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

No	Sentence
1	He seemed to be having difficulty with the second pint , and had only drunk a third of it when he looked at his watch .
2	The CNAA had already approved a dozen of Hatfield 's courses for honours degrees , and it was to have twenty degree courses by 1968 , establishing a pattern of honours degree , degree and sub-degree courses .
3	They proved too exotic and religious for Parisians , in public at least , for Moatti had already sold a third of his catalogue in the privacy of his gallery .
4	By then , however , the invaders had already occupied a third of the state — which they still hold — before the UN brokered a ceasefire .
5	And bringing up the end of the procession was a tribe of people whom she recognised at once as those who , like herself and Claud , had always had a little of everything and the God-given wit to use it right .
6	Hold on a minute you 've still got a this on the bottom have n't you ?
7	I mean we 've still got a barren at the back , somebody kicks you at the back on that barren and er in the skeleton that 's exactly like the barren in a monkey 's tail
8	They 've probably got a few over here
9	SITRATERCO had originally demanded a 60 per wage increase but , according to its general secretary Nicolas Rivera , it accepted a government-mediated offer of 25 per cent following the Army 's intervention " to protect the lives of our members " .
10	A third 's only got a three in but the third is bigger .
11	Fairfax and Lady De Marr have already had a few by the time I join them .
12	I have also enclosed a few of the papers I referred to at the beginning of the meeting , plus a travel claim form which you are welcome to use .
13	There is nothing wrong with being realistic and I suppose Scotland has about 20 or so players who could fit into the national side without weakening it , especially as we have recently lost a third of that national side .