Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he saw their mood he made no attempt to join or follow ; and the people , seeing he had not the cut of a government man , passed him by . |
| 2 | I have received thy kind letter of February the 19th 1755 , which gave me much satisfaction : and some uneasiness , that so many years have elapsed wherein we might have reciprocally communicated our observations to each other ; and although thee had incomparably the advantage over me , yet , notwithstanding , I love to peep into the abstruse operations of nature . |
| 3 | I nodded , although I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about . |
| 4 | Harry Martin was behind all this , and , although she had n't a hope of proving it , she knew it for a fact . |
| 5 | She left without a murmur although she had only a year and a half to go to complete her secondary education . |
| 6 | And she had never needed Josey 's encouragement more than she had just a matter of a few short weeks ago . |
| 7 | They took the little house two doors away from Ken and Rhoda ; her own to play with , to sweep and dust and arrange as she liked , and meals for two to cook at her discretion , and her father and grandmother just down the road so she had both a respite from them and could keep an eye on them , not too close but not too far . |
| 8 | Camille walked down a sleazy stretch of road , where half the shops were closing as the developers quadrupled the rents , and bought herself an ice-cream to take away the taste of margaritas : it was already midday , so she had only an hour or two before she could go home , claiming that her games lesson had been cancelled because someone had felled the netball posts . |
| 9 | Although he had neither the time nor the opportunity to continue with his verse drama , the subject was never far from his mind . |
| 10 | Although he had not a prayer against Desert Orchid in the Gold Cup , Norton 's Coin came to Cheltenham with the reputation of being a useful enough horse despite lowly origins . |
| 11 | Thorfinn said , ‘ I think I can look my successor in the face , provided I have even the illusion of free will . |
| 12 | Though that was easier said than done she would do her best , and try instead to enjoy what she could of the coming seven days , and treat each day as a holiday and as if she had n't a care in the world . |
| 13 | And , and to be able to if you like , bring it as a dowry , but it would n't have mattered if she had n't a penny . |
| 14 | In this case , it was held that a woman lacked capacity to consent if she had neither the knowledge nor understanding to comprehend that ( a ) what was proposed to be done was the physical fact of penetration of her body by the male organ or if that were not proved , ( b ) that the act of penetration proposed was one of sexual connection as distinct from an act of a totally different character . |
| 15 | There 's a stigma attached to the stay-at-home mum , as if she has n't a brain between the ears ! |
| 16 | In fact you sound as if you 've hardly a minute to yourself between looking after the grandchildren and caring for your husband . |
| 17 | I mean you , you even get interest just , if you 've only a bit in at least ten have n't ya ? |
| 18 | Even if you have both the parallel and serial leads connected between the two computers , Fastlynx is intelligent enough to test both and choose the faster and more reliable of the two . |
| 19 | What he 's talking about and this is the same erm same councillor who was talking about living harmoniously side by side those that have are are buying them , those that are renting them but what he 's actually saying is well I 'm actually very , very sorry but if you have n't a job , if you have n't an income or you 're income is so low , just go over there and stay away from us decent chaps with lots of cash . |
| 20 | Even if you have n't a pool , a large bucket of water can be just as good if you have the right kind of toys . |
| 21 | but even there , if you have n't a car you 're lost are n't ya I mean |
| 22 | But do n't despair if you have n't the time to volunteer because some of the most important ways to be more ‘ Green ’ are concerned with your attitude to what you buy at home , in the office , for the kids , for friends , to eat etc … |
| 23 | What he 's talking about and this is the same erm same councillor who was talking about living harmoniously side by side those that have are are buying them , those that are renting them but what he 's actually saying is well I 'm actually very , very sorry but if you have n't a job , if you have n't an income or you 're income is so low , just go over there and stay away from us decent chaps with lots of cash . |
| 24 | Alright , and I 'll talk about , well , the lesson finishes at twelve , so if you have about a quarter of an hour , twenty minutes on that , then what I want each group to have someone who will report back on what the group 's been talking about in the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 25 | If we had not a right to the kingdom , we were mere mercenary soldiers . |
| 26 | But I 'd be surprised if they had n't a front-runner in mind , because there will be a lot of hard work to be done getting a replacement this summer . |
| 27 | One looks firstly to see whether irrelevant considerations have been taken into account ; if they have not the decision may still be struck down if it is unreasonable in the substantive sense . |
| 28 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 29 | And thanks to a smart directory — a custom-designed programme by Richard himself — senders can track down the person they want even if they have only the recipient 's first name , or just the vaguest idea of their title or where they work . |
| 30 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |