Example sentences of "they [vb base] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people are aware , for instance , that a major link between those who suffer heart attacks is that they tend to have a high level of cholesterol in the blood . |
| 2 | Both teams have lost their first game so a win tomorrow is vital if they want to have a realistic chance of making the play-offs . |
| 3 | Pupils soon grow weary of a parade of historical topics selected solely because they appear to have a popular appeal or relevance . |
| 4 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
| 5 | They seem to have a Gaelic sound to some of these names . |
| 6 | Plaintiffs must prove that the words of which they complain have a defamatory meaning , that the words refer to them , and that the defendant was responsible for publishing them . |
| 7 | It might be crass to describe Screaming Trees as The Cult Without The Stupid Bits , but they do have a rare knack of crafting glorious , quite literally classic heavy rock without resorting to the pompous clichés . |
| 8 | If they do have a distinctive perspective it comes from their belief that Rome and terrorism are further linked in a more roundabout fashion through the ecumenical movement and the World Council of Churches . |
| 9 | In the latter case , they do have a restrictive value but one which belongs to their rather complicated lexical property , not to their structural function , and the target of that restriction is not the subject to which that property is assigned . |
| 10 | Erm the other thing was that the people at senior level need to be reminded , if they do have a major problem erm that 's David and Malcolm , erm where , if they 've got a rather difficult case and it 's urgent and they want a , they do n't wan na have to put it on a , on a fax , they want , they need it there and then erm , and they do n't like the telephone call facility , I said well , well that 's primarily for consultants . |
| 11 | erm Monsieur Mitterand 's relationship with erm Chancellor Schmidt for example is certainly not yet anything like as close erm as Chancellor Schmidt 's relationship with ex-President Giscard was , but they are both socialists , erm they do have a certain amount in common , and I see no reason why they should n't quite quickly build another erm relationship erm that would be quite similar to what happened before . |
| 12 | ‘ They do have a terrible life . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But they do have a big country to govern . ’ |
| 14 | But , because of the statistical properties of the normal curve of distribution , they do have a large effect at the extremes . |
| 15 | We know they exist , however , because they do have a measurable effect : they give rise to forces between matter particles . |
| 16 | Currency Options provide insurance against adverse exchange rate movements without penalty if exchange rates move favourably but they do have a fundamental drawback in that they are purchased with a cash premium , much like an insurance policy , which can be substantial . |
| 17 | They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen . |
| 18 | that they do have a secure future together . |
| 19 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 20 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |
| 21 | Well they 've had a marvellous sort of conversion of that done |
| 22 | No birds about at the moment but they 've had a good feed of chicken , but |
| 23 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 24 | All returning submarines fly one if they 've had a good patrol . ’ |
| 25 | As for Norwich they 've had a good start and will take some stopping . |
| 26 | She says they 've had a good time . |
| 27 | Oh yeah yeah they 've had a good time I think down there |
| 28 | ‘ They 've had a furious row already , ’ she announced gleefully . |
| 29 | ‘ And they 've had a bad press . |
| 30 | They 've had a big meal apparently and they 're all thoroughly stuffed |