Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you trying to tell me that some of my prisoners have escaped without me noticing ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The van I used to use to transport my bikes has come to the end of its day , and Bill Doig has very kindly offered me the use of the station van if it is not required for company duties . ’ |
| 3 | Since 1950 my influences have come from the Flemish Primitives , Frances de la Tour and Stanley Spencer . |
| 4 | My doubts have grown during the years I have been thinking about and then writing this book , but for the moment I will concede that for many scholars and teachers a clarion-call to defend ‘ literature as literature ’ would prove rousing and timely . |
| 5 | My books had fallen on the ground . |
| 6 | Either that , or my eyes had adjusted to the gloom . |
| 7 | There was a bit of light , now my eyes had adjusted to it , from distant street-lamps I suppose . |
| 8 | My eyes have to adjust to a more brilliant light . |
| 9 | My legs have turned to water . |
| 10 | My feet have reduced by one size ! |
| 11 | ‘ The first time I held those keys , I put them in my mouth and felt my bones had turned to gold , ’ she announces . |
| 12 | My parents had moved to the outskirts of Glasgow and I joined the local pipe band and met Duncan McIntyre . |
| 13 | My first memory is of falling off a rather high bed at the age of three years on the evening that my parents had moved into a house near the top of Hampstead Heath , and of my Father going off on his bicycle to search for a doctor as I had cut my head . |
| 14 | I learned that my parents had got to London and prayed for the day I 'd be able to see them . |
| 15 | From Afdam I took the train to Dire Dawa and from there rode to Harar , through mountains that were beautiful and green after recent rain , following the route my parents had taken in 1909 . |
| 16 | My whole body and my limbs have thrilled with his touch who is beyond touch ; and if the end comes here , let it come — let this be my parting word . |
| 17 | I confirm that my officials have written to the chief executive of the SDA to strengthen that point . |
| 18 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 19 | Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other . |
| 20 | My feelings have changed over the years as the system acquired first more memory and then bigger and faster processors . |
| 21 | ‘ My waters had broken at the bedside , ’ says Liz . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , my beliefs have changed over the last years and the message is clear : I no longer think in terms of ‘ further education for not quite all ’ but of providing access to learning for everyone . |
| 23 | The longer the problem goes on — and many of my patients have suffered for years — the worse it is likely to get . |
| 24 | Although I had been under no real illusions that an amazing secret would suddenly be revealed , I was nevertheless disappointed that my theories had proved to be groundless . |
| 25 | Some of my theories have fallen to pieces , including the nine-nation European Common Market being the ten-horned beast , with the Vatican , of course , being the tenth state . |
| 26 | When I reached home , my wife made me promise never to go to sea again , and I thought my adventures had come to an end . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't let anybody beat you , do n't come back without the gold , ’ my friends had said to me , and I was determined not to let them down . |
| 28 | For example , 99.9% of my friends have come from homes where they had major childhood traumas . |
| 29 | I do feel as if my hands have turned to jelly . |
| 30 | As an enthusiastic Darwinian , I have been dissatisfied with explanations that my fellow-enthusiasts have offered for human behaviour . |