Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In this context it may be mentioned that in Athenian law courts it became the custom to have a clepsydra to ensure that most speeches were limited to half an hour . ) |
| 2 | On the way to the hotel I stopped the taxi to have a drink in a bar . |
| 3 | He miscued a relatively simple penalty in the sixth minute and spurned the chance to have a go at three other kickable opportunities in the first half . |
| 4 | But luckily he kept his distance and never quite found the courage to have a go at her . |
| 5 | After the children were driven away , Mrs B was taken back into the house and told the police had a warrant to search it . |
| 6 | So , apart from building tennis and squash courts , he managed to fit five holes of golf into a part of the school grounds and encouraged the boys to have a go . |
| 7 | In 1404 the city obtained the right to have a mayor , but this was followed by conflicts , and in 1417 a new charter was granted , which established a civic constitution . |
| 8 | I shall suggest however that the philosophical framework which allowed the fathers to have a Christology which could be in some way inclusive of women has disappeared ; and moreover that even patristic Christology does not solve the problem . |
| 9 | And so you opened the window to have a look and what happened then ? |
| 10 | Univac 's masters decided the machine had a screw loose : most human pollsters were predicting a close race . |
| 11 | I felt the teachers had a lot to do with it at the school , if I liked a teacher I liked the subject . |
| 12 | Before long the woman who cleaned the shop had a row with Miss Meers and left , and she refused to replace her . |
| 13 | The first gerrymander of the city occurred in 1896 , with the Londonderry improvement Bill ; this created five electoral wards , one of which held the bulk of the city 's Catholics , and enabled the Unionists to have a majority in the others . |
| 14 | I took the opportunity to have a word with the Kentish Constabulary 's finest . |
| 15 | Did the Americans have a lot to do with Walsall ? |
| 16 | ‘ In this dream of yours , did the dinghy have a name , by any chance ? ’ |
| 17 | Did the Republic have a problem in attack ? |
| 18 | Mr James had to pay to swim but his wife got in free because the local council who ran the centre had a policy that anyone of state pension age did not have to pay . |
| 19 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , said the West had a duty to back Mr Yeltsin in his power struggle . |
| 20 | Beghin said the pair had a lot of luck : ‘ The route is more delicate than technically difficult , but it was terribly long , very hard physically . ’ |
| 21 | Darlington magistrates heard how Jackson , of Yew Walk , Long Newton , placed an advert in The Northern Echo which said the Ereg had a 1600cc engine . |
| 22 | Another source said the FBI had a theory that the bombing was in retaliation for the Gulf War . |
| 23 | Housing chairman Bob Brady said the scheme had a number of advantages . |
| 24 | Eileen Sandford , vice-chairman of Shrewsbury 's housing committee , said the borough had a waiting list of more than 4,000 . |
| 25 | Speaking in a radio interview , he said the group had a duty to dispel myths about the treatment of Roman Catholics in the province . |
| 26 | Eleanor had the cheek to have a tummy upset so he had to fetch his own newspaper . |
| 27 | When Simon stopped and began to bombard him with questions about home , Quinn had a chance to have a look at the youth . |
| 28 | But , since she had no wish to have a discussion with him about it when for all she knew he could have telephoned her hotel yesterday or the day before and been told simply that she was n't available , she chose to assume that he did not know . |
| 29 | She said an ex-boyfriend had a house across Lake Pontchartrain they could use for the weekend . |