Example sentences of "[noun] have get the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in the city of bikes it seems the car has got the upper hand . |
| 2 | Even in the city of bikes it seems the car has got the upper hand . |
| 3 | And Madge has got the other set . |
| 4 | How the hell can I calm down when that fucking idiot of a chef has got the entire kitchen staff making canapés when they should be preparing the buffet ? |
| 5 | Erm er , well Jean 's got the exact figures , er , she 's , she 's done it all , she 's got it all , all down for , for , for this afternoon . |
| 6 | There have to be , there are particular reasons why er after revolutionary upheavals you very often get authoritarian forms of government and I would say in Russia and i i in a sense it 's linked with Harold 's question as well about erm the Chinese following a Stalinist model of economic reconstruction think what you 've actually got in Russia is not this sort of mass hankering after authoritarianism but you 've got a situation where the bureaucracy that controls a completely devastated , backward economy , which is what they 've actually got in the early nineteen twenties , where the working class democracy has just disappeared really with , with the , with the economic collapse , with the factories shutting down , with all of the old communist party militants going into the Red Army or getting sucked into the state bureaucracy with that sort of complete collapse really , economically and socially and politically , you 've got a situation where the central priority of the leadership is to build up Russian industry as quickly as possible so that Russia has got the armed forces it needs |
| 7 | It could be that the boy had got the whole thing planned , luring Philip out , then having him surrounded . |
| 8 | Bruce has got the right track record and I feel confident he will get results . ’ |
| 9 | Ah well tha no Meadow Road 's got the old gates but at Natherton there were some that did n't have any barriers at all , they were just flashing lights . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman has got the wrong end of the stick about how they work . |
| 11 | So , after much jockeying and a few power lunches ( although all three contestants for the top spot — McDonald , Stewart , and Somerville — deny this ) Trevor has got the top job and a salary reckoned close to £125,000 a year . |
| 12 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 13 | People in the Sri Lankan countryside have got the right idea . |
| 14 | People have got the wrong idea about this one . |
| 15 | Not as a church , people have got the wrong idea , we sometimes get these tour guides going round saying , oh was there a monastery here ? |
| 16 | Norman 's got the bland taste again . |
| 17 | I know you think Caroline 's got the perfect parents , her mum not working and … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ People who think the song is about ecstasy have got the wrong end of the stick . ’ |
| 19 | Fellow 's got the wrong squadron . |
| 20 | Val 's scheme has got the full backing of police in Gloucestershire and West Mercia . |
| 21 | But Dr Hanif Mohammed said residents had got the wrong idea . |
| 22 | ‘ Paul 's got the relevant diaries and his flight should be taking off mid-afternoon . ’ |
| 23 | And up front Villa have got the perfect artillery in Dean Saunders and Atkinson . |
| 24 | Before we start chairman , I wonder whether we can make sure that Peter , North Yorkshire County Council , that all round the table have got the relevant North Yorkshire paperwork . |
| 25 | and now the van 's got the red light heat coming on , on the battery , took it into the garage and checked it , it 's charging the battery alright , its alternator 's okay , but we do n't know what it is but when you turn it on , when you turn the key on in the morning |
| 26 | You 're wearing the summer shorty for greater freedom of movement for your arms and legs but Howard 's got the full suit , for more protection in colder weather but they both work on the same principle . |