Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb base] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it is appalling , quite atrocious — some people seem to have a death wish . ’ |
| 2 | Bob Hughes : ‘ Some people seem to have a death wish ’ |
| 3 | By contrast , some patients seem to have a frequency that is rarely less than 10 in 24 hours and need to take antidiarrhoeal agents and modify their diet . |
| 4 | It 's embarrassing and they take advantage especially at parties where some girls have had a lot to drink . ’ |
| 5 | Few critics bother to have a theory of history , unless a borrowed one . |
| 6 | CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years . |
| 7 | And if the diverse references of the materials used in such music do have a coherence , it mainly rests on a kind of formalist and/or surrealist playing with sound-combinations and their mental associations and images , characteristic — in its implied position of social isolation — of almost all avant-garde music in the twentieth century . |
| 8 | These kids have to have a structure , and to know that you mean what you say . ’ |
| 9 | Many of these problems seem to have a parallel in vision processing . |
| 10 | Most of these studies have had a struggle to remain solvent , and have depended on the generosity of charitable foundations such as Nuffield and Ford , as well as finance from government agencies , often via the health services . |
| 11 | I mean these people have had a pay freeze since November nineteen ninety and these grievances were as a result of a new pay structure last year that actually worsened the terms and conditions since nineteen ninety , but till then we 've been making steady progress in getting better improvements and we 've gone backwards . |
| 12 | These capacities do have a relationship with effectiveness . |
| 13 | All these approaches have had a degree of success , but the drug scene is a dynamic , creative one where just as one drug seems to be under control , a new threat emerges . |
| 14 | It may well be that several groups have had a burglary , in which case the teacher could use this as the focus : " How are we going to deal with it ? |
| 15 | At the same time , UK paperbackers are contractually bound not to issue their paperbacks into the UK before the hardback editions of the same titles have had a chance to prove themselves in the bookshops . |
| 16 | This can not be precisely quantified , but several writers have had a stab at a formula . |
| 17 | ‘ Good , live firing 's just stopped and if the last few nights are anything to go by , we 'll be hearing from the battlegroup soon , once their own fitters have had a chance to check out the day 's casualties. , |
| 18 | Most readers have had a predilection to dismiss the arguments and speculations . |
| 19 | Most firms appear to have a target payout ratio of dividends to long-run reported earnings . |