Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the last few years , physicists have come within a few thousandths of a degree of absolute zero using a new technique called laser entrapment . |
| 2 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 3 | ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . ) |
| 4 | Newman believes that in Britain these quasi-governmental and quasi-non-governmental bodies , estimates of which have ranged from a few hundred to a few thousand , depending on definitions , are not ‘ structurally integral to corporatism ’ but a significant domestic phenomenon which reinforces corporatist tendencies . |
| 5 | Brockbank , owner of a Teesside construction company , said : ‘ We have spoken to a few people and expect something to be sorted out by the middle of the week . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Without their local knowledge and contacts it would have taken years for us to achieve what we have managed in a few months , ’ said . |
| 7 | If you are scratching in weak lift , you may be able to see which way you have drifted after a few circles . |
| 8 | I have listened to a few of her tracks since and I like them . |