Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Literally , this meant the rule of power of the best , but the meaning it has since acquired is not at all accidental . |
| 2 | If Eisenman is correct — and the evidence weighs heavily in his favour — then the confusion which has hitherto obtained is effectively dispelled . |
| 3 | It is a delight to have Bishop Harris with us once more — he has only missed being present twice in 14 years . |
| 4 | My leg , which never mended properly after the accident , has not liked being cooped and cramped and bound , and like a mistreated animal it has turned against its master , making itself all pain . |
| 5 | What he has not done is to spell out his policy on the central economic issue : how does he intend to cut the budget deficit without raising taxes ? |
| 6 | What he has not done is remotely stand by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 7 | What he has not done is remotely stood by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 8 | What he has not done is remotely stand by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 9 | Democracy should embody the popular will — ; ‘ every law which the people has not ratified is null , void is in fact not a law . |
| 10 | We may too readily have mocked the Tory ladies in their funny hats advocating primitive retribution , for what the socialist movement has not registered is that these ladies articulate a collective fear which women share . |
| 11 | In addition , information about the progress of the effort and about what has worked and what has not worked is extremely valuable . |
| 12 | The reason this has not happened is that Eurotunnel 's fares fed into the model are not based on its costs . |
| 13 | The one thing that has not changed is that in order to gain success at the very highest level the athlete 's training has to be geared to the specific needs of the event . |
| 14 | What has not changed is the industry 's ability to produce good quality coal at an affordable price . ’ |
| 15 | Of all the techniques of counter-interrogation practised by Mr Kinnock , the one he has utterly perfected is the old rule which was once memorably summarised by the Sundance Kid : ‘ Keep talking , Butch , that 's what you 're good at . ’ |
| 16 | The increase for the year that has just begun is 14 per cent . |
| 17 | If it is obvious to both of them that what the speaker has just said is false , or so obvious as to need no comment at all , the hearer will look for implications , that is to say what is implied other than what is expressed . |
| 18 | What the hon. Lady has just said is astonishing . |
| 19 | If what the hon. Gentleman has just said is true , surely it would mean that any Bill could be amended in almost any way in Committee , and one could subsequently play around with its title in order to accommodate the amendments . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the answer that he has just given is further reinforced by the fact that several third-world countries , including some middle eastern countries such as Iraq , Algeria and perhaps Libya , are currently acquiring nuclear weapons ? |
| 21 | The complacency that the Chief Secretary has just demonstrated is way beyond anything that my constituents will understand . |
| 22 | Erm , Chairman , w would the spokesman agree that the that the resources argument which she has just used is is completely fallacious and would she rather expect |
| 23 | Is he aware that the words he has just used are exactly the same as those that were used by his predecessor just before her Government increased VAT ? |
| 24 | But I am concerned for the three trees that David has just mentioned being removed . |
| 25 | It is not yet clear exactly how it would expand in this area , but the steps it has already taken are illuminating . |
| 26 | Ward councillor Joan Ellis said : ‘ The fact the change has already occurred is a matter of some regret . ’ |
| 27 | I 've served on that one , and the whole business of the organisation has generally speaking been run by the executive and not by a full council . |
| 28 | Of course Herman loves her whisperings — for he is always convinced that he will catch a word or two — but all he has ever heard was when she was going from the dining-room to the drawing-room after lunch with him , and she whispered : ‘ I hate sauces . |
| 29 | The only case Kieran Goss has ever handled is the one which contains the tool of his chosen trade — the guitar . |
| 30 | Perhaps one of the most remarkable uses of tools either of us has ever witnessed was the result of a remarkable piece of thinking — we use the word deliberately — by a Japanese macaque . |