Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I have seen him play a little bit more to the net than normally , but I would say that he has much more confidence staying back and playing long rallies . |
| 3 | I started buying every issue of Tennis World after Capriati 's looks and sheer dedication in every match she has played , brought me into tennis and she has made me become an addict . |
| 4 | He picked up the receiver , and without identifying himself just said , ‘ Could n't you have let me have an hour ? |
| 5 | Mhm do you have do you have a lo I mean is it is it easy to get to in touch say you want to in an emergency , to get in touch with anyone phone , is it is it easy to get to a phone ? |
| 6 | ( You 've made me make a mistake . ) |
| 7 | There 's nothing that drastically bad in behaving that way , but you 've let it become a habit , one that you ca n't break out of very easily . |
| 8 | He was the biggest man in Polruan was Uncle Harry , a real giant of a man and once she had seen him knock a child over by mistake when all he had meant to do was cuff him playfully on the ear . |
| 9 | He remembered very clearly that she had made him look a fool . |
| 10 | She had let me see a draft of it , and I fancied that she had been a little timid about the dénouement , which was death in a motor accident , and feared that her own terrible anxiety over her son in the past might have inhibited her . |
| 11 | To name but two examples , we have seen the US use chemical warfare when they dropped 17 million gallons of Agents Orange , Blue and White on Vietnam ; and we have seen them feed a germ which induced a potentially fatal fever into Cuba 's water supply . |
| 12 | Although he did not wish to have his name mentioned fearing his surgery would be swamped by expectant mothers , he has helped us write an eight point guide to having your baby at home . |
| 13 | But he 'd made it swallow a hook beforehand — ( Serafine opens her mouth and wiggles her little finger inside , and both Xanthe and Miranda squirm at the sight of her soft tongue , imagining the laceration , the capture. ) — And this little hook 's at the end of a thread , and the thread 's attached to a trapeze of sticks hanging above . |
| 14 | Out of the kindness of his heart he had let him have a job in his shoe repair shop . |
| 15 | It 's made me lose a lot of self-confidence in myself |