Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | San Francisco has had a privatised police force since 1851 , when the city cops were so desperate for help that they sold off districts to private enterprise . |
| 2 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 3 | Because Dustin had eaten a few hours previously , the anaesthetist had to insert a tube in his mouth to stop him choking on his own vomit . |
| 4 | It 's the richest black African country and Kano 's got a million inhabitants . |
| 5 | PEUGEOT has launched a new parts initiative unique among car manufacturers . |
| 6 | PEUGEOT has launched a new parts initiative they believe is unique among car manufacturers . |
| 7 | Unix office software company , Uniplex Ltd , based in Hemel Hempstead , Herts , England has launched a professional services division , combining existing services and support with consultancy as well as Unix and Uniplex training for resellers and end-users . |
| 8 | IBM had made a few changes ( very small ) and entitled it PCDOS ( because it ran their PCs , strangely enough ! ) |
| 9 | For over 120 years , the House of Commons has had a Public Accounts Committee which has established a reputation as an impartial watchdog over government spending . |
| 10 | Clark was eager to play in tonight 's Anglo-Italian tie against Leicester at St James 's Park but boss Keegan said : ‘ Lee has run a million miles for us this season . |
| 11 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 12 | Nicola had phoned a dozen times , without luck . |
| 13 | As a result of his intervention , the Chambers of Mr S. C. Stamler QC have covenanted a thousand pounds a year to the Law Library ‘ for the foreseeable future ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 15 | Jay had poured a million words her way with little response . |
| 16 | The Duttons had come a hundred years before to the long straggling village of Sherborne in the archaically beautiful Borne Valley , where Thomas Dutton had built the original house of Sherborne Park in 1551 . |
| 17 | The birds had told me Diggs had left a few minutes earlier , so I ran back the quick way to the house , where the lights all burned as usual . |
| 18 | In order to increase separation , Hartke have developed a special 5″ driver for use in conjunction with the 15-incher . |
| 19 | On July 10 the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda had quoted a senior police official as saying that up to 800 people were missing , presumed dead , from the June violence throughout Osh oblast . |
| 20 | PRINCE Michael of Kent has got a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence — so that he can drive a horse transporter to hunts for his wife . |
| 21 | Even in our championship winning year we failed to beat the ‘ elite ’ sides in the league and although Wilko has made a few changes to the squad we still have basically the side and thus the same problems that have cost us dearly in the most important games . |
| 22 | Growth-hungry pubs and hotels group Greenalls has wrestled a tiny profits improvement out of a difficult year . |
| 23 | BT has gone a few steps further , and begun trials of its own telephone robot , capable of handling many of the routine tasks usually dealt with by its 25,000 human operators . |
| 24 | Finally , since 1989 , DGX has granted a few scholarships to specialise in restoration and conservation . |
| 25 | His behaviour , as the Victorian constitutionalist Walter Bagehot had noted a hundred years earlier , was the prerogative of princes . |
| 26 | Coffey died in Bromley , Middlesex , 26 November 1852 , his eldest son Aeneas having died a few months earlier . |