Example sentences of "[adv] to have a " in BNC.

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1 This much I could see from the outside when I went down to have a look at it .
2 The goods are sent on by large waggons , and meet us at Loch Crinan ; while the ‘ Cygnet ’ or the ‘ Plover ’ puffs along right merrily , and we sit down to have a quiet look at the bonnie bits of scenery that are everywhere meeting us .
3 Nude sunbathing down on the Waaf site ! ’ and everyone racing down to have a look .
4 This understanding may be due to the farmers being highly tolerant because there are so few walkers , but if you 've ever sat down to have a chat with a shepherd on the windy fellsides you might be more likely to say that tolerance and friendliness is in their nature .
5 So we we moved towards the sound of the glass , and there 's there 's two people in the the garden , so we went down to have a look at them .
6 Then if you 'd wait in the library or your own office I 'll be down to have a word when I 've finished here .
7 His twin , perched on the back of an armchair , yawned , all white teeth and pink gums , then leapt down to have a share of the fuss .
8 ‘ Paige , how lovely to meet you at last , ’ Rose McKenna pronounced warmly , holding out her hands so that Paige had to place hers in them , and was drawn down to have a kiss pressed to either cheek .
9 Well I became aware of the University of Sussex when the Gardener Centre first opened I think , because at that time I was working at the Arts Council of Great Britain and it was erm an innovative scheme which attracted a great deal of national interest , and we were naturally invited down to have a look at it , both the design and the programme that was being planned for the opening season at that time .
10 I went down to have a word with the promotion yesterday and er we have er come to terms and er we are all ready to go for next year .
11 But it is n't really enough to have a work-out on the trolley once every seven days , is it ?
12 It 's bad enough to have a son of mine in this place .
13 Join Congress , Mr Gandhi seemed to be saying , and create a party strong enough to have a clear majority .
14 I am delighted that our Government has taken this seriously enough to have a minister devoted to environmental issues .
15 for example , you are lucky enough to have a holiday abroad for two or three weeks but you have no access to scales and you also eat out all the time .
16 So a Primary school headmaster , for instance , could find his school offering movement experience to children who had female teachers to the neglect of those children who were unfortunate enough to have a man as their teacher , and similarly , Movement and Drama appeared as a subject on the time-table in our Secondary schools where there happened to be a woman in the P.E .
17 The skeleton of all echinoderms except the sea cucumbers is a relatively strong assembly of calcite plates ; the animals are built from an interlocking mosaic of such plates , and mostly the skeletons are rigid enough to have a high chance of fossilization .
18 If the owner is unfortunate enough to have a fall , the grey anorak will help him resemble a large rock when the RAF hover above , thus rendering him practically invisible .
19 We did n't have much , so we learned to make the most of what we did have , and if a man was lucky enough to have a job he put everything into it .
20 A brave risk-taker , who is young enough to have a big future .
21 I 'm lucky enough to have a diary full of opera engagements , and my recording schedule for the next couple of years is particularly exciting : Così with Mehta [ See our interview in the next issue ! — Ed. ] , a disc of Mozart arias , and a Magic Flute ( all for Sony ) , a Don Carlos with Levine , a Verdi Requiem , all the Schubert Masses , a Verdi recital , some Russian bass/baritone duets , and a recital of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov songs with Alexis Weissenberg ! ’
22 Well , enough to have a good time in the back row at the pictures anyway , ’ and she had certainly not elaborated .
23 During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham .
24 If you 're unlucky enough to have a machine that goes wrong regularly , a service contract may save you hundreds of pounds .
25 I am only too well aware that few are fortunate enough to have a perfect body — very few in fact .
26 In the late 19th century , they studied bumps on heads ( phrenology ) and if you were unfortunate enough to have a large protuberance on your forehead — well , you would n't have got as far as nice chats in the grocer 's with a friendly-going-on-gullible type like myself .
27 Not all people who decide to work from home will be lucky enough to have a ready-made office space and they will need to make changes in their accommodation , even if it is only finding a place to keep the computer and the phone .
28 It is not enough to have a wish to improve the quality of your reports , price lists etc .
29 If you are fortunate enough to have a modern plastic ball valve , servicing is simple and no special tools are required .
30 If you are fortunate enough to have a friendly neighbour who does not object to you working on your wall from his side of the boundary , then do get his agreement in writing .
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