Example sentences of "[pron] have a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But singers with this ability ( and who also have absolute pitch ) are not very common , and if we want to have our music sung by the majority of singers , it is best to write within the normal limits : Many singers can exceed these limits , but we must remember that , apart from the fact that most people these days have middle-range voices , everyone has a limited zone in which the voice is at its best . |
| 2 | The system was carefully designed for confidentiality , and everyone has a separate ID for the survey . |
| 3 | The purpose of this chapter , however , is not to suggest clever ways of reducing your liability — although in fact almost everyone has a certain amount of scope to do so without in any way cheating on the system . |
| 4 | Everyone has a different experience of pregnancy , and some are troubled by less pleasurable effects like backache , morning sickness , fainting , and high blood pressure , as well as other physical or emotional changes : |
| 5 | Everyone has a different view of friendship and what it means to them . |
| 6 | Not everyone has a natural knack for choosing colours and patterns . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said . |
| 8 | That as it were milkman 's stool with three legs and each of them has a certain amount of power and it is a question of the adjustment of that power and it is not the of the power to my Right Honourable Friend , the Home Secretary and yet when things go wrong , and they do , in police forces and in local auth police authorities , what happens , people turn round to the Home Secretary and say what are you going to do about it . |
| 9 | Could you introduce er the people , your team , particularly as I think one of them has a different name to the label in front of them . |
| 10 | However , nothing has a better chance in the Rous Conditions Stakes than Solar Wagon . |
| 11 | The first point to note is that no-one has a convincing explanation for the existence of W-cells . |
| 12 | By having such behavioural criteria for the truth of a third-person statement , such as ‘ He dislikes So-and-so , ’ we are able to determine whether someone has a correct understanding of the term in question . |
| 13 | If we feel that someone has a high opinion of us we tend to want to live up to it , but few of us bother to make much effort with anyone we know who gives us a low rating , and this is very much the case between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law . |
| 14 | Can I have a tiny bit of your glue . |
| 15 | Ask yourself ‘ What are the pay-offs of being shy , and do I have a vested interest in maintaining them ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What should I have a guilty feeling about ? ’ |
| 17 | Not only do I have a personal knowledge of Svend 's appearance but I know all the most likely places to look . ’ |
| 18 | Er , before I ring off can I have a quick word with Cedric please — if he 's there ? |
| 19 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 20 | Mum , can I have a whole piece of toast please ? |
| 21 | Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one . |
| 22 | At least I had a firmer grasp of the industrial development of West Ham and the distinct political culture it had witnessed , particularly during the 1890s . |
| 23 | Hence I had a working knowledge of the language and sometimes , at table , could follow the conversation , though when the Ralembergs lapsed into patois this became impossible . |
| 24 | The next I heard was when I had a complete breakdown of Robert and Janet 's income erm with the breakdown of how a new settlement was was brought about . |
| 25 | Within a week I had a complete record of this remote site , it is amazing how much remains — an undercarriage with its wheel and tyre in place . |
| 26 | For a while I was scared that I was pregnant ; I had a disgusting sense of something alien inside me , like maggots or a cancer . |
| 27 | I 've got , I , I had a rough idea of what he 'd got and what he had n't now . |
| 28 | I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create . |
| 29 | I had a rough idea from the photograph where the site was , but on the ground everything looked different . |
| 30 | ‘ It was only much later , when it was too late to change anything , that I glimpsed the possibility that this may have been one small way in which I had a slight advantage over Gittel . |