Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spencer has always longed to have a Spitfire and one day Mike Searle , presumably having recovered from the shock of the Jungmann episode ( see the September issue , page 25 ) , pointed out an advertisement in which some Spitfires were for sale at Strathallan in Scotland . |
| 2 | " I suppose we 'd better start having a look along the banks soon , although I must say I 'm in no particular hurry . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd always fancied having a go and I thought ‘ why not ? ’ ’ he said . |
| 4 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |
| 5 | The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights . |
| 6 | As I sowed my seeds in April , my four-year-old son hung around pestering to have a go . |
| 7 | The class of games analyzed above seem to have a number of possible applications to economics . |
| 8 | One , Clare Pullen , was married to a supermarket manager , but had herself been a machine operator before giving up work to have a baby . |
| 9 | Tom Murray did not want to have a lot of girlfriends , but just one for good , one he could be deeply serious about . |
| 10 | In the leader column last week , on the same day Young Group 's shares were suspended , the newspaper felt sufficiently confident of Mr Young 's expertise to write : ‘ He is a man who has until recently made a great success of his business and it would be sad for the North-East if he did not continue to have a part to play . ’ |
| 11 | Using analysis of variance in unifactorial and multifactorial models , age did not seem to have a bearing on any of the parameters of esophageal function . |
| 12 | We found that patients who were significantly younger er sorry we found that patients who were counselled for retrograde ejaculation were significantly younger er but we also found that marital status did not seem to have an effect on whether they were counselled for retrograde ejaculation or not . |
| 13 | It did not have to have a name . |
| 14 | They did not need to have a row for Barry to feel constantly undermined by Helen 's attitudes , spoken and unspoken . |
| 15 | Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form . |
| 16 | Had she merely stated that she did not wish to have a baby , she would have been considered failing in what she saw as her role in life . |
| 17 | I see wide attackers being allowed to come inside for shots , centre-backs who do not appear to have a clue about positional play and plenty of evidence to suggest that we are no longer producing defenders with the ability and confidence to cope on their own . ’ |
| 18 | According to the Lords 's report on the water industry , 191 do not appear to have an owner and valid engineers ' reports ( required under the 1930 Reservoirs Act ) can not be found for more than half of them . |
| 19 | A man and woman who do not want to have a baby can still enjoy lovemaking if they make sure the egg and sperm never meet , or if the egg is prevented from settling in the womb . |
| 20 | In addition , in Britain there is the peculiar phenomenon of the exercise of influence by groups that , according to the crude calculations of political arithmetic , do not seem to have a power base at all . |
| 21 | The two main findings of this study are that ( i ) capsaicin sensitive afferent neurones do not seem to have an affect on rapid repair of injured gastric mucosa , although they contribute to the defence against injury , and ( ii ) anaesthetics can affect the recovery of gastric mucosa from damage . |
| 22 | This is a question on which I do not vet have a view . |
| 23 | They did n't tend to have a lot of furniture . |
| 24 | I did n't want to have an affair with Alison . |
| 25 | ‘ Bob did n't choose to have a heart attack . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't fancy having a lot of kids tearing about the house , but , having brought up my own , I did n't feel I had an excuse . |
| 27 | Now should we say that B on seeing the pencil after seeing instruments which he did n't know had a feeling of familiarity ? |
| 28 | Did n't know had a glass house did you ? |
| 29 | Once a man she 'd never met before , a man called Peter who did n't seem to have a wife , kept dancing with her in the Godsons ' house , holding her very close , in a way that quite upset her and yet was pleasurable . |
| 30 | Fourth , and you did n't , I mean you did n't seem to have a lot to pick from . |