no clear trend in their level of participation in meaningful activity , strengthening the case for attributing changes in the group that moved to the community services rather than passage of time or general improvement in all services .
5 Even foreign tourists who had not yet caught on to the realities of life in Romania and perhaps were over-insistent in demanding from a minor bureaucrat of the tourist office why some essential and prepaid feature of their holiday had failed to materialize would be confronted by a shrug of the shoulders and the muttered words , ‘ Epocha Ceauşescu , as the only explanation .
6 This had not been appreciated by the defendants ' chairman who had considered the advertisement for some 5 to 10 minutes before approving it , but who had not sufficiently thought through the implications of it .
7 He grinned slyly at Caswell , who had already twice taken out and then put away his cigarettes .
8 A young woman who had evidently just got out of the Mini was approaching .
9 It immediately reminded her of the unforgettable night at Ali 's Alley when she had met Sanborn , her jazz idol , who had then discreetly found out from her friends which of his songs was her favourite and made an impromptu appearance on stage to play it especially for her .
10 Of course we want to generate a lot of sales and to broaden the market for fiction with our customers , but the whole point of the promotion is to widen the market for authors who have n't previously broken through .
11 Orrell , who have not yet given up hope of winning the Courage League Championship despite last week 's narrow defeat by Wasps , will have Shaun Gallagher back in the line-up for Monday 's fixture at Harlequins .
12 But the key lies with the 15.3pc who have not yet made up their mind and the 9.9pc who declined to say .
13 During the past two days we have heard a vast number of contributions and I pay tribute to the common sense and foresight of Labour Members who have not only pointed out the inequalities of the system that is still in being but the pitfalls that we see ahead of us .
14 Overtaking needs a bit more planning , but for those who have long since given up the chase and opted for a more dignified life , this is a lot of car for the money plus a BMW badge to ride behind .
15 Uncharitably , you might say they were middle-class people who have long since sold out and ceased to do anything about changing the world short of creating more personal angst for themselves .
16 Mhairi McMillan , a counsellor at St Andrews University , said : ‘ There may be a sense of glamour attached to a tutor or a lecturer for somebody who 's maybe just come up to university or working their way through .
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