Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh er telly 's got a buzz on it and I could n't get it off , I think I made it worse . |
| 2 | Oh dear , well I could say er work has got a lot easier for a start , a lot easier and they ai n't as , they ai n't as , there ai n't so much night work as there used to be . |
| 3 | No.4 Troop had caught a section of German defenders early in the battle as they ran to their alarm posts , but other Germans , many of whom had seen action in Norway in 1940 , tenaciously defended the strongpoints including the improvised fortifications of the Ulvesund Hotel . |
| 4 | But to get them , Midland 's board has put a price on its business , and is left with no defence against a bidder prepared to offer more . |
| 5 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 6 | Where the defendant 's negligence has placed a person in danger and the plaintiff has attempted a rescue , the court will be slow to find the rescuer contributorily negligent . |
| 7 | A MYSTERY Santa 's honesty has saved a pensioner 's holiday of a lifetime . |
| 8 | As Fen spoke , Robbie 's heart had lightened a fraction . |
| 9 | * The ( US ) Chemical Manufacturer 's Association has published a survey claiming that the release of toxic pollutants to the environment from the chemical industry was reduced by 35 per cent in the four-year period ending 1990 . |
| 10 | Yussuf 's unhappiness had spread a cloud over the whole orderly room . |
| 11 | ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . ) |
| 12 | The Lord Chancellor 's Department has produced a consultation paper proposing a new estate in land — commonhold — following a preliminary study of " condominium' legislation in other parts of the world . |
| 13 | Later , Lucien realised just how fortunate he 'd been when Mandru 's agent had made a bid for him at Por Tanssie . |
| 14 | He told us once his sister 's girl had married a Frenchman . ’ |
| 15 | For the Galileo story it is important to know that over the centuries Aristotle 's philosophy had become a part of Catholic orthodoxy . |
| 16 | ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’ |
| 17 | Is it ‘ My Dad 's Thribbler Has Got A Puncture ’ ? |
| 18 | Unfortunately Ken 's recovery has suffered a setback after seeing us still in the title race with only fourteen-sixteenths of the season remaining . |
| 19 | Only two years earlier , in 1923 , the National Labour Women 's Conference had rejected a resolution supporting the idea of cash family allowances . |
| 20 | My dad 's friend 's had a heart attack so he thinks he 's going to have one too . |
| 21 | An airman 's wife has told a jury how her husband told her he started a fire which caused nineteen million pounds damage to an airbase . |
| 22 | On Oct. 31 , the People 's Assembly had approved a bill to give financial assistance to " persons who remain jobless due to the implementation of economic reform " . |
| 23 | In the event Libyan pragmatism prevailed and neither defence nor prosecution raised the constitutional issue ; for it was unexpectedly discovered that the Jordanian 's deputy had signed an acceptance of legal responsibility for the canteen while his superior was on holiday . |
| 24 | By the time that Colt 's father had warmed a broth to take upstairs with the scrambled egg and toast that he would himself eat for his supper , the letter to his son would have been delivered to the Colonel 's department . |
| 25 | Fred 's father had owned a pub near a music hall where Arthur 's father had often played , and before their sons were even born the men had sometimes had Saturday-night booze-ups together . |
| 26 | The centre 's manager had established a rapport with Ben and encouraged him to take medication which he otherwise tended to overlook . |
| 27 | Plans to restore the remains of Liverpool Castle a replica of King John 's fortress have received a £40,000 cash boost . |
| 28 | The contemporary women 's movement has constructed a list of seven demands : |
| 29 | Organisations within the parish have continued to flourish and Caroline Arnott 's new children 's page had provided a fillip for the parish magazine . |
| 30 | But he did not : the man 's life has become a fable of great imagination and his prowess as a winemaker has assumed almost mythical proportions . |