Example sentences of "[verb] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adding two hours to the period within which night visits may be claimed has caused a clear rise in claims , and this accounts for most , but not all , of the increase observed since the 1990 contract . |
| 2 | Sir John enjoyed the Thatcher party ; Sir Denys has suffered a Major hangover . |
| 3 | Officers went to Doncaster to interview a lorry driver after he reported having seen a young girl whose appearance was similar to Moira 's , in the company of two other lorry drivers the day after the Lanarkshire schoolgirl disappeared . |
| 4 | All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went . |
| 5 | Agencies then had to develop procedures for the implementation of PPB by the end of December 1965 By 1 April 1966 agencies were expected to have developed a comprehensive , multi-year programme and financial plan . |
| 6 | The Gothic , a more formidable opponent , might have been expected to have had a greater impact on the depiction of fictional living space . |
| 7 | You certainly appear to have reached a major turning point in your career and must now think about severing unprofitable ties . |
| 8 | During their travels they appear to have developed a black variety which became extremely popular , perhaps because its natural nocturnal camouflage assisted it to become a more efficient mouser and ratter . |
| 9 | Some other forces throughout the region , if they even thought about it , appear to have turned a blind eye . |
| 10 | So what a monumental shock to find that with ‘ Ultra Violet ’ they appear to have undergone a massive personality switch and , hey presto ! |
| 11 | The interchange of routes between operators complicates analysis , but operators in South Wales also appear to have made a net loss of some 12 per cent of mileage since 1939 . |
| 12 | I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic . |
| 13 | The conditions he encountered in these other counties however , appear to have left a deeper , and darker , impression on his mind . |
| 14 | The Rhineland potters who now supplied Britain with samian , but on a much reduced scale , appear to have had a limited figure repertoire . |
| 15 | ‘ You two appear to have had a good time , ’ Maggie said with a smile . |
| 16 | As for those countries who live under a non-religious dictatorship and are officially atheist , they appear to have learned a few things from the Inquisition . |
| 17 | Consultants Travers ' Morgan appear to have used a 1000 link computer model in the analysis for Serpell . |
| 18 | Moreover , the preliminary decisions of the Commission as to the admissibility of two cases submitted by British tax-protesters appear to have dealt a fatal blow to any remaining hopes that the European Court of Human Rights might be used as an additional forum in which to exert pressure for a change in the existing law and policy regarding tax diversion . |
| 19 | Many also claimed to have seen a banana-shaped object in the sky , and a characteristic illuminated sign . ’ |
| 20 | Whereas a woman who dies before her husband is considered to have made a good death and her body is decked in a married woman 's finery , one who survives her husband is somehow always blamed for his death and must never put on finery again as a penance . |
| 21 | No patient in this group could be considered to have had a successful and uneventful procedure . |
| 22 | A group of People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) officers was reported to have formed a secret group backing the reinstatement of the former party chief , Zhao Ziyang . |
| 23 | The landlady is reported to have seen a red stain on the ceiling of one room.She called the police , and they found the body . |
| 24 | In March 1989 Vietnam was reported to have repaid a token $5,000,000 in outstanding debts to the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , in an attempt to secure fresh international aid . |
| 25 | The industry-backed " Competitiveness Council " , chaired by US Vice-President Dan Quayle , was reported to have played a key role in influencing Administration policy . |
| 26 | Maung Hla , a Myanma military commander in charge of border operations , was reported to have told a Thai delegation in Myawadi on Jan. 3 , 1990 , that the Myanma government was determined to " wipe out " insurgents operating along the Thai-Myanma border . |
| 27 | He was also reported to have told a white worker not to resign , as management was ‘ only after the blacks ’ . |
| 28 | On June 13 Cohen was reported to have proposed a partial withdrawal of rebel forces from the south and the opening of land routes to the town of Juba . |
| 29 | On March 20 the Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) was reported to have allocated a further F8,500,000 francs ( US$1,500,000 ) for food aid to Sudan . |
| 30 | Police who searched the house of Baland in Blois after his arrest are reported to have found a wide range of forgeries including four Chagall drawings , four works by Dérain , ten by Dufy , two by Jean Cocteau , a Camille Pissarro and eighteen drawings described as being by ‘ Maîtres de l'école de Pont-Aven ’ . |