Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 So the flexibility of the model makes it the easiest to apply , but the assumption that Nottingham has grown as a Multiple nuclei model may be incorrect .
2 However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise .
3 Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead .
4 The violence in Blackburn , in which riot police were attacked , has resulted in a million pounds worth of damage .
5 And what has happened before a few years have passed ?
6 This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years .
7 This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years .
8 ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes .
9 After its recognition in 1936 and its description as a clinical entity in 1938 , the prognosis has improved from a few months of life to a median age of survival of over 20 years .
10 Unfortunately , the ethos of competitive assessment often leads the student who has failed on a few tasks ( e.g. learned more slowly than other people ) to feel that he/she has failed as a person .
11 He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band .
12 They 'd staggered past a dozen rabbit-holes , calling down into the gloom , before they 'd heard Nooty 's voice answering them .
13 Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century .
14 Given the party 's pledges on pensions , defence , law and order , and other statutory commitments , particularly on social security , this meant that spending cuts would have to fall in a few areas , notably housing .
15 But often we would n't get that straight away ; we 'd have to go through a few guitars before we found the combination of guitar and amp and EQ on the desk .
16 ‘ If the turf had been hard , ’ he said , ‘ we 'd have won by a hundred yards , ’ and then elaborated about Sir Ivor :
17 Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite .
18 CARL Lewis , who bleated because he was n't allowed to run in the Olympics against Linford Christie , has ducked out of the World Cup in Cuba where they would have met for a 100 metres showdown later this month .
19 He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo …
20 Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland .
21 His cider sodden mind was causing him to treat his beloved motorcycle in a way he would never have dreamed of a few hours before .
22 We may have to look at a few options but there are not many .
23 Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty .
24 Wallace looked threatening up front , and should really have scored on a few occasions .
25 For some reason the thought that he seriously did n't care one way or another what her opinions were wounded her pride more than she would ever have admitted in a million years .
26 ‘ It 's told me things that you 'd never have admitted in a hundred years . ’
27 They could easily have waited for a few days . ’
28 The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead .
29 The therapist realized that some changes in the couples ' situation would have to occur within a few days if another crisis were to be avoided .
30 The Secretary of State put before us a whole catalogue of countries that have ballistic missile capability , and a substantial number of them appear to have embarked on a nuclear weapons programme .
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