Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far the policy has succeeded : the stockmarket fell by 48% from peak to trough , but has since recovered about a third of its losses . |
| 2 | The board encompasses the entire Earth : the only game ever attempted has already taken almost a billion years and shows no signs of a conclusion . |
| 3 | A good example is Dances With Wolves which cost us four thousand as a and has already sold over a hundred and twenty thousand copies . |
| 4 | Pinnacle UK — partner , but not subsidiary of the US concern — says it has already sold about a hundred boards fitted with Cypress ' standard 40MHz Sparc RISC set . |
| 5 | Solbourne has already put together a disk array system tailored for Oracle Financial users — RAID capability and a native Novell Inc NetWare implementation follow next year . |
| 6 | Under the auspices of a previous coming together of the same organisations found in HOG ( plus one or two others ) , the Forum has already put together a set of Open Management Interoperability Points — OMNIpoints — which define interoperable network management products . |
| 7 | Determined to break up what it sees as a cosy cartel , it has already spent over a million pounds on marketing and corporate entertainment . |
| 8 | In the case of Jupiter it has probably had only a small effect on the rate of loss of heat . |
| 9 | The EC has also put forward an advisory , non-binding , maximum figure that would work out at about 87.5p a gallon at current rates . |
| 10 | The Government Health Warning beneath the images has now become merely a product identification sign — without the " warning " we should not even begin to recognize what product was offered in the remarkable pictorial rebus above . |
| 11 | As this institution has now become purely a slanging match ( unfortunately the only time guaranteed to attract a full complement of Members ) , how can it possibly be taken as a serious part of governing the country . |
| 12 | This research project examines Southampton , one of the most dynamic of these ‘ sunbelt ’ city regions which throughout the 1970's generated more jobs than any other urban area in England and which has seemingly incurred only a relatively small loss of jobs since the onset of recession . |
| 13 | As it is , SunSelect has reportedly validated only a dozen Windows applications on WABI and the thing still does n't print . |
| 14 | As it is , SunSelect has reportedly validated only a dozen Windows applications on WABI and the thing still does n't print . |
| 15 | Significantly , the Aviation Museums Association of Australia had applied to the New South Wales Heritage Council in 1990 to have the aircraft protected by State heritage legislation but eight months later it has yet to receive even an acknowledgement from the Council . |
| 16 | Wilko has yet to find even a place on the bench for either of his two big-money summer buys . |
| 17 | De Niro 's diner has been so eagerly anticipated with some magazines printing details of the menu months in advance that it has nearly overshadowed Tribeca Productions , which has quietly put together an impressive list of future projects . |
| 18 | I 'd just made rather a good job of denting his back bumper . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think I 'd just made quite a good speech but I thought they were joking , ’ he says . |
| 20 | He 'd already burned quite a few wallfuls , and had come down , under protest as much to keep Ajayi happy as anything else . |
| 21 | She was surprised how much the gardens were used ; they 'd always seemed just a square on a city map before , not a three-dimensional patch of wildness surrounded by traffic . |
| 22 | Certainly the general belief was that , having wantonly thrown away a Conservative majority , Baldwin could not remain as Party leader let alone Prime Minister ; and Randolph Churchill , the biographer of Lord Derby , comments that ‘ It is interesting to notice in Derby 's correspondence , and in that of other leading Tories of the time , how for the first two or three weeks after the Party 's defeat in the Election there was an unchallenged assumption that Baldwin could not survive the catastrophe . ’ |
| 23 | Erm I understand that the House Builders Federation have written to my headquarters on expressing concern about the possible temerity of the regional office having actually put forward a suggested figure for housing provision in North Yorkshire . |
| 24 | Full-back Mark Mapletoft contributed 17 points , including a try , with other touchdowns from winger Eddie Saunders , No 8 Mark Charles and a penalty try after David Pears was adjudged to have deliberately knocked forward a pass . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor . |
| 26 | You 've obviously seen quite a lot of good painting . |
| 27 | But I ca n't walk because I 've got emphysema and I 've only got about a third of a lung as well as arthritis to go with it . |
| 28 | It wor even , providing you have n't got a lot of if you 've only got about a hundred people it 's not too bad that cos it , it also creates a bit more atmosphere . |
| 29 | And you 've only worked here a few months ! ’ he said . |
| 30 | David Leadbetter stated that Ballesteros was brooding , that it had all become quite a grind for him . |