Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] have [art] [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 | Yet at least England can now hope in the future for better things from the bat of Lewis , who has always looked to have the ability to be a genuine all-rounder at Test level but until this match had scored just 483 runs from 15 Tests at an average of 24 . |
| 3 | " I suppose we 'd better start having a look along the banks soon , although I must say I 'm in no particular hurry . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd always fancied having a go and I thought ‘ why not ? ’ ’ he said . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She had given up work to have the children and she 'd seen them through to school age , when she 'd gone out and found herself another job . |
| 8 | As I sowed my seeds in April , my four-year-old son hung around pestering to have a go . |
| 9 | A warehouseman with whom goods have been deposited is guilty of no conversion by keeping them , or restoring them to the person who deposited them with him , though that person turns out to have had no authority from the true owner . ’ |
| 10 | The class of games analyzed above seem to have a number of possible applications to economics . |
| 11 | He seems also to have had the right to appoint deputies to act for him in individual duchy lordships . |
| 12 | He seems also to have had the right to appoint deputies to act for him in individual duchy lordships . |
| 13 | One , Clare Pullen , was married to a supermarket manager , but had herself been a machine operator before giving up work to have a baby . |
| 14 | Alicia died only four years after the Royal Fort was ‘ completed ’ and Thomas seems never to hade have the heart to complete a work that breathes an air of happy domesticity . |
| 15 | I do rather enjoy having the flat to myself , despite a constant battle with my clutter ! |
| 16 | Tom Murray did not want to have a lot of girlfriends , but just one for good , one he could be deeply serious about . |
| 17 | She did not want to have the news broken to her carefully . |
| 18 | Hearns had looked over-the-hill in his previous fight and the pair at times did not appear to have the earnestness which fighters normally show . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | He added that if Strathclyde PTE did not continue to have the power to assemble a package of services which involved busy services cross-subsidising off-peak ones , the council would have to spend much more money if it wanted to maintain off-peak services . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It did not have to have a name . |
| 24 | They did not need to have a row for Barry to feel constantly undermined by Helen 's attitudes , spoken and unspoken . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Obviously this is not always the case , and if the parents do not wish to have the child because of the risks of mental handicap , they only course of action is termination . |