Example sentences of "[coord] have a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It could be having a good night 's sleep the night before , playing tennis or taking a sauna , losing weight or having a stiff drink just before you begin .
2 Although these two types of margin are associated with distinct types of landscape , they may occur in close proximity owing to the tendency of transform faults to contain offset segments or to have a sinuous form rather than being purely straight ( Fig. 3.26 ) .
3 Such calls are usually of an offensive sexual nature , e.g. heavy breathers and also come under point 3 , but could be offensive in other ways , e.g. telling a woman that her dead husband was having an affair , was homosexual or had a criminal record etc .
4 Where political union and sovereignty are concerned , I can see no natural political affinity between the United Kingdom and Luxembourg — a country with a population smaller than Berkshire — or with Belgium , with its divided population , Holland , with its total dependence on its neighbours , or Italy , which has so much difficulty in implementing EC directives , which moralises over other people 's shortcomings and has a new Government roughly every 18 months .
5 He 's only young and has a satisfactory record as far as I can see .
6 The doctor , who evidently , and not unreasonably , on the basis of conversations with Franca , thought he was dealing with a madman , said to Marcus , ‘ I think we should all go now and have a nice conversation downstairs .
7 Me mother er and me father they er me mother used to go to picture and then er when the cur and then me me dad did n't like pictures so he used to always meet me mother outside and then they 'd perhaps go and have a little drink together and a walk .
8 Laura 's father Les said : ‘ We are looking forward to getting back and living a normal life and having a great Christmas together as a family . ’
9 And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead .
10 If you 're running around locally and having a cheap motor now .
11 This was , however , a target of a completely different order , as Benghazi was a large town which would be well guarded and had a civilian population still in occupation .
12 Patients were classified into three groups : ( a ) ‘ probable ’ Alzheimer 's disease if they met the clinical criteria and had a Hachinski score less than 5 ; ( b ) ‘ broad ’ Alzheimer 's disease defined after reclassification of all presenile patients by discriminant analysis ( this group included all probable Alzheimer 's disease ) ; and ( c ) multi-infarct dementia — a definite history of at least one cerebrovascular accident and a Hachinski score greater than 6 .
13 Stanley Pons was the eldest of three sons and had a scientific urge very early , experimenting with a chemistry set and doing minor mechanical work on his father 's car .
14 They are planned to be 1 metre in diameter , 12 metres long , weigh 15 tonnes and have a terminal velocity fast enough to plunge 20 metres into clay .
15 It 's a shame to spoil it and go and have a rotten meal there .
16 You can take your toddler to the park one afternoon and have a happy tome together , feeding the ducks , playing on the swings , stamping in puddles .
17 If you want to be happy and have a happy face then spread a little joy around and then there is just one way , make a face , make a face , make it as happy as you can and make a face , if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way .
18 We 'll just find a hotel and have a quiet meal somewhere and then you can get to bed early .
19 But for epigenetic chemicals , Albert would use a combination of this method and the system used for simply toxic , non-carcinogenic substances , like cyanide , that are poisonous but have a one-time effect only .
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