Example sentences of "have a fight on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Derek has to realise he has a fight on his hands and he will have to put in more effort . |
| 2 | In the old days , if someone had called a journeyman craftsman a ‘ worker ’ , he would have had a fight on his hands … |
| 3 | Now I 've done it — I 'll have a fight on my hands and we 'll get chucked out of the café and be arrested for Causing an Affray ! |
| 4 | And now England could have a fight on their hands in their second innings on a pitch beginning to help the slow bowlers . |
| 5 | The shadow cabinet therefore took its decision in the clear knowledge that it would have a fight on its hands , but it did so with the support of Lansdowne and Law . |
| 6 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 7 | But you 're going to have a fight on your hands . |
| 8 | MANCHESTER United central defender Gary Pallister , looking ahead to the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final clash with his old club last night warned his teammates : ‘ We 've a fight on our hands . ’ |
| 9 | The race was really on now , and as the quartet came away from the third last and turned into the straight Desert Orchid suddenly had a fight on his hands — not from Ten of Spades , who had exhausted himself in drawing the grey 's sting and now fell heavily at the second last , but from Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin . |
| 10 | As time went on and I knew that I had a fight on my hands , healing became as important to me as my new diet or the other new therapies . |
| 11 | THE first fire crews arriving at ICI Lostock yesterday knew instantly they had a fight on their hands . |
| 12 | ‘ We have a fight on our hands , ’ Dunan said . |
| 13 | The Tories acknowledge they have a fight on their hands against Nigel Jones for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 14 | Pallister said : ‘ When I get back to Old Trafford , I will tell the lads we have a fight on our hands . |