Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drachenfels left her dressed in some revealing clothing ( revealing if she still had a body , that is ) to top the effect off . |
| 2 | Spence , the 29-year-old Kent player , said : ‘ Some of the pin positions were difficult but all the greens are sloping and you just have to accept them . |
| 3 | Unsurprising , perhaps , but in a country that for 40 years has acted like a poodle it is striking to find a Japanese suggesting that it now has the strength of a rottweiler . |
| 4 | She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora . |
| 5 | ‘ What are you waiting for ? ’ hissed Cardiff , tearing the tie loose from his collar , realising that he still had the automatic in his other hand but had been unable to use it again . |
| 6 | Would Mr Lawson then have resisted the temptation to trundle round his Cabinet colleagues , showing off his muscles and boasting that he alone had faced up to the Iron Lady and won ? |
| 7 | The patrol boat , on loan to the council from the police , is now crewed by Vandaline workers who have been specially trained in boathandling and who also have passed swimming tests and been briefed on river byelaws and enforcement . |
| 8 | Fretting that he still had not written to Liza , he proved to be a difficult patient in more ways than one . |
| 9 | He did attempt to reassure me ( perhaps of his sanity ) by adding that he only had a ‘ basic marine system ’ in mind — not a miniature reef system or a 600 gallon show tank job . |
| 10 | On deciding that we definitely had all our food supplies , warm clothes , and most importantly , all the parts of our tent , we set off . |
| 11 | Too late in the day because all the hotels are full and I end up tramping round in the dark , lugging my pack and money ( cash , a great wad of hard currency ) , nervous of the hatchet-faced youths who watch me meandering round , concentrating so intently on making it look as though I know exactly where I 'm heading that I soon have no idea where I am on the mapless streets of Algiers . |
| 12 | The course has helped Pauline with such issues as marketing and cash flow and she already has drawn up a business plan for the next five years — confirming that she too has no plans to return to full-time employment . |
| 13 | Then , waiting until everyone else had taken their pictures , I crept forward until I was only a few metres from the bird . |
| 14 | This place was big until my father took it over and he kept the places going and we still have the two places . |
| 15 | ‘ You did , ’ Fernando insisted , not harshly but firmly enough to have Ruth wondering if she actually had . |
| 16 | She braved herself to meet his eyes , wondering if he too had lost his appetite and for the same reason as her . |
| 17 | Music played softly in the background as they stood on either side of the hearth , smiling uncertainly at one another like former lovers reunited after a long absence and wondering whether they still had anything in common . |
| 18 | On March 17 he had apologised publicly to the " victims of deplorable and regrettable incidents " under his regime , stating that he now had " a profound , sincere and irreversible " commitment to reform . |
| 19 | ‘ The UK is a logical next step for Alco Office Products and Erskine House is an ideal fit considering that it also has a significant presence in the US market and complementary interests in Germany , ’ Alco chairman and chief executive Ray Mundt commented . |
| 20 | ‘ The nurses panicked and made me and the other mother sign forms saying that we definitely had our own babies . ’ |
| 21 | Nigel was saying that they only had a couple , you know , cos they like you |
| 22 | Specialix also admits the move to Unix System Labs ' Unix SVR4 has n't gone smoothly as planned , saying that it unexpectedly had to rewrite several device drivers for OEM versions . |
| 23 | It almost goes without saying that he also had fine , Beatle-cropped brown hair and affected a close-clipped beard with the dense consistency of fur . |
| 24 | Alexander ‘ I am in control ’ Haig , Nixon 's last national security assistant , was quoted as saying that he sometimes had to act as president when ‘ Nixon was drunk . ’ |
| 25 | But on the libel trial 's first day , from the witness box , 36-year-old Mona admitted without prodding that she indeed had shelled out . |
| 26 | David Elsworth seemed quite satisfied with the performance of Barnbrook Again , observing that he still had 17 days before the big race . |
| 27 | He wandered along the Charing Cross Road , trying to think what to do next , Galahad on hearing that someone else had found the Holy Grail , Knight Errant without an errand . |
| 28 | We do not know if their society ( and here , of course , we are assuming that they actually had a society ) was matriarchal or patriarchal . |
| 29 | Assuming that I now had BWB approval in principle and a promise of funding , I went ahead and on 12 May called on our members for volunteers . |
| 30 | In order to provide it , adoptive parents themselves need the security of knowing that they alone have the joy and responsibility of bringing up the child . |