Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 The sense of injustice created by such a system would inevitably work against its deterrent effectiveness ( Beccaria always acknowledged the importance of consent in producing compliance ; it is difficult to imagine how his version of the social contract would have allowed such a system to operate ) .
2 Whoever was about to emerge from beneath the dripping straw roof of this tiny hut on this minute hamlet on the eastern edge of this unknown volcanic islet was the first person in the world to rise on this February Saturday morning : Homo Pacificus , the symbol of all I had travelled half a world to see .
3 I 'm afraid I ca n't stop long ’ , or leave them with ‘ Well , I must go ; I 've got such a lot to do , .
4 The USA in particular had urged such a cut to boost economic growth [ see pp. 37977-78 ; 38170 ; 38314 ; 38321 ] .
5 As for the comment you attributed to me , that Britain has a budding romance with pressurised water reactor , I have always been an advocate of keeping government out of the bedroom and would , therefore , never have allowed such a comment to pass From my lips .
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