Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Er Miss 's got a few bits for people there so could you make sure they get there 's some football letters to be given out I think .
2 Er psychiatry has come a long way and er certain diagnostic st studies and diagnostic tests are taken of the individual erm and the doctors conclude whether or not the the work contributed to the problem or not .
3 And their bride has to wear er , all in red and er the bridegroo er groom has to wear a long costume with a red big flowers in front i aha and then they get married and there 's erm band , the Chinese traditional band with drums and trumpets blowing all the time and er , all the guests have a very nice time .
4 The man 's foot had broken a few spokes and the chain had come off , but there was no other damage .
5 The prince 's decision has drawn a hostile reaction from many conservation organisations , including the Countryside Commission , not least because of the unprecedented length of the licences .
6 To help acquire the market lead in environmental information management systems , for example , Carroll 's division has concluded a major joint venture agreement with Environmental Resources Ltd , Europe 's largest environmental consulting company , which has offices in six countries and 300 consultants .
7 Gerald 's mum 's got a deep fat fryer , let you borrow that first see how th , ah , what they 're like .
8 [ By July 1972 the People 's Park had become a dusty , informal campsite for wayfarers ( Los Angeles Times , 30 July 1972 ) . ]
9 Thin streaks of cirrus lay parallel to the horizon , and between them the sun 's orb had become a well-defined sphere of a rich rose-crimson .
10 Verhoeven 's movie has lit a small bonfire under the gay community in America .
11 Mrs Knelle 's boy had attended a similar boarding school to the Cistercian college , and had then gone to Maynooth , a prestigious Dublin seminary for priests .
12 The cat 's independence has encouraged a widespread view that it is asocial and unco-operative .
13 Your children will inherit a world in which Basil 's influence has made a great contribution .
14 Ipuky 's confession had lit a bright torch in the dark labyrinth of his investigation .
15 Thompson 's work has emphasised a tradition-based resistance to emerging capitalism but , Medick suggests , concentrates on only one dimension of the relationship between plebeian culture and the expansion of capitalist markets .
16 Dicey 's work has had a major and lasting impact .
17 The second way in which Hobhouse 's work has had a potent , if delayed , influence is through the later elaboration of his notion of ‘ citizenship ’ .
18 In the past 15 years Denison 's work has had a direct influence on the conservation movement in the North of England .
19 Since it first appeared , Althusser 's work has attracted a great deal of attention , and his opponents have focussed in particular on his holist stance .
20 As far as he could see , Viola Machin 's marriage had followed a familiar pattern : begun from sheer sexual passion , aggravated by loneliness and perhaps desertion , it had quickly gone sour ; it sounded as if Viola had suffered disillusion and frustration — the sexual side had not proved enough , and other aspirations , social ones perhaps , or aspirations of Walter making a mark in the literary world , had not been fulfilled .
21 Dave Bassett 's team had to resist a late siege to ensure a place in the quarter-finals .
22 The firemen 's water had contained an extinguishing agent which at specific temperatures has an exalting effect on colour emulsion .
23 In this respect , however , Reynolds 's Newspaper had devised an interesting prototype of what we might nowadays call ‘ anomie theory ’ , arguing that crime was an inevitable result of the system of distribution of wealth and opportunity .
24 Over the last forty years the Women 's Fellowship has made an invaluable contribution to the life of the church .
25 Shortly before this great day Vigilant 's crew had made a large seizure from a Finnish vessel berthed in the Thames , the goods concerned being unearthed from a very clever concealment , and the Queen was very interested to hear about the incident .
26 A TORY MP 's wife has won a three-year battle to inherit the Pounds 10 million mansion that inspired Evelyn Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited .
27 Cora-Beth 's comment had touched an unexpected core of unease .
28 Sir John Cuckney 's career has embraced a fascinating mix of public- and private-sector service , a combination he has always found very appealing .
29 Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN .
30 The Duke 's thumbnail had forced a small scar into the map at another crossroads , this one much closer to Brussels and just south of a village with the odd name of Waterloo .
  Next page