Example sentences of "he have [adv] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morrissey , formerly lead singer of the Smiths and now a solo artist , is the central figure in this demi-monde and he has successfully mounted a long career based on a delightfully British blend of prurience and prudery . |
| 2 | His dealings with the chief sources of Opera North 's subsidy , the Arts Council and Leeds City Council , are happy enough , and he has successfully scotched a dismal plan to merge with Scottish Opera , but he worries that Leeds lacks a ‘ coherent cultural policy ’ of the sort that Birmingham and Glasgow have committed themselves to . |
| 3 | He has successfully rescued a whole series of major houses , without a penny of historic buildings grants , by adapting them as self-contained houses and cottages . |
| 4 | It 's as if he has just noticed an extra thumb . |
| 5 | He has just received a hefty testimonial pay-out and is in the last 18 months of his current contract . |
| 6 | He has just seen a prospectus in which the Government is offering for sale , shares in British Rail . |
| 7 | A keen sailor , he has just completed a course for yacht master offshore . |
| 8 | He has just completed a year with the Praetorian Guard . ’ |
| 9 | KEVIN PRESSMAN last night revealed that he still wants to leave Sheffield Wednesday — even though he has just signed a new three-and-a-half year contract . |
| 10 | Now he has just signed a new , three-year contract with Coventry and insists : ‘ With hindsight , I think I should have sued West Ham . |
| 11 | He has just published a profusely illustrated catalogue of fine books in fine bindings which has been described as an important reference work on its subject . |
| 12 | Barney sniggered then continued , ‘ Selwyn Hopkins told me he has just bought a motorbike . |
| 13 | He has just bought a neo-classical villa in Hamburg , a few hundred metres from the house where he was born . |
| 14 | He has thus determined a general class of non-colinear solutions , and he was able to show that , when the appropriate boundary conditions have been applied , the approaching waves necessarily have variable polarization . |
| 15 | So keen is manager Graham Taylor for Wright , in particular , to fulfil his international potential against Turkey that he has even asked a psychologist to help the Arsenal striker relax before his big night at Wembley . |
| 16 | He has even invented a punning , almost paradoxical , nickname for himself the man with the yellow rosette and the smile has become Never Say Dai Wilson . |
| 17 | Match of the Day ( £12.95 , BBC Books ) : Given the detail for which John Motson is renowned in preparing each of his commentaries , it is of little surprise that he has finally compiled a complete record of games featured on football 's most famous programme since 1964 . |
| 18 | But he has finally won a mint . |
| 19 | It is a shame that Iain Brown 's outstanding scholarship , evident in the extensive captions , was not allowed to take the form of a numbered catalogue but he has nevertheless produced an attractive companion publication for the show ( Monumental Reputation . |
| 20 | He has since completed a splendid four-timer when making all to take the Group Two Richmond Stakes at Goodwood last week . |
| 21 | In 1987 he had declined an offer to direct the National Gallery in London , opting instead to lead the Kimbell where he has since conducted an exemplary acquisitions campaign ; also , he has close ties with Mr Mellon , having served as CEO of the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art , established by the philanthropist at Yale University . |
| 22 | He has since died a sad death at Saigon , choked in his own vomit after a bout of energetic drinking . |
| 23 | Founded by Reg Bolton in nineteen seventy six , he has since established a number of children 's circus groups throughout the country . |
| 24 | But , in tandem with his captain , the bubblingly enthusiastic Nigel Briers , he has already created a strong team spirit , quite possibly thriving on the absence of such departed stars as Chris Lewis . |
| 25 | When Cam Renton , central character of that book , joins the Langdale as junior apprentice at the age of sixteen he has already served a year of his training and is disillusioned about the whole process . |
| 26 | He has already made a long statement , and you are letting him get away with it . |
| 27 | As it happens ’ — Morse consulted his watch ostentatiously — ‘ he is very shortly due to take off from Kennedy Airport to fly back to Heathrow , and he has already made a substantial confession about his part in the strange circumstances surrounding the Wolvercote Tongue and Dr Theodore Kemp . |
| 28 | He has already demonstrated an ability to meet delivery dates , and can not be said to neglect quality . |
| 29 | He has already triggered a steep rise in transfer market prices by proving such a bargain at £2.5 million . |
| 30 | Abroad , he has already attained a high respect internationally for the manner in which he is endeavouring to help the third world and to play a responsible part in eastern Europe . |