Example sentences of "have [vb pp] at [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death by drowning of a girl who worked for a Minister of the Crown and who died after dining at the restaurant where the Minister 's wife was also dining , whether or not he himself was present , would normally have justified at least a brief paragraph in one of the national papers . |
| 2 | If they had dominated I expect they would have had at least a few more ( in 20 mins ) . |
| 3 | However , while you have been reading the book , you will have converted at least a thousand calories of ordered energy , in the form of food , into disordered energy , in the form of heat that you lose to the air around you by convection and sweat . |
| 4 | This perhaps supports the criticism that the Queen 's advisers should not have allowed her to be urged into an immediate invitation to Lord Home and that she should have taken at least a little time fully to apprise herself of the changing political situation and of the views of the Conservative leadership , as it was then emerging . |
| 5 | Where revolutionary committees existed much of their impetus reflected the organizing ability of the party which , by capitalizing on the natural and man-made disasters of flood and terrible famine which may have left at least a million dead , and on Vietminh seizure and distribution of rice from guarded granaries , was able to discredit existing authority , both French and Japanese . |