Example sentences of "and have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | BILL CLINTON calls himself the Comeback Kid and has again lived up to the name . |
| 2 | At this point she showed enormous courage by re-assessing her life , and has now struggled through to what she describes as a liberating philosophy of autonomy and self-determination . |
| 3 | He has just finished his GCSE 's and has now moved on to ‘ A ’ levels at sixth form . |
| 4 | Since she has done the unthinkable in LA and has never got round to buying herself a car , bus rides are the only way of getting around and the 6am commute to work brings her daily inspiration . |
| 5 | She had made a complete fool of herself and had successfully lived down to every low opinion that Piers harboured about her . |
| 6 | While physicians advised sparing use of the ointment , the quacks prescribed it liberally to great effect and had usually passed on to the next town before the inevitable relapses and the not infrequent deaths — results of over-treatment — had occurred . |
| 7 | He had used the rest buying drinks to console himself and had then staggered back to the flat for the night . |
| 8 | Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor . |
| 9 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 10 | I am making good progress — slow but sure — and have now graduated on to walking sticks , although I feel very wobbly on these having had the crutches for a month . |
| 11 | ‘ And have now come out to the barn to convince me of it ? |