Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pers pn] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the beak could hold no more , they disappeared into the depths of a thicket where presumably they had a well-hidden nest of young . |
| 2 | This is a major predator of small mammals in Europe ( Brown , 1976 ) , although today it has a limited distribution . |
| 3 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 4 | ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’ |
| 5 | If only he had a proper job now , he thought , there was no reason why they should n't marry . |
| 6 | times for auctioning though was er when shops went bankrupt , er especially chocolate shops , cos then we had a good time after he 'd done because we usually got loads of chocolate which was a luxury . . |
| 7 | Cos there they had a stark choice then of voting for erm a very low community charge and potentially voting for a very high community charge . |
| 8 | For example , somebody might erm be homeless , but no hostel in town will take them on because perhaps they have a mental illness or a drug problem , or perhaps they are in trouble with the courts erm we can return to that hostel with the person saying ‘ Do n't worry about these other problems , just fill in the bits you can , the accommodation , and we 'll sort out the other bits ’ . |
| 9 | This is because classically they have a well-defined location at a particular instant whose specification is part of what is involved in saying that they are in the same state of motion . |
| 10 | He knows where we need help as well as where we have a special ability to help others . |