Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [adv] [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poison is seldom dangerous but anyone who has accidentally trodden on a sea-urchin while bathing knows how painful the swelling can be . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 3 | The line-up was impressive , featuring Pops Staples , literally the founding father of the gospel band the Staple Singers and who has recently embarked on a solo career at the tender age of 77 ! |
| 4 | Stavros Niachos , 81 , will neither confirm nor deny that he was the buyer of Yo , Picasso , the 1901 self-portrait of the artist at his easel , staring boldly out at the new century ; but it certainly went to the bidder who has often acted on his behalf . |
| 5 | I do n't deserve that forgiveness , but the God who loves me who has actually died on the cross for me has actually taken all of that away and more than that has made me new , has actually raised me as a new life with him . |
| 6 | Hired to get evidence on the mistress of an older man who has supposedly cheated on him , Diquet and his girl-Friday Leone find themselves involved in a strange plot that involves wartime collaboration and a fabulous diamond . |
| 7 | She , who 'd always stood on her own feet , fought her own battles . |
| 8 | For a band who 've frequently balanced on that tightrope ‘ twixt credibility and downright incredulity , it 's a fittingly bewildering mish-mash of live footage , snippets of interviews , shots of them recording the ‘ Achtung Baby ’ album in Berlin and stacks of stuff from the first leg of the current World Tour . |
| 9 | Who was this monstrous man who had just inflicted on her one of the most unpleasant encounters in her entire life ? |
| 10 | He turned to look at Denholm who had just arrived on the bridge . |
| 11 | A little further away was a young woman who had just arrived on her horse , with her maid on foot . |
| 12 | Marshall 's departure provided President George Bush with the opportunity to make his second nomination to the nine-member court , the president having appointed David Souter in July 1990 to replace another staunch liberal , William Brennan , who had also retired on the grounds of age and ill-health [ see p. 37604 ] . |
| 13 | This was a pity , since Hitchcock had the assistance of no less than Hein Heckroth as production designer and fellow-cockney expatriate Albert Whitlock ( who had also worked on The Birds and Marnie ) to do the matte paintings — he created most of the art gallery that figures in one sequence as a meeting place . |
| 14 | From November , 1914 , Ruhleben ( racecourse stables outside Berlin ) housed for up to four years about 4000 Britons , who ranged from several honeymoon couples just arrived in Germany for their August holidays to dons and students on walking or reading parties , musicians and sportsmen snatched from festivals , and even a journalist with an ear supposedly close to the ground , Israel Cohen , a German correspondent for the London press who had cheerfully left on July 29 for his vacation near Dresden . |
| 15 | Norman , an aggressive nine year old , exploded at a boy walking in front of him who had thoughtlessly trodden on a painting which had fallen onto the floor . |
| 16 | Brady met on Jan. 21 with the German Finance Minister Theo Waigel ( who declined afterwards to state a figure for the German contribution ) and with the Japanese Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto ( who had already stated on Jan. 18 that Japan would contribute a " substantial sum " to be decided " as soon as possible " ) . |
| 17 | At times Kylie , who had already appeared on television by then , would talk of her hopes for fame . |
| 18 | Blue Leader , Lt. ‘ Jimmie ’ Gardner ( who had previously flown on attachment to the RAF and had claimed five victories whilst with Sqn.Ldr . |
| 19 | Sutton was later going to have to cope with marrying up this formula to the new direct-entry computer system , which was being sorted out by systems editor Eugenie Verney , a sub-editor made redundant from the Daily Express in Manchester , who had previously worked on the Guardian . |
| 20 | No one who had ever stood on the edge of that abyss where she had been teetering for so long , that held hunger and cold , sickness that could not be treated for lack of a shilling , children one could afford neither to raise nor to bury , would have a harsh word to say . |
| 21 | Occasionally we would be treated to performances by visiting groups who had actually broadcast on the wireless , such as the Bainbridge Brothers , Lance and Jack , and the Swaledale Singers , who sang a varied programme of real life and beauty but created something of a problem with their final number . |
| 22 | When he passed through an ivy-clad trellis arch and saw the man he sought , however , raking dead leaves and twigs into an incinerator , he realized how absurd the idea was that they could somehow be twin actors of the same part who had never met on stage till this unscripted moment . |
| 23 | In the main survey , only one per cent of those who had recently bought on credit had difficulty making payments — because of illness , unemployment , or other unforeseen financial demands . |
| 24 | In the main survey ( Appendix 1 , comments on Table 24 ; and more detailed cross-tabulations not included in Appendix ) , only three per cent of those who had recently bought on credit had had any problems with their credit arrangement , after buying ( nearly half the problems were difficulties over paying , and problems which people thought were the fault of the credit firm were very rare indeed ) . |
| 25 | There are some who have corruptly manipulated the production of state factories for their own personal gain , there are some who have covertly passed on the writings of Alexander Solzhenitsyn . |
| 26 | The whole pretence about his future plans does not belong to relations between brothers , especially brothers who have just wept on each other 's shoulders , and who have shown each other such surprising willingness for reunion . |
| 27 | He is describing the sudden new apprehension of divine truth bestowed upon people who have just embarked on the spiritual life when they are rediscovering the truths of their faith during their periods of study . |
| 28 | He said the Kenton Road unit was vital to the 30 adults who have regularly relied on it for help since it began as a pilot project two years ago . |
| 29 | Nurses who have already worked on medical wards will be familiar with many of these tests . |
| 30 | What is becoming increasingly clear is that the Labour party is trying to do nothing other than promote scare stories so as deliberately to frighten people who have traditionally relied on adult education courses . |