Example sentences of "have [verb] [ex0] be [det] " in BNC.

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1 SINN Fein President Gerry Adams has claimed there is little active support internationally for the Unionist cause .
2 The results , though , are generally unimpressive , mainly because — as on the Isle of Dogs , for example — lack of an overall masterplan has meant there is little cohesiveness .
3 ‘ I invited you because your mother told me that you 'd realised there were more things in life than work — at long last , ’ Simon said pithily , ‘ and were in the market for some socialising . ’
4 You will have noticed there are some pregnant gaps on this table .
5 There is no reason to think that Anselm would have thought there was any contradiction between personal humility and the display of the greatness of his office : quite the contrary , humility and grandeur met in the exercise of his function as a ruler .
6 He must have thought there was some likelihood of angels being there , because he describes how he put out his arms in the darkness and made a grab , at thin air as it turned out .
7 ‘ There 's no way they could have known there was another letter . ’
8 The method of working was fine and you would n't have known there were any interruptions when you saw the programme .
9 She had said there was less chance of being burdened down with a large brood and less risk of losing the husband to another woman .
10 But Carl had said there was some problems there
11 Yeah you 've got there 's some
12 They have proved there is such a thing as love at first sight . ’
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