Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Merlini , three attempts were made to serve documents on a defendant in Italy , trying three different addresses and two different names ; on each occasion the defendant could not be located or had already moved on .
2 This applies whether you are just rearranging a room , thinking of buying some new items , or have just moved in and are starting from scratch .
3 But it seems more likely that this fear has more to do with the childhood horror of seeing the parent scream at the ‘ smothering ’ cat that has just jumped up on to a cot or bed .
4 ‘ In my 35 years of dealing this is the greatest sculpture that has ever come on to the market , ’ he said .
5 The Face pulls a bolder trick than most , and one that has now blown up in its own , er , face , with the £200,000 libel damages awarded to Jason Donovan .
6 Some have bemoaned the fast food outlet that has now taken over the odd corner of the Piazza , but this is the site of the ancient Milanese fiera ( fair ) — the name itself means Square of the Merchants — and doubtless on fair days the Piazza was not the ocean of calm many claim it must have been .
7 Whether Rainbow remembers or not , history will never know , because she is too busy choking on a gulp of tea that has suddenly slipped down the wrong way .
8 I went one better and something happened that has never occurred in about 25 years of using the modern type of machine with yarn mast and tension spring .
9 I think these proposals not only are a way forward but also in light of what is actually happening in the area of Highfields with er the high numbers of unemployment , with the high rate of people underachieving in education I think for the last two and a half years there has been no clear guidelines or structure that has systematically brought about any results in the two centres to move forward where people have lost out by this issue being bureaucratic and a political football that 's being kicked about and I think it 's about time where we now have cross party consensus that we move positively forward and work towards these proposals .
10 Jane Brown 's gift is to vault the divide that has unfortunately grown up between architects and the rest of us and bring their drawings alive in the most agreeable and informative way .
11 At the same time , military service had taken its toll in many American Boardrooms : inevitably , far fewer returned than had originally joined up , their ranks thinned by death on active service , by the desire to stay on in uniform and by retirement .
12 He looked at Ronni as though she were a particularly disappointing novelty that had just fallen out of his Christmas cracker .
13 In an instant she was aware of every detail of her appearance from the upswept Titian curls , tamed for the meeting that had just broken up in fragmented dissatisfaction among the main body of the directors , to her neat cinnamon gabardine suit and matching high court shoes .
14 While the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum , he helped in creating the new displays for the Museum 's collection of classical antiquities that had just come out of wartime storage .
15 Equally important are economies of scope : big firms can use the materials and processes employed to make one product in the manufacture of related goods , as Japan 's consumer-electronics companies did in the 1970s , using the same factories that had previously churned out cheap transistor radios to manufacture televisions and videos .
16 Adam scanned his taut features , uncomfortable and slightly puzzled by the undercurrent of tension that had suddenly sprung up .
17 The Pleven Plan , like other suggestions that had recently come out of the Council of Europe , followed the outline and objectives of the Schuman Plan very closely .
18 Sometimes she 'd turn on her heel , snarling , and lunge at a dog that had gradually edged over and positioned itself expectantly behind her .
19 As he walked behind the plough he had time to think of the easy relationship that had gradually built up between them .
20 I 've met people who 've said they 've , they 've enjoyed living in the flats , but all the people I 've known who 've said that have since moved out .
21 We should note important changes that have already come about .
22 It lies engulfed amid the new colonies that have recently sprung up along the way to Mehrauli , a small enclave of mud-walled , flat-roofed village life besieged by a ring of high-rise apartments .
23 ‘ There might be , in the new chunky that 's just come in .
24 Very dodgy position , but your the one that 's just taken up full time post
25 Oh Michael stop it , oh Michael that 's dirty come on , arms up , you 're soaking wet come on wash your hands put your hands in , that 's it , come here , no , leave the plug alone , what ?
26 Obviously this early is that 's actually come out .
27 From the financial services market , Sherwood picked off Consort Data Ltd ( CI No 2,017 ) , with its personal computer stockbroking systems , for £250,000 — and has already notched up eight sales .
28 The Venice Soprintendenza certainly does not intend to miss out on such an opportunity and has already come up with a proposal , ‘ Dal Museo alla città ’ ( From Museum to City ) , which it estimates would cost L3.8 billion ( £1.76 million ; $3 million ) .
29 Chris Vaughan , a management consultant from Farnham , Surrey , bought his just before last Christmas and has already clocked up thousands of miles .
30 Amstrad has taken a £7.24 million charge for the restructuring of its Spanish subsidiary , and has also written down computer stock by £3.6 million more .
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