Example sentences of "he have [adv] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But he has n't the nerve for this kind of thing .
2 In 1236 he had both the honour of carrying the sceptre at the queen 's coronation , and the disgrace of imprisonment through a court cabal .
3 In Aden Nizan had learned a simple and never-to-be-forgotten lesson : that to live one 's life , as he had since the age of twelve , with the sole objective of not being a loser was an inadequate response , since it failed to take account of the political and social structures which determined the real significance of such a project .
4 And he knew he had not the justification of genius .
5 As soon as he saw their mood he made no attempt to join or follow ; and the people , seeing he had not the cut of a government man , passed him by .
6 After all , he had just the man on his staff .
7 The man from the Midland Bank said he had n't the kind of money required .
8 Jim was all for going on , for expanding , for advancing rather than retreating , but Cliff was beginning to think that after all he had n't the temperament for it , he could n't stand the anxiety , he did n't enjoy the suspense : all he wanted was security , independence , freedom from worry , being his own man .
9 He said he would be a laughing-stock ; he had n't the legs for it .
10 I mean , one of the chaps we brought home had a er — he was only in his middle thirties and he had actually the stress of being held captive .
11 Since 1770 there was a brewer selling ale near an oak tree in the parish , but for a century he had only the company of a blacksmith and a boot and shoe maker .
12 Now , as he eyed Harry warily and started his third cigarette , he had more the look of a hound on whom the fox had turned .
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