Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is one particular marathon runner I have always liked and that 's Grete Waitz . |
| 2 | He 's the best striker I 've ever worked with , I just wished he could do that sort of thing when he played for England . |
| 3 | ‘ Saunders is the best natural striker I 've ever worked with . |
| 4 | It was his goal that knocked United out of the Coca-Cola Cup , and Atkinson added : ‘ Saunders is the best natural striker I 've ever worked with . |
| 5 | He scored his first goal of the season on Wednesday — and Ndlovu , who is rated by Coventry manager Bobby Gould as ‘ the most exciting young striker I have ever worked with ’ , believes that 's the first of many . |
| 6 | What I meant was he 'd got just about the finest set of false teeth I 've ever seen . |
| 7 | When you put all these factors together it concerns me that nobody has been advancing the case that as with other districts , some other districts in York , it would be appropriate , even more appropriate in my view , that the migration assumption should be discounted , there are in my view special reasons why this should be the case , special reasons over and above tho those that have been applied , to the other districts , this in my view would be that the Greater York housing provision for all those reasons I 've just highlighted , should be reduced , should be reduced to the seventy five percent level , in other words that would be reducing it by between a thousand and twelve hundred and fifty houses , now I wo n't get on to the reason that the fact that that 's one reason why there 's no need for a new settlement , erm but it is a reason in its own right just to protect the character and the capacity requirements and the environmental sensitivities of the Greater York area . |
| 8 | I do n't like the way I look , most of the time , for all the reasons I 've just given . |
| 9 | It is also true that proceedings by way of injunction are not the only form of proceedings open to a local authority under the section ; but , unlike Mann L.J. , I am not impressed by that fact , because , in practice , for reasons I have previously given , the circumstances in which injunction proceedings may be successfully brought by a local authority are such that no other proceedings will be effective to enforce the law . |
| 10 | It was pointed out in argument that , pursuant to regulation 7 of the Income Tax ( Building Societies ) Regulations 1986 , tax which was due but not paid on or before the due date could have been the subject of an assessment on Woolwich under paragraph 4(2) or ( 3 ) of Schedule 20 to the Finance Act 1972 ; but for the reasons I have already given any such assessment would , in my opinion , have been a nullity in the circumstances of the present case . |
| 11 | Nor do I think it necessary to consider for the purposes of the present case to what extent the common law may provide the public authority with a defence to a claim for the repayment of money so paid ; though for the reasons I have already given , I do not consider that the principle of recovery should be inapplicable simply because the citizen has paid the money under a mistake of law . |
| 12 | For largely sentimental reasons I have usually voted Liberal . |
| 13 | Give me a line-up of blokes I 've never met before , and I 'll pick out the big hitter for you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ In approaching the wife 's defence I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the judge has overlooked two critical points of distinction between her case and that of the husband . |
| 15 | ‘ You have the most glorious hair I 've ever seen ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You have the most beautiful hair I have ever seen . ’ |
| 17 | McGinley rates the 11% growth in like-for-like sales ‘ a pretty good performance in the deepest recession I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 18 | Thus this can be used to refer to a forthcoming portion of the discourse , as in ( 88 ) , and that to a preceding portion , as in ( 89 ) : ( 88 ) I bet you have n't heard this story ( 89 ) That was the funniest story I 've ever heard Considerable confusion is likely to be caused here if we do not immediately make the distinction between discourse deixis and anaphora . |
| 19 | At this time I remember too the widely reported story I had once thought apocryphal but now know to be in Dr. Ronald Glasser 's The Body is the Hero . |
| 20 | In the story I have just told , I explain how self-image dominated my life for a time . |
| 21 | This story , told from a child 's point of view , from the limited perspective of a small Welsh town , far away from the fighting , brought the sadness of war closer than any story I have ever heard . |
| 22 | ‘ It is the only beautiful story I have ever heard , ’ said Cyril . |
| 23 | ‘ In that case I 'd better come with you , ’ Woodruffe said . |
| 24 | you know they sit there going what is a normal case , this is a normal case I 've never seen anything else before . |
| 25 | This is quite the worst case I have ever heard of.It 's an outrage and proves that the government is quite wrong to claim that the health service is improving |
| 26 | But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own . |
| 27 | After a number of closed doors there was a feeling of discouragement and uselessness but I thank God that another door has opened — not in a direction I had originally looked but one which I am sure is right for now . |
| 28 | I feel a little as I felt when the only racehorse I 've ever owned ran at Lincoln . " |
| 29 | In the jury were such well-known ‘ independent ’ commentators as Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE , a Regional Health Authority Chairman I had just replaced , a nurses ' negotiator , a consultant who wanted more money for his hospital and an ancillary health worker . |
| 30 | ‘ I feel I must show somebody the parcel I 've just had , ’ she said , greeting Ianthe on the doorstep . |