Example sentences of "have [verb] at his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Stop messing about , ’ Rosie had said at his first attempt . |
| 2 | Leith got started on her work , doubting very much that they would so much as catch a glimpse of their new ‘ colleagues ’ , but she had to smile at his quaint terminology for the higher ranks . |
| 3 | Meanwhile Queen Charlotte had asked to be the dedicatee of some of Mozart 's works which Leopold duly had engraved at his own expense ( K.10–15 , sonatas for keyboard and violin or flute and 'cello , published as op.III ) . |
| 4 | It was built in the beautiful plum-coloured brick he had used at his main residence of Rycote . |
| 5 | But then Arthurs , who had called at his former home to visit his three children , lashed out at Mr Berry with a cricket bat and kicked him in the face , breaking his jaw in several places . |
| 6 | ‘ Inspector Cotton is getting uppity , because we have looked at his precious Livesey file . ’ |