Example sentences of "[pers pn] have the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone capable of sight-leading a route protected by bolts without clipping them has the right to remove them ( a regular bolt hole closed by a rock dust/epoxy mix is virtually undetectable , and no meaningful harm will have been done to the crag environment ) . |
| 2 | Each of them has the power to decide immediately to stop purchasing tuna caught by fishing on dolphins . |
| 3 | And none of them has the right kind of tights . |
| 4 | These brick buildings are on three storeys , the first two being unexceptional Victorian terraced houses arranged round a courtyard , but the floor above them has the characteristic long windows of textile workshops . |
| 5 | But I have a theory that if you have two musicians , both trained and able to play anything that is put before them , but only one of them has the ability to play by ear as well , then he or she will be able to project more life , beauty and expression than the other . |
| 6 | You feel quite confident in interviewing both of them , but as it turns out only one of them has the imagination to emphasise with your ideas and within three weeks he is in situ . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've shared the same ball as Waqar and Wasim all series , so why have n't I had the same degree of success ? |
| 8 | What I have said about Nottingham I would also have said about East Sussex had I had the same information . |
| 9 | Had I had the receiver in my hand when some break in the conversation occurred at this point , I should have explained to you that it is in fact neither ; it is merely an examination of the various modes of thinking which the phrase implies — an examination which , in the tradition of British philosophical inquiry , seeks merely to study and perhaps oil the conceptual machinery and then to put it back more or less as it was . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , let 'er have the rope , Dick . |
| 11 | Can I have the keys ? ’ |
| 12 | Nor did I have the urge to linger on the Neva embankment with Charsky . |
| 13 | May I hope that you too enjoyed our talk — and may I have the pleasure of calling on you . |
| 14 | When would I have the time the way things are and you on your back ? ’ |
| 15 | You could get stopped by women , saying : ‘ Can I have the police clothes ? ’ |
| 16 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 17 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Can I have the car ? ’ said Adam . |
| 19 | ‘ Can I have the aircrew mess ? ’ she whispered , stiff-lipped . |
| 20 | But the Oscar for the Most Unusual Drawing Show of the Month goes — may I have the envelope please ? — to Pace , uptown , for ‘ Directors ’ Drawings ’ , starring works on paper ( and on story-boards ) by the likes of Alfred Hitchcock , Martin Scorsese , Satajit Ray , Federico Fellini , Sergei Eisenstein , John Houston , Orson Welles , David Lynch and Terry Gilliam ( among others ) . |
| 21 | Erm can I have the proposal that that was a correct record of our deliberations please ? |
| 22 | Why ca n't I have the next stage ? |
| 23 | If so , may I have the pleasure of proposing you ? |
| 24 | ‘ May I have the doctor 's name , Madame ? ’ |
| 25 | Yet can not I have the patience to look upon your wickedness with such a … |
| 26 | May I have the pleasure , monsieur , of introducing my two sons , boomed the senator , smiling into the wizened face of the Annamese mandarin while the governor 's aide translated for him . |
| 27 | Peter Gaskell placed a half sheet of exercise-book paper on the counter and said , ‘ Can I have the order , please ? |
| 28 | PPS I think your Mahia address is the only one I have can I have the other again ? |
| 29 | " May I have the first dance , Janet ? " |
| 30 | No word spoken before he said : " May I have the first dance ? " |