Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't shout at me ; it gives a ghost a fright I 've only come to have a little chat I do not think we 've met . |
| 2 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |
| 3 | We 're all going to have a terrific time together , you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | But we 're all going to have a proper dinner by candlelight . |
| 5 | ‘ We would obviously like to have a synthetic surface of our own but we certainly would n't be able to provide such a facility without outside help . ’ |
| 6 | The Club obviously preferred to have a public supply but this did not seem easy to arrange for the Minutes frequently talk about ‘ bringing pressure to bear on the Water Companies ’ . |
| 7 | You have to be a specialist , and even then , you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories . |
| 8 | In spite of the strangeness of Eliot 's behaviour , however , few people begrudged him the happiness which in personal relations he had never experienced before : " He obviously needed to have a happy marriage , " Valerie Eliot said on a later occasion , " He could n't die until he had had it " . |
| 9 | It 's a white place , like Wigan which only seems to have a Black population on Tuesday nights when the music from the Wigan Pier nightclub 's jazz-funk DJ draws in young Blacks from as far as the Midlands to body-pop . |
| 10 | In all cases , however , Standard English has been present for long enough to have had a substantial impact on the language practices of the communities in question . |
| 11 | It rejected the idea that the associated companies which together did have a countrywide business were in any way relevant . |
| 12 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 13 | That 's all you have , that 's only have to have a little bit . |
| 14 | It is in respect of ‘ contextually modulated sense ’ that a lexical unit may be justifiably said to have a different meaning in every distinct context in which it occurs . |
| 15 | Over the years , quarrying generally has had a bad record for pay and conditions , and Penrhyn has a particularly infamous past . |
| 16 | Today 's world-class athlete no longer needs to have a full-time job to support his or her athletics . |
| 17 | ‘ Users just want to have a good time , ’ he says . |
| 18 | Cos I just , I just want to have a quick look through it before I gave it |
| 19 | unc ( the last clause , which is circular , is easily seen to have a unique solution . ) |
| 20 | ‘ I just came to have a little talk to you . |
| 21 | But it is soon revealed to have a peculiar character . |
| 22 | So we 're just going to have a plain headstone , with my father 's names and dates . |
| 23 | Yes Well I 'm just going to have a little nibble at the end of that . |
| 24 | I really like a very low action and it 's just got to have a whammy bar . |
| 25 | So how about you you 've you 've just had have a quick glance at that . |
| 26 | Well , I think the thing for me is I do n't feel like I have to look brilliant , I just like to have a good time . |
| 27 | I just remember having a great time and then feeling tired and going off and having a sleep . |
| 28 | The interest rates and prices of financial assets are generally recognised to have a pervasive influence in the economy . |
| 29 | If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’ |
| 30 | If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title . |