Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philosophy has effectively challenged what the theologian often persists in seeing as the ‘ proofs ’ of God 's existence which he or she must hang on to in order to have an absolutely secure and certain faith . |
| 2 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ The arrival of another SeaCat vessel in May certainly has not hit us the way some people expected . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you know God has not given you the spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind ? ’ |
| 5 | This need for careful definition is ignored completely when one simply asks a panel of experts to name people with political power — one has not told them the criteria that they should use for judging whether an individual has power , and neither does one know whether the individuals have used even similar criteria for ascribing power to the individuals whose names they submit . |
| 6 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) has huffed and puffed , but he has not told us the Labour party 's position on a single proposal contained in the Green Paper . |
| 7 | This afternoon , he has treated the House to an extraordinary collection of half-truths and inaccuracies , but he has not told us the Labour party 's attitude to the proposals that I identified in the statement . |
| 8 | I also know that your informant there has not told you the truth . |
| 9 | Quite deliberately the storyteller has not reported what the runner told the people of the town . |
| 10 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 11 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 12 | His name has already made him the butt of many jokes . |
| 13 | Her heroine on the show is Lightning and she has already christened herself the junior version , Spark . |
| 14 | ‘ Which is why the lady has already promised me the pleasure of her company tonight . |
| 15 | Indeed , Central has always brought you the unlikely . |
| 16 | She has probably known what the doctor is going to say and may feel she has betrayed the family or patient and her relationship with them by not previously telling them the truth . |
| 17 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 18 | Consumers who were asked to nominate three dates for flying claimed the travel firm handling the offer has now told them the dates must be 30 days apart and to three different destinations . |
| 19 | He has now offered them the use of his white Rolls-Royce for the wedding as well as a Renault 19 for the honeymoon . |
| 20 | He has some obsession she has n't told him the whole truth . ’ |
| 21 | So what I 'd like to do is erm , balance out the influence in him , prior to going out and making these negotiations erm , so that he comes back with a a suitable timescale for us to deal with it , and has n't promised them the earth in the way of commission or er , print changes or whatever . |
| 22 | Mr. Green has again promised me the pencilled sketches of Dove 's Nest . |
| 23 | It is only now , in middle age , that joy is beginning to develop in her heart , as she begins to realize that God has truly given her the gift of life . |
| 24 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 25 | Fate , thought Charlotte , gazing innocently back into his admiring , devoted , humiliated and furious face , has certainly given me the upper hand of you , my boy ! |
| 26 | My right hon. Friend the leader of the Labour party has never said what the right hon. Gentleman has suggested — and the right hon. Gentleman knows that that is the case . |
| 27 | ‘ I think you 'd better tell me the whole story , Charles . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 'd better leave me the matches , then . ’ |
| 30 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |