Example sentences of "have [verb] a fish " in BNC.

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1 A judge has ordered a fish farm to compensate a group of anglers for ruining their fishing season .
2 Cursing his ill-luck in not having caught a fish , the heir suddenly felt a tug on his line and struggled to land a horrid creature , described by a passer-by as being :
3 Poor Blair would then feel guilty , having missed a fish that Father would most certainly have landed .
4 Now look we 've got a fish in there and a fish in there Tim so we must be careful now because otherwise we 're gon na hurt them .
5 Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning .
6 Signe had cooked a fish with a sloppy skill which enabled her to read a pulp magazine and prepare dinner simultaneously without having anything burn or boil over .
7 The US government had established a Fish Commission under Spencer F. Baird ( 1823–87 ) as early as 1871 to enquire into the depletion of fish stocks .
8 That Pakistani , or Indian , whatever he is , that 's got a fish shop , he 's bought , we were in there five minutes and before we came she knew his whole life history !
9 What she , cos her mum 's got a fish shop , she knows the way of cleaning fish without you cutting them , , pulling it all out from , through the gills .
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