Example sentences of "[pron] have a [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When two families start living together for whatever reason , everyone has a new role to play and , until new house rules have been established , the children are bound to feel insecure , jealous and anxious . |
| 2 | Everyone has a personal responsibility to carry out their duties in a manner which puts this corporate commitment into practice . |
| 3 | 4 Everyone has a fair chance to speak . |
| 4 | ‘ Although I would say that it 's primarily in the interest of that segment of business itself , ’ said , general manager and deputy treasurer of the Bank of Scotland , ‘ everyone has a complementary role to play ’ . |
| 5 | No-one has a divine right to play for England . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd a terrible urge to shout , Fuck-all 's well up this turret , mate ! |
| 7 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 8 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 9 | I wish I had a spare lifetime to spend in trying to paint it . ’ |
| 10 | I had a tremendous struggle to keep my medication the whole time I was in Holloway , and it started again when I went to Styal . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 12 | I had a loving husband to hold and support me throughout . |
| 13 | ‘ I knew , you see , that my mother could n't help leaving me and that , even in her illness , I had a loving role to play . |
| 14 | I had a real tan to show off to everyone , when I got home , and that was tomorrow morning at 4.00am . |
| 15 | But I had a real family to attend to — not Dad , who was preoccupied , but Mum . |
| 16 | I had a real ambition to ride round Badminton , but had a terrible fall which left me with two broken legs before I could do that . |
| 17 | I had a strong desire to repossess . |
| 18 | And I had a strong need to pit myself against her many suitors , and win . |
| 19 | Wreathed in trails of cigarette smoke , I had a burning desire to leap upon a chair and harangue the multitude . |
| 20 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 21 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 22 | It was fortunate that I had a little time to accustom myself to being in such a place and to the thought of seeing my father . |
| 23 | JTR and I had a new door to walk through practically every night . |
| 24 | I had a new man to help me now . |
| 25 | I had a new curate to do my work — Arthur Nicholls , a young man of twenty-eight . |
| 26 | Toby had never offered to read me any of his work ; but now I had a sudden longing to know whether or not he could really write I turned the page over . |
| 27 | ‘ I had a fair amount to do with the mechanised letter office at Middlesbrough and other major post office buildings , ’ said Mr Ensoll who has had a hand in new buildings for Crook , Saltburn , Coulby Newham and Hartlepool . |
| 28 | I had a big party to celebrate . |
| 29 | I ca n't stay long , but I had a particular reason to speak with you . ’ |
| 30 | I had a little bit to eat . |