Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For the last eight years , Messrs. Wright & Sons have had the contract for the maintenance and working of the North and South Staffordshire Railways . ’
2 Whatever the subject of the release there are a number of simple questions to which the editor or journalist needs to have the answers .
3 A very large number came up with the same idea : that Mummy or Daddy has had a sex change .
4 Based upon previous sputum bacteriology results , at the time of selection camp the only patient from Manchester or Edinburgh known to have the epidemic strain of P cepacia was patient E7 .
5 Scully and Sons have had the job for as long as I can remember , not because they are any good but because they are ruddy cheap .
6 And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe .
7 When Alice met these two peculiar characters the words of a famous rhyme going through her head : ‘ Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle … ’
8 School rules required all girls to tie back their hair , and Victoria seemed to have a knack of observing the most oppressive and trivial regulations with grace .
9 In Germany , by contrast , technical education was well advanced , and Napoleon had had the foresight to create institutions of excellence which would provide France with its future engineers , agriculturalists and the rest ; but many an English self-made man would want to see his offspring succeed in altogether ‘ cleaner ’ and more respectable fields , making their mark as doctors , lawyers , Oxford classicists or even politicians .
10 And Bobby 's had a haircut by Gordon Burn
11 The long history of marriage and the family we are given in The Origin if first and foremost to show that the family and marriage do have a history .
12 Gina and Nigel had had no guests for a year now .
13 It was already February , and Faye had had no problems since her return from hospital on Boxing Day .
14 It is only recently that Elizabeth and Helen have had the benefit of a full-time manager whose job is to provide support , supervision and leadership to staff working in their home .
15 ‘ But Jefferson and Williams have had no opportunity to have their hands in the Cathedral till .
16 Industry and academia have had an opportunity to participate in these discussions through Industrial Working Groups , and the open workshops held in conjunction with the ESPRIT conference in November .
17 He and Rory had had a drink the night before , and Rory confessed he 'd driven up from Belleeks early to cruise around Cultra and reconnoitre .
18 I will give her a ring in a few minutes , but suspect I suspect that you and daddy have to have a bath together .
19 ‘ And Morgund and Gillocher have had a minutio , but nothing serious .
20 He said he and his wife , Tracie , and their sons Michael , ten , and Dale had had a lie down .
21 You see , I thought I had evidence that you and Elise had had an affair , even though you would n't admit it .
22 If she and Lowell had had a child it would have been a strange hybrid , perhaps difficult to love .
23 We have seen how the interaction of environment and genes has had a feedback effect , and how the fossils of primitive horses show they were little more than the size of large dogs .
24 It prospered and expanded under the principalship of Sir William Dawson ; by the time he had completed 38 years as Principal ( 1855–1893 ) the student body had risen from 100 to over 1000 , and Dawson had had the satisfaction of seeing great strides made in both the building programme and the various curricula — not least in his own scientific fields .
25 he 's on about dog 's leg being bad and Bill 's had a look see if he 's dented car cos he 'd just
26 If action is forthcoming , it is likely to be directed initially at the Government rather than the chemical companies which have complied with the necessary tests and procedures required to have the chemicals licenced .
27 When Mary came in from work the day after the row she told Mum that she and Albert had had a talk and that she was going to stay with his parents for a bit while Albert sorted out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life .
28 He had been in Reykjavik harbour when Churchill and Roosevelt had had an Atlantic meeting .
29 And Guy appeared to have no difficulty recognising it .
30 A TENACIOUS piece of detective work involving wartime fliers in Britain and America has had a fairy tale ending for Courtaulds pensioner Norman Bate .
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