Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pers pn] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My Keith tried a little drop last night and he said I must n't drink this so soon after then he had another sip must n't drink it and he
2 For once we had definite news that things were looking up , and it was the perfect antidote to the gruelling journey .
3 It was a Saturday , their father was sleeping in , as were their three elder brothers , so for once they had some time to play by themselves , which they did in the yard .
4 So for once I have some sympathy with John Major , who is enduring similar torture at Number 10 .
5 From here we had immense views , northwards across Ras Kassa 's province of Salale towards the Blue Nile gorge , or southwards to the distant Arussi mountains .
6 Before then he had 14 years in charge of West Ham , the club he joined as a schoolboy player and where he progressed through the ranks .
7 Well they had one man in the hold and they used to have a fork lift in the hold , in Holland , with one man and he could do that job and they sent one man ashore , well over here we had four men in the hold and two men ashore .
8 These clauses may be construed as ‘ no amendment or termination ’ clauses , for otherwise they have little substance ; all treaty provisions are binding unless terminated .
9 The other six people all used this same excuse , but at least they had some hair to wash .
10 But at least they have sufficient grounding to do so , if they wish .
11 At least we had each other .
12 At least we have one consolation to cling to .
13 Since cats can see , hear and smell with more sensitivity than we can , it is reassuring to find that in one respect at least we have superior sense organs .
14 ‘ Well , ’ said Diana , ‘ at least we have enough money to live on .
15 I did not agree one bit with his speech , but I will say this for him : at least he has political integrity .
16 Hannah may have gone without most of the comforts that people take for granted , but at least she had emotional warmth and stability , wrapped as she was in the cocoon of a caring family — her mother , her grandparents , and for a little time her tragic father , all around her .
17 At least she had one thing to be thankful for , she consoled herself , seeing Veronica into a taxi in the Aldwych : she was in no doubt at all that Veronica would be in touch again .
18 With marriage , at least you have some come-back .
19 I wore a suit that Mary had seen in a second-hand shop in Paris and insisted I bought so that at least I had one outfit I could put on for interviews without worrying whether it looked OK or not .
20 Luckily by then we had enough material — together with a few more worry lines .
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