Example sentences of "to have [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grammatical gender is supposed to have nothing at all to do with sex . |
| 2 | Since wars involve others than those who face battle , that overwhelming majority who may prefer to have nothing at all to do with war , they can not , and should not , be omitted from any modern consideration of the subject . |
| 3 | Whether to marry or pursue a career ; when to have children — or , indeed , whether to have them at all ; whether and when to return to work after the children are born ; whether to continue working or stay at home and look after an aged relative — the problems for today 's woman are endless . |
| 4 | It may be very nice to have them at home , but the pattern of life does change . |
| 5 | The modern way is to have them at right angles . ) |
| 6 | In drawing such sections it is normal to have them at equal distances at right angles to the guide line which ensures that they are correctly related . |
| 7 | He arranged for Len to have them at the camp . ’ |
| 8 | what did they call that man he er we used to have them at Pierhead as well . |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 10 | The children are going to have them at home anyway , so if the teachers deny themselves this extra resource , and deny themselves the experience which the children can bring , I think they 're cutting themselves off from a tremendous source of encouragement and motivation . |
| 11 | Anyway this particular Monday morning I did n't feel like getting up although my Mam had already shouted : ‘ If he thinks he 's going to have me at his beck and call just to get him his breakfast when he wants , he 's got another think coming . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll never get married again , so do n't hang around waiting for it , and do n't expect to have me at your beck and call , because that is n't how I am . |
| 13 | I 've got to get out as soon as I get , I 've , I 've promised at night I 'd have , I 'll , I 'll have someone for a night , I 've got to have someone at night as well as the day |
| 14 | ‘ Dear friends — how honoured I am to have you at my party for another year , a very , very special year in many ways . |
| 15 | And I think the regret comes because they wanted everything … but you ca n't expect to have everything at once . ’ |
| 16 | There is no point in having a system which keeps on playing up ; much better not to have one at all . |
| 17 | We , we used to have one at our school . |
| 18 | At that moment he would have given up every moment of his past and future freedom to have her at his side . |
| 19 | He 's got a daughter from a previous relationship and he used to have her at weekends and he used to leave her all the time so he could go and play football and go out drinking . |
| 20 | Once you 're married , you 'll be able to have her at your beck and call twenty-four hours a day . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We would like to have her at home . |
| 22 | It was , said one speaker forgivingly , ‘ better to have him at Lloyds seeking to insure his own cargoes , than at sea seeking cargoes insured by others ’ . |
| 23 | For years she has been complaining ‘ I never see anything of you , darling ’ and ‘ Why ca n't you spend a little more time with the family ? ’ — so naturally he expects her to be delighted to have him at home . |
| 24 | And I definitely do n't want him to have him at weekends because that 's when he 's at his worst . |
| 25 | I thought she was supposed to have him at the beginning of this month . |
| 26 | Eleven per cent say they have sex at least 4 times a week , while 2% claim to have it at least daily . |
| 27 | It 's easy for you to have it at the theatre , mhm |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , and he told her she should have the amnio in the next week if she 's going to have it at all . |
| 29 | It is much better to have one review and to have it at the beginning of the Parliament , and that is exactly what we shall do . |
| 30 | Well if you have bacon now you wo n't be able to have it at the weekend . |