Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Over the years , quarrying generally has had a bad record for pay and conditions , and Penrhyn has a particularly infamous past . |
| 32 | Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way . |
| 33 | Glad she had avoided meeting Mrs Farraday ( nee Corbett ) , whom she imagined as some Gorgon straight from the pages of George Eliot , Penny swung down the drive , wishing she had not had to assume a double load of exercise books to avoid her . |
| 34 | The company has already had to win a hard-fought battle with Telecom to get access to international telephone lines — a must for the type of customers it hopes to attract . |
| 35 | So how about you you 've you 've just had have a quick glance at that . |
| 36 | Had we not spent even more money on the BAIE Awards this year by advertising on the inside front cover of the magazine , we would not have received a single name check for 15 awards during the whole evening and in all the attendant publicity . |
| 37 | Lost in the malai chain of command , shuffled round from captor to captor , I would not have given a great deal for my chances . |
| 38 | If the patient has been misled or misinformed he may not have given a genuine consent or refusal . |
| 39 | What can be seen is that Parliament can not have intended an implied limitation along the lines of Ex parte Blain , 12 Ch.D. 522 . |
| 40 | The landlord will not have made a taxable supply to the tenant and so can not issue a tax invoice , preventing the tenant from claiming input relief . |
| 41 | If my son had been on medication at the end of last year he would not have made an unprovoked attack on his father in November , nor attempted to share his New Year 's Eve lunch with the lions . |
| 42 | Louise would not have made an unsuccessful marriage in the first place , and she supposed her marriage must be unsuccessful , because Edward had told her that she was not a woman . |
| 43 | The Government 's aim is to decide all cases within a matter of months so that all those affected do not have to wait an inordinate length of time to ascertain their legal status in the U K. It 's obvious to everyone not too blind to see that such changes are vital to the mounting pressures on the existing system |
| 44 | You do not have to include a general model for your allies but you can do so if you wish . |
| 45 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 46 | ‘ Without the programme I would not have prepared a proper business plan or met the contacts essential to business ’ . |
| 47 | Jesus may not have supported a particular party line , but His criticism of the political-religious leaders of His day led to His crucifixion on a Roman gibbet . |
| 48 | MacDonald said that he ‘ might be of no further use , & should resign with the whole Cabinet ’ ; the night before his interview with the King , Baldwin had gone to Neville Chamberlain 's house in Eaton Square , and ‘ hoped and prayed that he might not have to join a National Government ’ ; even after his interview with the King . |
| 49 | Dublin claimed allegations made in Parliament and the British Press linking Mr Ryan with the IRA meant he would not have faced a fair trial . |
| 50 | And success by striking civil servants , seeking an improvement in pay , would not have imposed an intolerable strain on the state . |
| 51 | So even if the Queen had disapproved of her daughter 's remarriage , she would not have risked a national outcry by snubbing the wedding . |
| 52 | Yet , the people , who might assert this , will not have done a careful costing of royal finances . |
| 53 | Similarly , when they exchanged the names of their schools , she found herself immensely relieved when he declared that he was at Winchester , for she had heard of Winchester , she knew something about Winchester , she did not have to feign a non-existent knowledge of Winchester . |
| 54 | Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks . |
| 55 | So provides section 16 of the Partnership Act , 1890 , and the words have a comfortingly assured ring about them even though long and intimate acquaintance with that Act suggests that comfort will be impaired if here as at other points in the Act one indulges in deeper reflection ; and reflection need not go very deep before one becomes uneasy , because if one takes the words of section 16 into unqualified acceptance and seeks to apply them in practical situations , one does not have to envisage a great number of such situations to find some where the uncritical acceptance of section 16 will lead to manifest absurdity . |
| 56 | Hundred thousand pounds you do not have to submit an inland revenue account , therefore you do n't need to tell them about the three hundred thousand pounds and therefore you wo n't pay inheritance tax . |
| 57 | When nothing happened , the Brotherhood decided that Huw could not have lodged a formal complaint about their treatment of him , so — with some relief , and a certain amount of grudging respect — they let the matter drop . |
| 58 | If , however , his will was overborne , the refusal will not have represented a true decision . |
| 59 | At least now , England will not have to play an Australian prison side , led by Jeffrey Bernard and myself , to win the World Cup back in 1995 . |
| 60 | Family counselling does not have to have a historical basis . |