Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not on the whole involved in direct teaching and , second , each of them has to have a separate viewpoint because the focus of the job is mainly outside that of any school . |
| 2 | She has to have a new crystal . ’ |
| 3 | She has had a nice break and , who knows , if it rains there they can shut the shop ! ’ he added . |
| 4 | Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’ |
| 5 | A spokeswoman at Hope Hospital in Salford said : ‘ She has had a restless night and is poorly this morning . ’ |
| 6 | Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination . |
| 7 | Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling . |
| 8 | ‘ If the Queen thinks she has had a bad year , look at me — my whole life has been pretty horribilis , ’ said Olive , from Birmingham . |
| 9 | She has had a bad time . |
| 10 | Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around . |
| 11 | ‘ It will be the first time she has had an outside audience , ’ he said crisply . |
| 12 | As the woman who dreamed up the slogan ‘ A Dog Is For Life , Not Just For Christmas ’ , she needs to have a high profile for campaigning , while still being able to turn her hand to clearing the odd blocked drain that might occur at the kennels . |
| 13 | She seems to have a moth-like fragility until , spellbound by the weightless command she exercises in a long , intimate soliloquy , you realise that you are the moth and she the candle . |
| 14 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 15 | Can the theist respond that he or she does have a coherent understanding of God ? |
| 16 | Jenkins has been in the job for about ten days , so she can be forgiven for forgetting a lot of names , but she does have a long history of dealing with elderly people . |
| 17 | She does have a great technique in the bedroom , I admit , but she 's not the reason I come out to St Lucia … ’ |
| 18 | Some of those she teaches have a criminal background but many do not . |
| 19 | Erm but she 's had a nice time . |
| 20 | She 's had a hectic Christmas — one long round of shopping , cleaning and cooking for the entire family , including Malc 's brother and his wife and his mother , who has become confused and forgetful since Dad 's death and Lynda has taken care of her with selfless dedication . |
| 21 | She 's had a bobbed nose job , she 's lukked doon it |
| 22 | Jean would appreciate a note from you about what royalties she might expect in the near future , remembering she 's had a 500 advance . |
| 23 | Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it |
| 24 | She 's had a terrible time |
| 25 | She 's had a real spruce up . |
| 26 | Now she 's had a peaceful end and she 's gone to her reward . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ She 's had a nasty fright . |
| 28 | I mean she 's she 's been up and been busy and she 's had a warm bath and she 's had a bottle of |
| 29 | If I may erm we , we , we , we did attend er er er a briefing and myself and James , unfortunately Margaret was unable to be present on that day , although I think she 's had a separate briefing or there is a separate briefing being proposed . |
| 30 | I mean once she 's tidied up she 's nice looking when she 's had a good polish and what have you . |