Example sentences of "have a [adj] [noun] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The igloo has a domed roof inside as well as out . |
| 2 | Non-literary texts used should include persuasive writing , eg advertisements , leader columns from newspapers , campaign literature from pressure groups , and reference books , eg where the subject matter has a logical structure rather than following a chronological order . |
| 3 | I know Britain gets so much criticism nowadays from less thoughtful nations , but when , please ask yourselves , in the history of the world , has a conquering nation more than half-starved herself , tried to feed abject , seemingly useless captives ? |
| 4 | Local rugby has a big match tomorrow as well … there 's another round of league matches … the one we 're interested in is at Franklin Gardens … |
| 5 | Erm , somebody tells me that Sarah is erm doing very well but has had a foul cold ever since she 's been over there , is she very well now ? |
| 6 | Play allowed to continue , forwards towards , he 's had a good game tonight if it 's even if it 's not his regular position he 's been pushed there by and as a result it 's a free kick to Shrewsbury Town . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've had a few jobs recently where husbands have given their wives surprise parties in the stables or somewhere . |
| 8 | Her mother had had a beautiful voice both when she sang and when she talked . |
| 9 | It 's had well I think it 's had a short engine rather than the whole lot . |
| 10 | He 's had a bad time lately as Madame Verveine has had to go into the nursing-home again . |
| 11 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 12 | Well I 'll have a new book now when I go , right , and you can have my old one . |
| 13 | When the defence relied upon is ‘ act or default of another person , ’ the defendant will have a good defence only if he has also made available to the prosecution such information as he has identifying that other person . |
| 14 | Er they were banking on the fact that there 'd be problems for other countries because of , you know , public perception etcetera , you know the French had decided almost all of them decided they 'd have a nuclear programme anyway so , so , so they were er o okay . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought we 'd better just have a quiet word together before we go down and see the kids on the beach , ’ Ben was saying as Carole bustled back into the room , carrying a tray laden with plates of cakes and biscuits . |
| 16 | In many situations the chargee may have a contractual remedy even though the charge has not crystallised ; for example , the holder of an uncrystallised charge can always ‘ intervene and obtain an injunction to prevent the company from dealing with its assets otherwise than in the ordinary course of its business . ’ |
| 17 | I think you 'll have a fatal accident eventually if you do . |
| 18 | The laird , however , would have a short memory indeed if he did not feel a deep sense of gratitude to the man who could remove the spectre of this large indigent family becoming a charge upon his estate . |
| 19 | We accept that a high risk should have a high reward even though this is not always the case in the market place . |
| 20 | Clearly , psychics should talk about having a seventh sense rather than the sixth ! |
| 21 | This is rather like the American system of presidential elections except that in the American system , the people who are voted for are tied to a particular candidate , so it 's really just erm a convoluted way of having a direct system rather than a genuinely indirect system here . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ He wants people to have a square deal just because he did n't have one . ’ |
| 24 | The company claims to have a larger presence abroad than any other British retailer , trading in thirteen different languages . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Attorney-general Sir Nicholas Lyell had a torrid reception yesterday as he told the Commons that the inquiry chief , Lord Justice Sir Richard Scott , had been given a wide-ranging brief . |
| 28 | Of these 57 authorities , 32 had been Partnership or Programme councils , and the remainder had a lower status either as Other Designated Districts or benefited from the traditional Urban Programme from which very many councils had gained some , often limited resources . |
| 29 | Elementary description had a natural place particularly where " errors of description " had been excepted and the courts tended to discover some measure of description by which the goods had been sold ( see for example Taylor v Bullen ( 1850 ) 5 Ex 779 ) . |
| 30 | Paul , 33 , an accountant , had a brief affair shortly after his wife gave birth to their first child . |