Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] have [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When items are faulty , not delivered on time , or more rarely where Ian has by his own fault succeeded in botching an order , then he goes on the defensive . |
| 2 | Where Jackson had in mind a playful swipe at other people 's romantic success , some of those other people read a venomous resentment . |
| 3 | Breeze tried next , but failed , so Chignell had to be called to the rescue . |
| 4 | By this time , all provinces except Zambezia had at least 40 per cent female enrolment . |
| 5 | The final hole was halved in par , so Ireland had to settled for two half points . |
| 6 | Carol 's been a bad girl so Carol has to be put in her place in front of the man . ’ |
| 7 | Criticism of an unworthy opponent appeared to sting him harder than Gimenez had as Eubank , paid in excess of £200,000 for his night 's work , rasped : ‘ All the people I fight are world class . |
| 8 | The arrival of Keown at Arsenal would put a question mark over the future of Steve Bould , although Graham has in the past employed a three-man system at the heart of the Highbury defence to great effect . |
| 9 | Thalberg was interested but thought that it was not quite MGM 's thing as that studio was moving away from its earlier interest in realistic films towards glossier entertainment , and eventually it was Chaplin who arranged the film 's release through United Artists , although Vidor had to mortgage his every possession before firm backing was achieved . |
| 10 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |
| 11 | There is also a contrast between the forge and Satis House as the house is barricaded and the inside is all dark so Pip has to be led by candlelight to Miss Havisham and when he first sees her all in white she looks like a fairy godmother but as he looks closer he sees her decay and yellowness . |
| 12 | Hinting perhaps of bringing subtle pressures to bear , Watkins reminds us that SunSoft has at least 1,000 engineers working full-time on its Unix implementation , many more than USL has in its entire organisation . |
| 13 | On the other hand , Charles had an undeniable impact on the subsequent history of France — arguably no less of an impact than Alfred had on the subsequent history of England . |
| 14 | While not the most encouraging offer which a Prime Minister can receive , support from outside is a time-honoured formula and one which has frequently been used with much less excuse than Asquith had on this occasion . |
| 15 | As Rothschild says : ‘ In effect , Rákosi killed more communists in five years than Horthy had in twenty-five , and the entire society was cowed into a condition of bewilderment and terror . ’ |
| 16 | Colby Simpkins is one of the elect , above familial ties or mundane circumstances , like Harry in The Family Reunion and Celia in The Cocktail Party — although Eliot has on this occasion eschewed the Furies or martyrdom as a way of emphasizing Colby 's difference from those who are content with a secular existence . |
| 17 | If Casaubon had in mind something more precise than an alternative to the disguised Machiavellianism of the contemporary Tacitists , he did not make it clear . |
| 18 | The Royalist Roman Catholic French would probably have made better conquerors of Ireland , if Ireland had to be reconquered once more . |
| 19 | She felt a momentary triumph and something approaching relief , as if Amy had at last consented to communicate with the world . |
| 20 | To impose such a test on children would be a particularly invidious way of discriminating against them , unless Harris has in mind that we should all undergo such examination . |
| 21 | Partly because the machinery of repression has been so all-embracing for so long , stifling any messages of opposition before they reached a platform , and partly because Romania has for so long been cut off from the mainstream of European thinking and political change , constructive ideas have been hard to come by . |
| 22 | The Magistrate had long been interested in Lucy but not because Cupid had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart . |
| 23 | The charts given here are a little misleading , because Deneb has to be drawn on one section and Vega and Altair on the other , but the overall aspect is obvious enough . |
| 24 | In these circumstances , that anyone in Europe 's Maastricht-friendly regions should voice reservations is significant , because Maastricht has to be accepted in full ( British and Danish opt-outs excepted ) by everyone . |
| 25 | The honeymoon lasted only a week because Hubert had to be back at school for the start of the Michaelmas Term . |
| 26 | Some of her joy was because of the news about Terry , but most was because John had at last told her that he loved her . |
| 27 | They were facing a mounting legal bill , whereas Cassidy had behind him the huge resources of the diocese — much of it contributed by gays and lesbians , Moreover , the Chancellor 's opinion was clear . |
| 28 | While Barth had by no means worked through all the implications of this at the time of his controversy with Brunner , the disagreement which came into the open in 1934 can be seen in retrospect as foreshadowing the shape of his own future theology . |
| 29 | Both men had cars capable of winning the world title but that honour went to the Argentinian , while Moss had to be content with the runner-up position although he did record his first Grand Prix victory at Aintree in 1955 . |
| 30 | There were some engineers who wanted more experimentation and more rapid adoption of larger sizes or re-heat , arguing that , while Britain had at last caught up with American levels of thermal efficiency in 1938 , she was now again falling behind . |