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

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1 The object of this sort of servants ' hall talk is invariably some butler who has come to the fore quite suddenly through having been appointed by a prominent house , and who has perhaps managed to pull off two or three large occasions with some success .
2 Abdelaziz Meziane , hitherto Secretary-General of the Public Works Department , was appointed Agriculture and Land Reform Minister on Nov. 17 , replacing Osman Demnati , who had reportedly asked to stand down .
3 The new British prime minister , Sir Anthony Eden , who had finally managed to take over the reins of power from Churchill only in 1955 , was determined to try to moderate the hostility between Britain and her former wartime ally after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 .
4 The decision was crucial to those Britons who had now resolved to take up arms against Rome if necessary , but for the Druids it was now simply a matter of life or death .
5 Those who had initially wanted to go on looking after the dementia sufferer at home ( nine carers ) were also mainly content with the institutional care arrangement .
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