Example sentences of "[verb] have [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The points just made have their imprint on higher education in fairly obvious ways . |
| 2 | The same applies to the upholstering of the outer flat-lidded shaped-shouldered velvet-covered cases of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , though some coffin-makers and funeral furnishers did have their own patterns when it came to the application of the round-headed upholstery pins — as noticed in the east Gostling vault beneath St John 's Church , Egham , Surrey , used from 1817–41 , where each of the five coffins had a similar cross motif between the three side panels — whilst others introduced variety through the use of two complementary colours of velvet . |
| 3 | The question before me is whether these assignments did have their intended effect for compensation purposes . |
| 4 | And in those days most people did have their children at home , did n't they ? |
| 5 | Before then , despite a number of chances , this game had nil all written all over it ; United did have their chances , they hit the post , Steve Foster and Martin Foyle both went close but the ball never appeared to be going into the back of the net . |
| 6 | Both Weighell and Buckton would have preferred more , but the statement persuaded them that the Government did have its heart in the future of the railway system . |
| 7 | It did have its funny side as well . |
| 8 | At one time the local authority would have provided only one library service — the public library — and if a school did have its own library it would probably have been administered by the public library . |
| 9 | Now the sun made everything sparkle and ( come on , admit it ) the place did have its attractions . |
| 10 | Clive Milton was one of the few who found that the open life did have its virtues : |
| 11 | Kenotic christology of this sort did have its own internal problems : on closer examination it is not easy to understand what exactly it can mean to speak of this ‘ self-emptying ’ , and attempts to make the matter more precise tend to fade into a tangle of artificialities and contradictions . |
| 12 | For all that , Helsinki did have its defenders . |
| 13 | Hierarchy never did have its day . |
| 14 | On Golding 's island there was mounting tension because although the island was almost paradise it did have its problems . |
| 15 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 16 | Diana , unused to the hurly burly of school life , was quiet and shy although she did have her friend , Alexandra Loyd to keep her company . |
| 17 | What do you know , these babies really did have your name written on them . |
| 18 | I did have your pen mother . |
| 19 | Well , you did have your gloves on . |
| 20 | You did have your fur boots on . |
| 21 | She was actually very fond of Dick , but he did have his moods . |
| 22 | But he probably did have his thoughts . |
| 23 | He did not yet have a chancery of his own , but it seems he did have his own chapel , that is , a team of household chaplains ( presumably equipped with relics ) . |
| 24 | This is the kind of matter upon which historians will forever disagree , but it may be that Swegen did have his position in Denmark threatened by Swedes and Slavs at some time in the 990s . |
| 25 | Those observations made , it should be said that the Herioter did have his moments in the lineout . |
| 26 | On the street again , suddenly I felt I was in the middle of a farce — ‘ POLICE SEARCH FOR THE BIG BANANA IS ON — and the discovery that actually I did have my cheque numbers in my moneybelt and that it was the photocopies that had been stolen made me almost light-headed . |
| 27 | ‘ I did have my right nipple pierced , but I had to keep taking it out for films , so it kept healing up . |
| 28 | All three of these approaches , and especially the second and third , do have their validity . |
| 29 | Used correctly , running reins do have their place in the training of a horse , but alas , their use is often abused . |
| 30 | Chub do have their days when the old grey matter works overtime and you will have to put on your own thinking cap and go through a whole array of angling techniques , usual and offbeat ones , before you hit on the right one to catch him . |