Example sentences of "he [verb] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | almost every he pass he made had an incorrect address — when back at the side he looked somehow better — a good thing to get £500,000 for the guy if plays like that all the time . |
2 | I should state here that Cizek only takes children nowadays whom he thinks have a certain aptitude for drawing and painting . |
3 | ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him . |
4 | He has had a solid connection with the orchestra and the Scottish music scene ever since , and has been responsible for bringing some unusual works to the concert platform in the past . |
5 | He has the distance in him , he ran the National last year , albeit without finishing , and he has had a solid season . |
6 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |
7 | Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week . |
8 | He has had a terrible month , ’ said Balding , referring to the fact that Frost has also lost the ride today on Morley Street , who attempts a hat-trick in the Martell Aintree Hurdle , with Richard Dunwoody aboard . |
9 | But do the movements ‘ convey information ’ to fellow workers in the hive in any more semantic a fashion than , say , a bruise on a child 's face conveys to his mother the information that he has had a nasty bump ? |
10 | HE HAS had a great run . |
11 | ‘ He has had a great number of stitches inserted in the eyelid and underneath the eye in an effort to keep it closed and avoid further damage . |
12 | The bishop 's hobbies include reading and walking and since his student days he has had a great interest in church and choral music . |
13 | ‘ He has had a great season . |
14 | ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending . |
15 | Hayden Phillips , smooth , urbane , the kind of establishment figure that the Thatcherites liked to take on , he has had a brilliant career which started in the Home Office , took him to Brussels as chef de cabinet to Roy Jenkins and then to the Treasury as Deputy Secretary . |
16 | No but I mean he has had a bad start |
17 | On the tricky fact that some passengers have more money than others ( and Mr Pannick 's taxi has been stopped very frequently by the government in recent years ; he has had a special sign on it since 1988 that says ‘ Junior council to the Crown , common law ’ ) , the author declares that the authorities ‘ must make expenditre reon legal aid a high priority and that the defects in the structure of legal aid are in need of urgent repair ’ . |
18 | So the , the upshot of it all , is he 's banned for two races , but this is a susp suspended erm , ban over two months , er er , over six months rather , so it means that if he 's a good boy over the next six months he wo n't miss any races at all , so he has had a lucky escape . |
19 | The fans support him because he has had a raw deal . |
20 | Does that mean he has had a drastic change of heart or is it just that he thinks , along with many of his colleagues , that there is electoral advantage in keeping this quiet at the moment ? |
21 | He has had a distinguished career as a businessman and a politician and , on two occasions , has been the Cabinet Minister responsible for UK energy matters . |
22 | He has had a feverish complaint and has been blooded . |
23 | He has had an unhappy life , when all is said and done , unhappy in the personal department . |
24 | Joe , who was an outstanding goalkeeper in the Irish League and had a spell of management with Ards , has been looking after Ireland 's senior badminton players since the 1978 European championships in Preston and over the years he has had an excellent working relationship with the players , motivating them and looking after their fitness . |
25 | He has had an inconsistent side to handle for much of the summer . |
26 | I do n't know but an ordinary barge used to have a little wooden crate and he want to have a little tank , they put a fixed charge on of two and six pence that 's what they done . |
27 | At that point he needs to have an uninterrupted view of the audience and they need a clear view of him . |
28 | A man gets tired of his business and his family , and he wants to have a good time . |
29 | An example of this is found in , in a recent book by Richard Dawkins , where , and here I quote Dawkins , Dawkins says Lamarckians are traditionally fond of calluses , that is you know , erm , hardened skin , thickened skin , like on the sole of your feet , and he contrasts these Lamarckians who like callouses , with the Darwinian , who he says has a ready answer , in terms of natural selection . |
30 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |