Example sentences of "we have a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 We 've a new sport to show you .
2 we 've a new champion to celebrate tonight …
3 We 've a perfect right to practise where we like . ’
4 As custodians of the children we 've a legal duty to take care of thes of the children that we in our care .
5 We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly .
6 Reced er the precedent for the situation that we are in now , yes indeed there is one and it was when er the Labour government was last in power in nineteen seventy eight , when we had er er er to er set up the European constituencies we had a limited time to do it in and all the countries in Europe had to agree to bring forward the same kind of agreement and put it into effect at the same time .
7 We had a young lad ringing us from Manchester .
8 We had a good session practising , and then to work .
9 In fact we had a new customer waiting for the certificate in order to give us a job . ’
10 In 1944 , we had a new house built just outside the village for my husband and myself .
11 We had a new battery put on the Jenny
12 ‘ Having done the Tunstall settlement — which was really driven by concern over the costs , it seemed to us that we had a moral obligation to extend that deal to other shareholders , ’ Ernst & Young 's national marketing partner David Wilson told ACCOUNTANCY .
13 We had a terrific secret to guard ; we could not speak — and that , at the beginning , was the hardest part .
14 ‘ That came about after we had a Ghanaian girl working in the Edinburgh office , ’ Mr McLaren said .
15 First , I went round to her pad with my video and we had a great laugh looking at Glenys Kinnock on the verge of tears contemplating the ruin of her husband 's career .
16 About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house .
17 Is not it really the case that the Government do not care about training , that we have a disastrous training record and that it is high time that we had a Labour Government to tackle the problems ?
18 We had a terrible time administering the company , which we had bought very cheaply and which was in disarray .
19 ‘ I 'm not sure if it was ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ story about the French Revolution , or one of the other ones , but we had a terrible time getting Bill to pronounce the word brazier , meaning a rack for burning coals .
20 We had a small group saying they wanted to move it back , but there was an overwhelming vote to keep it as it is , ’ said Carmel Hall , secretary of the organising committee .
21 Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop .
22 ‘ All join up for a conga , ’ I called over the racket , and soon we had a long snake winding its way in and out of the tables and finally through the door .
23 We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home .
24 The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets .
25 Once we had a little girl staying when Frost On Sunday was on and she asked Miles : ‘ Are there two Davids ? ’
26 Some years later , when Hellen and I had settled down to a busy and happily married life in China , we had a Chinese name worked out for her .
27 ‘ Whereas we had a comfortable semi-final win on Saturday , Powerhouse were forced to show their hand when they were given such a hard match by Jets in their semi-final , ’ said Stokes , who was an interested spectator .
28 On our return to Abergynolwyn we had a half hour wait to allow the Talyllyn 's vintage train to pass through and this allowed us to get a snack in the refreshment room .
29 We had a difficult job starting the car .
30 but erm , and we had a lovely night did n't we ?
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