Example sentences of "and have [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What you can be sure of , ’ said Thorfinn , eluding the question , ‘ is that the Pope and the Emperor Henry both know , and that one is dying while the other enjoys indifferent health and has only a three-year-old son to succeed him . |
| 2 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
| 3 | The amazing naked cat — the Canadian Sphynx — lacks both guard and awn hairs and has only a soft fuzz of down hairs on its extremities . |
| 4 | Victoria seemed to bypass teenage awkwardness , and had already an instinctive ease of manner which reassured the boys . |
| 5 | He had been at large in occupied France and had quite a tough time of it , but at least he survived and came back to Baldersdale . |
| 6 | On the whole , they had either been through the English education system and had therefore a good command of English and a limited domestic register in their other languages , or they had been educated abroad and learnt their English as adults when they arrived in this country . |
| 7 | He never found work , made no male friends and had only a passing acquaintance with people in a local pub , including the 20-year-old barmaid . |
| 8 | We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed . |
| 9 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 10 | BARE ROOTED : This means the trees have been pulled up by their roots and have only a small chance of survival if planted out . |
| 11 | Light chemical washes simply task the edge off the harsher colours , reproducing a degree of the tonal mellowness that comes with age , and have only a minimal effect on the integrity of the pile . |
| 12 | I am now in Capt. Friend 's office and have only a short time to write before the post leaves . |