Example sentences of "you have [verb] a certain [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I see you have noticed a certain peculiarity about my appearance . ’ |
| 2 | ought to be said really , since Alan is not here and is erm is resigning , well perhaps that could come a little later on because I think both Joan and Alan er there should be some record other than this about the work they have put in for the Society er I mean the only idea I have , I do n't know how much of a a precedent this is , whether , whether anybody should be offered life membership of the the society or is that only for do you have to reach a certain age |
| 3 | ‘ It seems to me , do correct me if I 'm wrong , but reading the weekly ‘ Jottings ’ one would say you 've had a certain amount of experience with women . ’ |
| 4 | You 've found a certain Paul ? |
| 5 | Well because if , if we got , if we say you 've got a certain number of members of staff , and each full time equivalent offers you two hundred and twenty two point eight working days a year . |
| 6 | For example , if one has found out something about a course , about what 's happening on it , how well the pupils are learning , how interested they are in it and what different members of staff think of its value and so on , then you 've got a certain amount of evidence about it . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes I know , sir , but … ‘ … but you 've shown a certain amount of keenness this last week or two , so … |
| 8 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |
| 9 | Well I thought you had to get a certain amount |
| 10 | You have , yeah , you have to wait at least you have wait a certain amount of years . |
| 11 | ‘ You have to give a certain deference to her age . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The whole cultural situation in Oxford is such that you have to have a certain degree of power or influence of money to be admitted to any social sphere , ’ he fumes . |
| 13 | For the survival of a society you have to have a certain number at one extreme and , therefore , a certain number at the other extreme , for without cowards there are no VCs . |
| 14 | When you have used a certain rod for any length of time you become accustomed to its ‘ feel ’ . |