Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I presume he must also want them to have a happy death . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 3 | " I did n't know you had a set time for dealing with housing . " |
| 4 | I did n't know they had a big library . |
| 5 | Joe went downstairs to have a word with the Beavis family , to let them know he had a young woman upstairs and why . |
| 6 | With a sort of tragic turn of fate , she did not know he had a mad wife . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Likewise , there is no reason why adjectives which are restrictive in attributive position should not be acceptable if used , say , predicatively with the same nouns ; only in that case , we do not normally expect them to have a restrictive value . |
| 9 | Two rows of pegs decorated her succulent crack , making it appear she had a wooden hedgehog between her legs . |
| 10 | Every child is special , every child should feel they have a special role in the drama , that their presence or absence will affect what happens in the drama . |
| 11 | They ca n't really expect him to have a physical game this afternoon can they with David Speedy ? |
| 12 | Like this Boston store , warehouse clubs are open to members only and though they 're pitched at businesses , individuals can join too if they can show they 've a steady income and pay their thirty dollar subscription . |
| 13 | I do n't think she had a single dress with full sleeves . |
| 14 | Clare 's partner was a just-divorced man who talked endlessly about ‘ that bitch who need n't think she has a free meal ticket for life ’ , then took Clare to dance at Annabel 's , London 's most expensive new nightclub . |
| 15 | You let me think you had a serious boyfriend , that you were on the point of marriage . ’ |
| 16 | Bearing in mind that you 're rich enough to live in Surrey , and some people ca n't even afford a roof over their head do n't you think you have a moral obligation towards these people ? |
| 17 | And I said , you must realize I 've a small company , and that 's , in one respect that I 've had to send those conditions because you 're failing to meet the agreed thirty days payment ! |
| 18 | And I 'd sure see you had a lovely time , ’ he went on with almost too much intensity in his voice , so that he feared he might have frightened her off . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't see you have a great deal of choice , ’ he drawled , ‘ unless of course you wish to walk home — in which case you may as well forget our agreement . |
| 20 | She is chocolate-brown but has fair-coloured highlights ( the poodle was champagne-colour ) , and you 'll also see she has a white beard and a tiny dab of white on one of her back paws . |
| 21 | Can you remember we had a judicial review ? |
| 22 | ‘ I do believe we have a leading lady of some merit . ’ |
| 23 | Peter had discovered that his five villages would not like him to have a working wife . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been too busy to take him out all day , and I do like him to have a little outing . ’ |
| 25 | Only now , after fully a year in charge , does Stainrod believe he has a settled side . |
| 26 | He 's getting on , you know , and — gentlemen of your age will understand he had a bad war , Arctic convoys and all that . |
| 27 | all these fucking people have diving they can see he has a real gun |
| 28 | This study was retrospective , rather than an investigation of the processes of evaluation in the school , but it did enable me to have a comparative dimension and to discuss some of the long-term effects of the process . |
| 29 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
| 30 | I do hope you had a spare reel . ’ |