Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 D' you have a guilty conscience , maybe ? ’
2 D' you have a nice time ?
3 Your favourite Melton Mowbray pork pie , Master Harry , and Farmer Bates let me have a nice piece of Stilton special .
4 Let me have a close look at it says Dick , putting on his glasses .
5 Now , let me have a good look at you . ’
6 Just let me have a quick look
7 Let me have a little bit .
8 I used to say , well let me have a fourpenny wrapper and then I , I , and fourpence was a lot of money then .
9 They want to take another shot and Bogart says , ‘ Let me have a clean shirt , please . ’
10 Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run .
11 It would n't have occurred to you to leave Adam in peace and let him have a well-deserved weekend off , would it ?
12 He said : ‘ Clay County wrenched the muscles in his quarters when dropping his hind legs in the water jump at Nottingham , so we decided to give the Cheltenham Festival a miss and let him have a long break .
13 Let it have a good bubble !
14 Let us have a general election .
15 next Monday I want to see you have a happy Christmas .
16 ‘ I do n't see you have a great deal of choice , ’ he drawled , ‘ unless of course you wish to walk home — in which case you may as well forget our agreement .
17 One of the authors , Phil Hanson , who is IBM 's consultancy team leader , commented : ‘ While few of our manufacturing companies have proved to be world class , it is good to see we have a significant number of strong contenders .
18 We went along to a ballooning club and pestered people to let us have a free flight .
19 She said she would be letting you have a 5-page proposal plus sample activities by July , as agreed with you .
20 Shildon said : ‘ If MacQuillan had lived , Eliot could have used the information to persuade people to change their minds about letting him have a free hand with the Post .
21 Oh well of course that 's making me have a parched throat you know , so you 're gon na have to ma , go and make me a cup of tea !
22 Please could you let me have a separate estimate for straightening this and doing any necessary repairs to the seat .
23 Will you go away and let me have a serious discussion with my nephew without these constant interruptions ?
24 Ask yourself ‘ What are the pay-offs of being shy , and do I have a vested interest in maintaining them ? ’
25 Not only do I have a personal knowledge of Svend 's appearance but I know all the most likely places to look . ’
26 Interrogating himself , he asks : Do I have a definite aim ?
27 Why do I have a hard time , and there 's the Godless person prospering ?
28 I tell Major Mills I 'm an idiot in the kitchen , and Hillary-Jones spends ten minutes with details of leaving batter to stand , do I have a cold room , not a refrigerator , that 's too harsh …
29 Did you have a young family as well ?
30 Did you have a reasonable journey ? ’
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