Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 2 | But he 'd still much rather have a new pair of football boots at Christmas . |
| 3 | I 'd much rather have a plain name I know what they 're talking about then . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought we 'd better just have a quiet word together before we go down and see the kids on the beach , ’ Ben was saying as Carole bustled back into the room , carrying a tray laden with plates of cakes and biscuits . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course you 're suggesting the side lines were n't legitimate and this may be hindsight , but now I look back Mr Hatton did perhaps occasionally have a shady air about him when he talked of them . |
| 6 | It would thus still have a two-thirds majority in the constituent assembly . |
| 7 | And I think an over sixty no matter who they are , they would still just have a small return . |
| 8 | A delicatessen will usually also have a good selection of nuts — Brazils , pecans , pistachios , walnuts and cashews — all of which are invaluable in a vegetarian diet . |
| 9 | And I was very sad to face the fact that , having hoped for four years , I might now never have a second child . |
| 10 | In which case he might even now have a new brother or sister . |
| 11 | Men in general bring in higher wages than women so a family with a male partner will almost always have a higher family income than a family of a lone woman . |
| 12 | And they have argued that , whilst feminism should indeed always have a critical relationship to psychoanalytic theory , the latter has within it the potential for allowing a better understanding of the complexities of human desires and of the psychological construction of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ . |
| 13 | You will almost certainly have a large number of powerful shock troops such as Silver Helms , Dragon Princes and Tiranoc charioteers . |
| 14 | Such a situation would apply when the exchange rate had moved to £1 = DM2.727 ( year 2b ) , when the UK car in WG would no longer be uncompetitive and the WG car sold in the UK would no longer have a price-competitive advantage . |
| 15 | It means that Britain will no longer have a permanent presence in the Security Council in 10 or 15 years ' time . |
| 16 | Attempts to improve women 's opportunities and pay within the labour market can therefore only have a limited success as long as women within the family continue to undertake most of the work of caring . |
| 17 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
| 18 | During the debate Roy Hattersley , the deputy leader , argued that it would be ‘ historic folly ’ for Labour to back proportional representation ; inevitable coalitions would mean that ‘ we would never again have a Labour government that was able to carry out a Labour programme ’ . |