Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this . |
| 2 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 3 | Some of my colleagues have accepted that it became discredited , but they are still trying to a certain degree to defend it . |
| 4 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |
| 5 | By inclination I belong to the second category , but I have learned that it makes all the difference to lay a firm foundation at the outset . |