Example sentences of "[conj] have a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be having a good night 's sleep the night before , playing tennis or taking a sauna , losing weight or having a stiff drink just before you begin . |
| 2 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 3 | Although these two types of margin are associated with distinct types of landscape , they may occur in close proximity owing to the tendency of transform faults to contain offset segments or to have a sinuous form rather than being purely straight ( Fig. 3.26 ) . |
| 4 | Such calls are usually of an offensive sexual nature , e.g. heavy breathers and also come under point 3 , but could be offensive in other ways , e.g. telling a woman that her dead husband was having an affair , was homosexual or had a criminal record etc . |
| 5 | ‘ It would be better for these people to suffer the knock of failing their test once than have a bigger knock afterwards , such as a road accident , ’ she says . |
| 6 | They were packed , with stunning girls in evening frocks escorted by officers on leave from all three services , and lucky locals like Charles with nothing very much to do except have a good time when duties permitted . |
| 7 | the headmaster tomorrow he comes down here and has a good look round |
| 8 | Where political union and sovereignty are concerned , I can see no natural political affinity between the United Kingdom and Luxembourg — a country with a population smaller than Berkshire — or with Belgium , with its divided population , Holland , with its total dependence on its neighbours , or Italy , which has so much difficulty in implementing EC directives , which moralises over other people 's shortcomings and has a new Government roughly every 18 months . |
| 9 | He 's only young and has a satisfactory record as far as I can see . |
| 10 | We 'll come and have a good look round , I 've never seen it . |
| 11 | The doctor , who evidently , and not unreasonably , on the basis of conversations with Franca , thought he was dealing with a madman , said to Marcus , ‘ I think we should all go now and have a nice conversation downstairs . |
| 12 | Me mother er and me father they er me mother used to go to picture and then er when the cur and then me me dad did n't like pictures so he used to always meet me mother outside and then they 'd perhaps go and have a little drink together and a walk . |
| 13 | Laura 's father Les said : ‘ We are looking forward to getting back and living a normal life and having a great Christmas together as a family . ’ |
| 14 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 15 | If you 're running around locally and having a cheap motor now . |
| 16 | Maternal risk factors known at booking were age under 18 or over 35 ; primiparity or parity of more than three ; being in manual or non-manual work ; being less than 158 cm tall ; attending antenatal care after 18 weeks ' gestation ; having diabetes ; being a smoker ; being of Asian origin ; having a history of infertility ; having a husband in social class III manual , IV , or V ; and having a general practitioner not on the obstetric list . |
| 17 | This was , however , a target of a completely different order , as Benghazi was a large town which would be well guarded and had a civilian population still in occupation . |
| 18 | So we lost , but went down fighting , and had a good night out an all . |
| 19 | He seemed to do better at Arse and had a good season when we won the league . |
| 20 | Patients were classified into three groups : ( a ) ‘ probable ’ Alzheimer 's disease if they met the clinical criteria and had a Hachinski score less than 5 ; ( b ) ‘ broad ’ Alzheimer 's disease defined after reclassification of all presenile patients by discriminant analysis ( this group included all probable Alzheimer 's disease ) ; and ( c ) multi-infarct dementia — a definite history of at least one cerebrovascular accident and a Hachinski score greater than 6 . |
| 21 | Stanley Pons was the eldest of three sons and had a scientific urge very early , experimenting with a chemistry set and doing minor mechanical work on his father 's car . |
| 22 | Yes , I did go a bit towards the window and had a quick glance round . |
| 23 | We reached the wall , and had a ceremonial walk up a half-mile section which has been restored . |
| 24 | They are planned to be 1 metre in diameter , 12 metres long , weigh 15 tonnes and have a terminal velocity fast enough to plunge 20 metres into clay . |
| 25 | It 's a shame to spoil it and go and have a rotten meal there . |
| 26 | Step out and have a good look around . |
| 27 | Well , I 've spoken about how we remember you but I know you have far more memories of being here those years ago and I know you 're really itching to get up off your seats and go and have a good look round to see where you were stationed and if it 's at all possible to see the huts , the billets or anything where you were . |
| 28 | Right hang on there Bev , money right that was softer than other ones , I 'll come in another day and have a good root round |
| 29 | Tell them to use gloves and then throw the gloves on the fire when they 've done , and then make sure they all go back and have a good scrub down . ’ |
| 30 | Much much love , and have a happy holiday when it comes . |