Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
| 2 | When people queried whether Eva 's alert mind would get bored repeating the same course every couple of months she had a ready answer . |
| 3 | According to the headteacher the intention was ‘ to give as many staff as possible a sense of responsibility of teaching and learning ’ , despite the fact that ‘ as in all schools we have a hierarchical structure of responsibilities ’ . |
| 4 | On T1 weighted images tumours have a low signal intensity , appearing dark ; on T2 weighted images they have a higher signal and look bright . |
| 5 | It 's not easy to predict why shame should operate one way or , or another and although it has something to do with the superego , you ca n't just say well the superego is er purely the result of erm of , of socialization , if you have strict parents you have a strict superego , it 's not that simple . |
| 6 | Following on these movements we have a marked regression followed by the widespread transgressions , both in Europe and North America , of the late Llandovery and Wenlock . |
| 7 | hiding Joe remembers : ‘ In my early days I had a big following in Barnsley , bigger even than at home in Bradford and I played Alex there one night for a few pounds . |
| 8 | After 5 weeks I had a small nitrite reading and there was no trace of ammonia . |
| 9 | As his hand reaches out for mine , I recollect that at one point in those early post-war years I had a positive dread of men in uniform , and my terror grew in direct proportion with each extra pip . |
| 10 | ‘ In those days you had a proper band with a brass section and a couple of girl backing singers , ’ says Jim , who met his wife Eileen at the club . |
| 11 | Alison says parties and dinner parties can be the last places she has a good time . |
| 12 | To meet these needs we have a wide range of plans which can be adapted to suit individual means and requirements . |
| 13 | The RAF said : ‘ These days we have a different attitude to signs of stress and battle fatigue than they did , perhaps , in the two world wars . ’ |
| 14 | One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters . |
| 15 | In coming years we have a unique opportunity to see mechanisms of social and political development at work . |
| 16 | At the height of his troubles we had a similar conversation … only the boot was on the other foot and I just used the same words back to him . |
| 17 | Like Kant 's Ideas they have a regulative function , guiding our actions and our cognitive efforts in a certain direction . |
| 18 | With Serafin back in Oxford and Mrs Padmore hard at work on the tapes he has a little time on his hands . |
| 19 | And this scenario , we 've got a client who started with er , it looks like a hundred and fifty thousand pounds worth of life cover , after five years he had a further need , perhaps erm , a further child or , as I say , er , a lifestyle increase or whatever . |
| 20 | Without any shaping on the hip and no darts I had a straight tube of fabric with a centre back split for ease in walking . |
| 21 | And I 've been a few years on the Council now and when I first went on the Council I was going to move mountains and make oh big Taj Mahals everywhere , but when you get on these things you have a rude awakening , it does n't work out that way and it works out exactly the same in this erm . |
| 22 | I was panicking a bit about a week before the sale as stuff was not coming in very quickly but thanks to Nursery Needs and all those who did last minute searches we had a good amount of stuff to sell in the end . |
| 23 | They are one in nine hundred similar food outlets in Cotswold District we deal with them all even handedly but where there are problems we have a statutory responsibility to deal with them |
| 24 | Be careful with soilless composts they have a nasty tendency to become bone-dry in the middle , while the surface remains moist and apparently well watered . |
| 25 | Now the Presbyterian Church as the Church of Scotland enjoys a unique place in Scottish life and its structures it has a privileged place but I would suggest to you it has also therefore a number of responsibilities and one , I would suggest in this case , is to try and ensure that these local regional teams are in place . |
| 26 | For at least one of these anecdotes he had a written source ; he was not the first to see the confrontation between Clovis and Alaric in religious terms . |
| 27 | Reced er the precedent for the situation that we are in now , yes indeed there is one and it was when er the Labour government was last in power in nineteen seventy eight , when we had er er er to er set up the European constituencies we had a limited time to do it in and all the countries in Europe had to agree to bring forward the same kind of agreement and put it into effect at the same time . |
| 28 | And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening . |
| 29 | As up to 4() per cent of their income comes from corporate profits they have a vested interest in working for the common benefit . |
| 30 | If they are in different rooms they have a spatial barrier . |