Example sentences of "have [det] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A Tory conference probably has more than its due share of savers .
2 The Castle is also largely uninhabited by intelligent beings , and so has more than its fair share of dangerous — and still armed — traps .
3 It was not the falcon 's nesting site , John wisely keeps all such eyries a closely guarded secret ; Scotland has more than its fair share of egg stealers .
4 The north Herefordshire village of Weobley has more than its fair share of ancient timbered cottages .
5 Berkoff portrays a lonely middle-aged woman who has had more than her fair share of gropes in corners and one-night stands .
6 All too often it is this harsh environment which actually develops some of the best management , and it is noteworthy within our own company , how many of the leaders of the company have come from businesses which have had more than their fair share of struggle and adversity .
7 City have had more than their fair share of great players : Gordon Banks , Peter Shilton , Gary Lineker , Alan Smith , Gary McAllister , Mike Newell — pity they sold 'em all !
8 William L. Shirer , CBS correspondent in Berlin , noted in his diary that it was another hot weekend in a summer which had had more than its usual share of them .
9 The North has had more than its fair share of the squalor of industrial inheritance .
10 E&Y has had more than its fair share of clashes with the RTC and FDIC .
11 Judo is a sport in which Britain has had more than its fair share of world champions .
12 And it is not just the newspapers , I 've had more than my fair share of his election missives shoved through my letterbox along with all the other junk mail .
13 Old Crumwallis wo n't notice I 've had more than his miserly allowance .
14 With Shand you get a real-life Boy 's Own character — a man who has had more than his fair share of adventure during 20 years of obsessive travelling .
15 Alain Prost : here 's one Gallic permster who 's had more than his fair share of hairpin bends
16 But he has had more than his fair share of injuries in that time .
17 That they were having more than their fair share — that at the very least , seems beyond all possible doubt .
18 Having more than his fair half-pennyworth is POGUES supergroupie MATT DILLON , who , we gather , has just directed the new video for DINOSAUR JR .
19 You are having more than your fair share of troubles with friends and colleagues at the moment. , You 're sensitive by nature and can only take so much of this .
20 Thus Scotland and Wales would no longer have more than their fair share , and the average magnitude of their constituencies would be virtually the same as in the English regions .
21 Amanda rolled over taking most of the duvet with her ; it was easier to let her have more than her fair share .
22 So you will have less than your planned time for the descent .
23 No other education authorities in Great Britain have the advantages and facilities- of Inner London , though ILEA can also claim to have more than its fair share of inner city problems to cope with .
24 THIS year had more than its fair share of depressing news , but one TV programme managed to make light of it all .
25 With their mother gone they already had more than their fair share of shopping and cooking .
26 And there was no escaping the fact that he had more than his fair quota of attraction .
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