Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One may argue that by moving the magnetic field nothing has changed at the position of the wire . |
| 2 | But I was one with the solitaries of the spirit , too : with St Teresa and St John of the Cross as well as with humbler dissidents like Jordi and one or two other men of the working class I had known in Spain , the young bank clerk I had met in Cordoba the previous spring , among the orange and lilac blossom of Las Tendillas , where we walked and whispered , hardly daring to look at one another , and separating at the sight of police . |
| 3 | By the time I had replaced the telephone in its cradle I had realized in a sudden , terrifying swoop of misery that I was in genuine danger . |
| 4 | Then the old porter I 'd seen on my first visit shambled across the hallway , teapot with no lid in one hand and a bottle of milk in the other . |
| 5 | I changed over to a lure I 'd bought in Hobart , the aptly named Tasmanian Devil , and I began to get the odd flathead on it and not bad fish either . |
| 6 | And now our small party showed the same intimacy I had witnessed in all the random groupings I had seen with a recent experience of Machu Picchu behind them . |
| 7 | In fact , my sheer busyness had squeezed out the close intimacy I had known with him during the first few months of the year after my operation . |
| 8 | It was a trick I had learned at school , to get out of netball . |
| 9 | The hair I had watched from above had become disturbed when I lifted her , so that it shaded the line of her left cheek . |
| 10 | This raucous noise only seemed to emphasize the ominous silence of the island and reminded me of a story I had heard from a traveller who claimed to have sailed the Western Ocean and come across islands inhabited by ghosts of dead sailors . |
| 11 | Tell me about the pedal board I 've seen on stage … |
| 12 | This is a law-abiding county , and this is the worst homicide case I have seen in more than 20 years as a lawyer here . ’ |
| 13 | In all the circumstances of this case I have come to the conclusion that on balance the children 's interests are better served by their being allowed to remain in England pending a determination by the High Court , in the exercise of its wardship jurisdiction , as to their future and whether it be in England or Australia . |
| 14 | In this case I have talked to Council officials , and I think they would be prepared to offer to buy the land . |
| 15 | There were bitter memories of broken love for Alan , a good-looking Londoner I had fallen for while I was still at Madame Sheba 's . |
| 16 | During holidays at The Milebrook I found once again the freedom I had known in Abyssinia , but now for only three months in the year . |
| 17 | I always notice what people are wearing , I think it 's fascinating ; I 'm good at appreciating what kind of look someone has aimed for , especially when it 's obvious she 's put a lot of time and effort into it . |
| 18 | Bill was an American photographer I had met in Nicaragua . |
| 19 | I ca n't say we really got to talk properly until we played tennis together at Kyalami in 1976 , just before he took up his Lotus drive , but it was evident from the first that he was of sound mind and body and somehow radically different from any other driver I 've met before or since , and if I were pressed to say why that is so , it has to be because of his utter imperturbability . |
| 20 | Through my mother and my sisters , this was the stereotype I had learned at home . |
| 21 | I know that I went there when the change I have spoken of must have been already complete . |
| 22 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 23 | WordPerfect 5.1 is undoubtedly the most powerful DOS word processor I 've looked at ; it 's packed to the brim with features . |
| 24 | A toy I 've played with too often . |
| 25 | Er that that I really said it it 's got a history on to an ending with the bit I 've referred to . |
| 26 | In the same instant someone had leapt for the window . |
| 27 | ‘ Certainly we 'll need a better ship than the kind I 've seen in Pantai and Losan . ’ |
| 28 | There was also a quote from Forbes ; he praised the stand I had taken in the face of management victimisation and stressed my right to real work . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's hard to believe such a vivacious personality is lost to us ’ , ’ Dysart was quoted as saying 'and harder still to accept that the stand I have taken against terrorism may have brought about her death . ’ ’ |
| 30 | Since adolescence I have longed for its liberation . |