Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 2 | ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother . |
| 3 | Since those days I have sometimes wished that I had been able to record on tape the conversations I had with Gilbert Harding , who was an intellectual . |
| 4 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 5 | If you have ever wished that you had a third hand to make notes we have the answer . |
| 6 | Last night there was more evidence of the couple 's unhappiness when it was disclosed that they had a furious row at Balmoral shortly before the ‘ love tapes ’ were published . |
| 7 | The Halifax , Britain 's biggest building society , also disclosed that it had set aside a £20m provision against its loans to the collapsed London docklands developer Kentish Property Group . |
| 8 | But in the immediate wake of the October 19 crash , IBM 's most serious rival , Comdisco , disclosed that it had lost $100m in a business that had nothing to do with its main occupation of leasing and trading IBM equipment . |
| 9 | Eventually , on Feb. 25 , the Israeli Foreign Ministry disclosed that it had formally requested additional US military aid worth US$1,000 million to offset defence costs incurred as a result of the crisis . |
| 10 | The doubts about Mr Lamont 's survival grew after it was disclosed that he had withdrawn from the panel on BBC TV 's Question Time programme tomorrow , with Mr Clarke replacing him . |
| 11 | An Italian engineer recently arrested in connection with the supergun affair disclosed that he had been employed by SRC associate company ATI to co-ordinate production of supergun parts in Italy , Switzerland and the UK . |
| 12 | Deputy Minister of the Interior Juan Carlos Mazzón was also dismissed on Jan. 15 after Noticias magazine disclosed that he had served nine months of a three-year prison sentence imposed in 1981 for fraud . |
| 13 | But oh , the glory and the convenience of skiing in resorts where you step into your bindings and ski down to the lift without setting foot to snow , where you cruise all day on networks so meticulously designed that you have but to descend to find another fan of lifts at your disposal . |
| 14 | In all of what conceptual situations , so to speak , is it to be supposed that we have a single conception rather than several related ones ? |
| 15 | It was the only object , apart from the books , which reflected a personal taste ; Dalgliesh hardly supposed that it had been provided by a Government agency . |
| 16 | The revolution that resulted in molecular biology enabled us to begin to understand many of the processes in the cell at the molecular level , although it must be stressed that we have a long way to go . |
| 17 | Sabre has stressed that it had no formal link with Clydesale Office Equipment , which has now closed down . |
| 18 | Greece has always stressed that it had no designs on Macedonian territory and it has succeeded in getting its neighbours to say the same . |
| 19 | Orchis is Greek for testicle , which is what the roots look like , and Lydia had told the company so , because Mrs Molesworth , gazing fondly and favourably on her husband , had divulged that he had bought her orchids on the recent occasion of their wedding anniversary . |
| 20 | The course is based on the principles of self-help , hence clients are reminded that they have responsibility for their own problems and for changing their own behaviour . |
| 21 | EMPLOYEES are reminded that they have the chance to take part in a special bone marrow register clinic . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State and his Ministers do not like to be reminded that they have a welfare role , but I must stress that the back payment of entitlement at issue tonight occurs under the National Insurance Act 1946 , a Social Security Act and the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 which all state that DSS officers shall : ’ exercise their functions in such a manner as shall best promote the welfare of persons affected by the exercise of these functions . ’ |
| 23 | Parents should be reminded that they have a responsibility and that they can be fined and required to pay compensation for acts committed by juveniles . |
| 24 | Doreen Copas had to be reminded that she had been teaching Medau for all of 25 years by her Herts and Cambs colleagues and class members ; they presented her with a generous gift of garden tokens on the occasion of the Westhampstead Rally . |
| 25 | During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course . |
| 26 | ‘ You are reminded that I have the backing of the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’ |
| 28 | When a manager is given the authority to do something , it is automatically presupposed that he has the ability to do it , the facilities that he needs and that the desired results will be achieved . |
| 29 | The result , which we obtain there , is that in general it will be rational for agents to infer from an own price higher than initially expected that there have been both positive aggregate and positive relative demand shocks . |
| 30 | Where it is forgotten that we have been forgiven , little love is shown . |