Example sentences of "we have a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could we have a typical performance from either of them in an unlikely setting : for example , Howerd making his maiden speech in the House of Commons or delivering a lecture to students on English lit , or Hill interviewing Germaine Greer or giving a sermon . |
| 2 | Mr. McAvoy : If any bid included a reduction of employees ' pension rights , may we have a firm commitment from the Minister that the Government would not give that bid the go-ahead ? |
| 3 | Shall we have a nice cup of tea ? |
| 4 | Having listened with interest to the Minister 's statement on renewable energy and the fact that there has been reference to other sources of power , when shall we have a comprehensive statement on energy policy from the Government ? |
| 5 | However , I think the practicalities in the situation are that we have to face the fact that they are not going to behave impartially and you see we have a classic example in er the circumstances of our own situation as described by John . |
| 6 | Can we have a little bit of hush please ! |
| 7 | Can we have a little bit of a discount ? |
| 8 | Can not we have a proper system of no-fault payments for medical injuries ? |
| 9 | One of the authors , Phil Hanson , who is IBM 's consultancy team leader , commented : ‘ While few of our manufacturing companies have proved to be world class , it is good to see we have a significant number of strong contenders . |
| 10 | When will we have an honest statement from the Government about arms supplies of every kind that they undoubtedly licensed for export to Iraq ? |
| 11 | See we we have an awful lot of problems , I mean , not only the question of breaking into one 's home things like , car parking or things of a very high accident risk whereas , if we had a beat officer , at least we could set up some sort of local liaison , in so much that we could tell him about our sort of problems , and perhaps between us , resolve them . |
| 12 | May we have an early debate on the restructuring that is taking place in Her Majesty 's Customs and Excise which has left Wales 's international airport without customs and passport control ? |
| 13 | May we have an early debate on the Government 's determination to prevent part-timers from having the same rights as people who work full time ? |
| 14 | May we have an early debate on foreign affairs and aid and on the encouragement that should be given to President Serrano , who now says that he is keen to see the problem sorted out ? |
| 15 | But if the interpretation of poetic texts is condemned to indeterminacy , then how can we have an explanatory account of the role of figurative language in communication ? |
| 16 | May we have an urgent inquiry into why , over the past three years , the number of complaints against the health service in Lewisham and North Southwark has gone up by 100 per cent. , why there have been 30 complaints already this year and why serious complaints of maladministration and negligence have been made against Guy 's , King 's College and St. |
| 17 | Why run away from home when we 've a fascinating country of our own ? |
| 18 | but we 've a lovely lot of daffodils , they 're all out now they 're really beautiful |
| 19 | Later this evening , we 've a true story of an American ex-con who decided to fight organised crime by himself . |
| 20 | All our teams have new shirts and colours and we 've a fresh kit for our own football parade … |
| 21 | We 've an Italian flavour for our first rugby action of the new season because Gloucester are just back from a two match trip to Venice . |
| 22 | This summer we 've an exciting competition for every fan of sparkling wine . |
| 23 | I would n't insult their intelligence by lying and we had a healthy respect for each other . |
| 24 | From the top we had a wide view of the valley with its bands of colour : the blue of the river dotted with white sails , the green fields on either side , and the enclosing tan-coloured deserts . |
| 25 | We had a tremendous response to our offer to exhibit free in Belgium . ’ |
| 26 | We asked around , and eventually we had a tremendous stroke of luck . |
| 27 | Says Payne : ‘ We found we had a tremendous amount in common , a real northern European outlook with people from the Pacific rim , Siberia or the Russian heartlands . |
| 28 | After touring the Cote Sauvage we had a perfect lunch in a crep erie : galettes — whole-wheat crepes made from sarazin ( black wheat ) — filled with ham or melted cheese and accompanied by foaming mugs of Breton cider ; then crisp lacy brown crepes with sugar and jam or chocolate sauce , which bore no resemblance to the limp pancakes served under that name in America . |
| 29 | About an hour before reaching Jura dark clouds began to roll over on us from its lofty peaks , and soon we had a perfect torrent of rain . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’ |