Example sentences of "and [pron] have [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline .
2 I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration .
3 I shall not give way to my hon. Friend , as I believe that I have done so once already and I have only a little time left .
4 I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue .
5 It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through .
6 Ruth and she had instead a disarmed neutrality .
7 We called and saw them and we had quite a nice reception .
8 Uncle was always wanting to have that tail cut shorter and we had quite a few battles about it , but I won and Prince kept his long tail .
9 yeah , because we 've opened stores in France and we 've also a new store in the U K there 's pluses and minuses there 's pluses in France pluses in the U K with one new store erm and minuses with the sub-lets
10 And we 've quite a few bits and bobs of furnishing that your mother might find useful .
11 But the animal also lives in an external environment and we have here a fundamental new set of ethical values being developed by the ecologists and ‘ green ’ people .
12 erm And we 've already lost planes in the erm war so far , and we have only a limited number there , while going back to the last world war
13 It 's sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday .
14 After a short while he found that the gypsies were taking their horses to him to be shod ; and he had quite a busy time shoeing gypsy horses .
15 Erm number one strength Alan erm although he does n't see to eye T eye eye to eye with er a lot of the city institutions and a lot of the shareholders erm he he does know his business erm and he has quite a strong character , very forceful and .
16 He heard Paddy 's whisper from where he was kneeling in the front row and it had quite a chilling effect .
17 Surely you do n't now contend that your race and mine have also a common ancestor ? ’
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