Example sentences of "have [adv] missed [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year . |
| 2 | ‘ I was in Switzerland on a pre-season tour and I had just missed out on sign ing Dean Saunders , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Manly-Warringah had earlier missed out on signing All Black no.8 Zinzan Brooke and were desperate to gain Ofahengaue . |
| 4 | The flying Scotsman had earlier missed out in the Junior TT by just 7.2 seconds in a superb contest . |
| 5 | Bite Three : ‘ A Prime Minister and a Cabinet so busy trying to recreate the present in the image of the past that they have entirely missed out on the opportunities for the future . ’ |
| 6 | Savers have also missed out on an equity market which delivered average annual returns , including reinvested dividends , of 20 per cent during the Thatcher years . |
| 7 | I see what they mean when they say the Mediterranean countries have never missed out on a female god . |