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

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1 ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him .
2 There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries .
3 His jockey has had a solid season too , 18 wins from 142 rides , busier than ever before .
4 He obtained the next job for which he applied and , as far as I know , has had a successful career subsequently .
5 Erm , somebody tells me that Sarah is erm doing very well but has had a foul cold ever since she 's been over there , is she very well now ?
6 Lloyd 's has had a difficult time recently but it remains vital if London is to retain its pre-eminent position in the world insurance market . ’
7 ‘ If the law has to have a proper effect then landlords and breweries should know that to serve young people like this , they are in danger of losing their licences . ’
8 When Minton painted alongside students in the life class ( ‘ That was a marvellous adrenalin shot , ’ recalled Greaves ) he taught by example that a picture has to have a lively activity right up to the four edges of the canvas , and that if the background is treated merely as a secondary constituent to the model , areas of the canvas will become inert .
9 Now Bernard , if you really want to have a wee drink tonight love , I 'll drive home .
10 ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that .
11 Folk seem to I do n't know have a different attitude completely .
12 Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate .
13 ‘ After we 'd had a nice dinner together , we 'd go into Richard 's studio and we 'd put on music .
14 In the days when it was briefly fashionable to be seen around with black people she had also been known as ‘ Missy ’ , and she 'd had a black lover then .
15 That 's right and they 'd do into the wheat and they 'd on they 'd smoothed off , one man 'd had a big sack there , they hold her in , they had this one they build one in , he 'd go one in , he 'd go one and he 'd go one , four , four bushels of the corn and they used to tow it up , heave it out on the scale and they used to have a little old hand basin like that , with a handle on , take a little out or put a little in , and then them men down the hold , them ones , then he 'd do so many on the left and they 'd change over , he 'd do that way .
16 She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture .
17 I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully .
18 I 'd like to have a proper team together right from the start . ’
19 it would , you 've got to have a big spread really have n't ya ?
20 We 're all going to have a terrific time together , you know that , do n't you ? ’
21 The pictures were going to have a final edit anyway it certainly was not simply a question of the controversy which started late last week . ’
22 He was going to have a busy day tomorrow .
23 You 're going to have a big party tomorrow . ’
24 Are we going to have a Chinese meal tonight ?
25 You 're going to have a full day tomorrow . ’
26 I know you both are going to have a wonderful life together . ’
27 Sanipet certainly seem to have a promising future ahead of them .
28 Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself .
29 The footings and parts of the walls of around 300 chambers have survived on the ground floor ; the presence of several staircases implies the existence of upper storeys and , taking into account the destroyed upper floors as well , the original temple may have had a thousand chambers altogether .
30 And we only wanted the melted chocolate , we could have had a sticky finger then could n't we ?
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