Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 31 | Traditionally , her top class has spent a residential week at Paignton Zoo and she is determined that , given the restriction on charging for activities within school hours , the tradition will be maintained ad infinitum . |
| 32 | Shipwreck treasure ( in particular porcelain ) has proved a strong seller at auction over the past few years , witness the Nanking cargo of 150,000 pieces sold in 1986 for £10.1 million . |
| 33 | And that has ruffled a few feathers at Shire Hall . |
| 34 | MINISTERS fear that unemployment , which has hit a six-year high at over three million , will continue to rise for up to 18 months and could delay economic recovery . |
| 35 | It is as though someone has swung an invisible sandbag at the rod , it curves over so fast and far , and so suddenly . |
| 36 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
| 37 | RBS has taken a hard look at its branches in England , and decided to shut isolated outposts or develop new outlets to support them . |
| 38 | INTERNATIONALLY-renowned cartoonist Bill Stott has taken a humorous look at the Wirral for his latest book . |
| 39 | He has signed a three-year contract at the Central Park club . |
| 40 | The 28-year-old player has signed a new contract at Ayresome Park . |
| 41 | She has passed a clinical inspection at the Pittsburgh children 's hospital and it is expected she will be discharged after the result of a final test today . |
| 42 | The area 's MP since 1983 ( maj. 6,047 last time ) , he has fought a vigorous campaign at doorstep and taproom level , even circulating his own campaign video . |
| 43 | The discrediting of statism has left a massive vacuum at the heart of the Latin American left 's philosophy and the search for an alternative vision to the prevailing neoliberal orthodoxy is one of its most pressing tasks if it is serious about taking power through the ballot box with a radical programme . |
| 44 | The multi-millionaire actor has maintained a round-the-clock vigil at the bedside of TV reporter Maria Shriver since she was admitted to hospital with a soaring temperature . |
| 45 | The multi-millionaire actor has maintained a round-the-clock vigil at the bedside of TV reporter Maria Shriver since she was admitted to hospital with a soaring temperature . |
| 46 | BP has funded a permanent exhibition at the National Trust visitor centre on the peninsula . |
| 47 | A sex fiend dubbed the Teenage Fox has raped a 15-year-old girl at knife-point . |
| 48 | A sixty-one-year old disabled man has established a new record at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit … for the slowest ever lap . |
| 49 | The Newcastle has launched a two-year scheme at 10.45 per cent . |
| 50 | He has held a Distinguished Fellowship at All Souls ' College , Oxford , since 1983 . |
| 51 | He 'd booked a good table at The Palace . |
| 52 | His name was Roger , and he 'd made a few stabs at conversation in the course of the night . |
| 53 | They tied Maxim to a wooden chair -just like the scene they 'd watched a dozen times at the cinema — in the loading bay of a deserted warehouse . |
| 54 | She 'd had a terrible time at the birth . |
| 55 | I 'd had a stable home at the price of her martyrdom and this was how I 'd repaid her . |
| 56 | I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that |
| 57 | By now she 'd had a good look at him . |
| 58 | He 'd had an intense affair at Oxford which had drifted through almost a dozen years of indeterminate life and ended in a brutal rejection . |
| 59 | In his only digression from prepared remarks , Francisco Rodriguez said : ‘ The government today has had to control a new attempt at subversion frustrated by the will of our people and of our armed forces to wage struggle . ’ |
| 60 | So how about you you 've you 've just had have a quick glance at that . |