Example sentences of "have [verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Dr David Wheeler , a scientist working on a Department of the Environment project on the quality of bathing water , has resigned because he believes it lacks credibility . |
| 2 | The Chancellor 's parliamentary private secretary has resigned because he wants his say on Europe ; MP Tony Favell says he 's quit as John Major 's right-hand man so he can air his true views from the back benches . |
| 3 | BAF spokesman Tony Ward described him as ‘ the best team manager Britain has had because he felt himself to be one of the athletes ’ , while Liz McColgan said he ‘ was n't just a friend through athletics , he was a personal friend as well ’ . |
| 4 | And help yourself to the , I 'm sad to say that that has curdled since I put it in the jug , do you want me to change it ? |
| 5 | The kick misses , recovery is slow and the alert opponent has scored before you know what 's happened . |
| 6 | I want to support him , I am doing so , even if he refuses to acknowledge that just now because it 's easier for him to bear what has happened if he pretends it is me who is more broken than he . |
| 7 | There is a steady shuffle of people leaving once the film has started as they find it is so difficult to follow that the experience is frustrating . |
| 8 | Ah , it maybe that after the conversation has finished unless they ask you directly what you are doing . |
| 9 | ‘ Unless there is any quite remarkable news your sister has to tell , ’ Mrs Browning said , ‘ I would rather not hear what she has to say since I imagine it is a tissue of lies , of excuses and complaints . ’ |
| 10 | Well let's see what God himself has to say cos he gives us a definition of blessing . |
| 11 | The Biennial is the work of a new curatorial team that director David A. Ross has assembled as he enters his third year at the head of the museum . |
| 12 | Well you should 've done cos I thought you were going to cos I thought yeah we 've got , have n't got anything to do this afternoon |
| 13 | And er that 's how I performed the , but I kept it to myself all these years you know and never told anybody what I 'd done because I think it was terrible . |
| 14 | She 'd cried because she thought he was going to be hit . |
| 15 | Well I 'd known if you said anything private , and I wipe it off |
| 16 | Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself . |
| 17 | ‘ She also said if he 'd gone like he said he was going to , this would never have happened and they would all have been a lot better off . ’ |
| 18 | When Muriel did n't get the job she 'd hoped for she talked it over with her present boss . |
| 19 | You 'll have to wait while I get one from the back store , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Even in the third quarter , he says things will be pretty tight and a number of accounts will have to wait before they get them on their desk tops . |
| 21 | The pressure was all on Pippa Nolan then … she could n't afford to make one slip … one fence down would have lost it … her heart must have stopped when they rattled one but they kept their nerve and the lead to win Blenheim 's International Horse Trials |
| 22 | well you do n't have to go where you give you one |
| 23 | — He 'll have panicked if I know him , that Warden . |
| 24 | But somehow she doubted it ; she was certain her interest in him would have vanished when she discovered he had no money . |
| 25 | She saw him blush , the way Mike might have done if someone told him his salary at the bank was inadequate . |
| 26 | Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them ! |
| 27 | But , of course , she would have noticed so I told her and we turned the scoop to our advantage . |
| 28 | If the transferor bothers to read the transfer form he will find that it differs slightly from the one that he would have used if he transferred his shares to his wife or children . |
| 29 | I should have washed before I put my dress on , you know . |
| 30 | The information was collected after the attempt and it is not clear whether patients would have acted as they claimed they would but , taken at face value , the findings support the case for better health education and warning about the effects of drugs . |