Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was bloated and heavy , and the men gathered on the deck of the boat to receive it had great difficulty lifting it out of the water . |
| 2 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
| 3 | After the near-fatal accident to the young Celia Carrow , Freddie Nash went back to London , managed to persuade the girl at the local off-licence to let him have some bottles on account , and got drunk . |
| 4 | I suppose the defendant thought he had some benefit ; at any rate , there is a detriment to the plaintiff from his parting with the possession for even so short a time . |
| 5 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |
| 6 | Harbury 's loose talk suggested he had few facts . |
| 7 | The bouncers at Lord Tom 's disco bar maintain they have little trouble . |
| 8 | They were helped by their post-war cost advantages — rapid reconstruction at home meant they had newer facilities than many of their competitors — but they were also pre-disposed towards exporting by the Allies ' confiscation of their pre-war overseas assets . |
| 9 | The majority of women workers were between 20 and 25 as the management felt they had fewer problems with young women . |
| 10 | It may seem obvious but some appear to forget that if you do n't understand what a question asks you have little chance of answering it ! |
| 11 | ‘ Flexibility means we have some space to make more frequent visits to the mums who need it , ’ says Jackie . |
| 12 | ‘ It never did , Fernando ; not for one second did I have any doubts of how deeply I felt for you , only doubts of how deeply you had felt for me . |
| 13 | If the law fails I have other resources . |
| 14 | My husband wants me to have anal sex , but I find it revolting and painful . |
| 15 | It may have been costly , but those in charge say they had little choice . |
| 16 | Poverty forces them to have good qualities and pride in other things besides money . |
| 17 | The powers of the European Community are not vested in the Community and then , as it were , the Community lets us have some crumbs from the table . |
| 18 | But the town 's MP says recovery means they have excellent prospects of new work |
| 19 | What sort of room do you have next door ? |
| 20 | Each individual in the team considers he has more influence than he would have if the work were organised on a formal ‘ role culture ’ basis . |
| 21 | Was it I mean was there w I mean wit with regard to custom , Did you get much custom Have you had much custom from people in the flats ? |
| 22 | Its welcome sign says it has 90,000 inhabitants . |
| 23 | At 770p , Sherwood is now valued at £158.8 million compared with the £10.8 million launch price tag it had six years ago . |
| 24 | As director of the British Museum ( Natural History ) from 1919 to 1927 , Harmer 's equanimity enabled him to have good relationships with the trustees and he steered the Museum smoothly through a difficult time with tact and judgement . |
| 25 | I hope that we have proved today that SQL Server is well proven advanced technology , Replication Server enables us to deliver data to who needs it , where they need it , when they need it even if there are system failures , that Navigation Server provides us with a high capacity with a low entry cost , that Omni SQL Gateway enables us to have complete vendor transparency and integrate all information for decision support . |
| 26 | He has me fetch the plastic bucket from under the sink , then returns to the caravan with the bigger bits in the bucket saying he has some letters to write . |
| 27 | If it had n't been for the colonel letting me have this cottage for a peppercorn rent , God knows where I 'd be . ’ |
| 28 | It was very basic indeed , and only by dint of preparation for the royal visitor did it have any carpeting on the stairs . |
| 29 | But while you were still a miner did you have any trouble being in the miners ' association when the Spencer Union was ? |
| 30 | The dog decides it had better police this family itself , and , next thing you know , it is fastening its jaws on disobedient members of the family , its family . |