Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before this could happen X/Open would have to establish a formal relationship with the UN after meeting initial requirements , such as proving — to the UN 's satisfaction — its status as as a non-governmental , not-for-profit organisation . |
| 2 | JOE STALIN 'S favourite scientist , the late Trofim Denosovich Lysenko , would surely have felt a spiritual kinship with the fleeing management of the American Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |
| 3 | An observer would have seen a raggedy man with his possessions gathered into a couple of carrier bags , his hair uncombed , and no life in his eyes at all . |
| 4 | The mill has a large belt wheel at the second floor level and , at such a height , must have presented a few problems with the fitting of the drive belt . |
| 5 | Cynics believe that the administration may have made a secret deal with Noriega , and some of the defence testimony seems to bear out this theory . |
| 6 | You should have bought an American dog with you something like a |
| 7 | The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) . |
| 8 | Jimmy grinned — at any other time Leith might have had a quiet word with him about his cheek . |
| 9 | At the very least , he should have had a local policeman with him . |
| 10 | I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’ |
| 11 | If it had done that , we might have had a sensible dialogue with British Rail , but it did not . |
| 12 | Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle . |
| 13 | He may have had an unfortunate experience with a highway engineer — |
| 14 | The owners of the major-league clubs ( they have increased in number from 26 to 28 with the creation of the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies ) will also have to conclude a new contract with the players ' union . |
| 15 | Perhaps , to be a little facetious , an ancestral insect that looked only 5 per cent like a turd would have fooled an ancestral bird with only 5 per cent vision . |
| 16 | The Netherlands Prime Minister , Ruud Lubbers , on Feb. 14 halted a $1,500 million sale of four submarines to Taiwan , which he said would have breached a 1984 accord with China [ see pp. 33036-37 ] . |
| 17 | Does it have to form a continuous path with other correct words ? |
| 18 | Because of the visits to the footplate to see the controls , and also the food cooked traditional style on the shovel , most of the people at the party will have exchanged a few words with Roger and gained an impression of the sort of cheerful , obliging chap he was . |
| 19 | I was not told , when we left , that I should have to fight a running battle with four hundred horsemen . |
| 20 | If Lancaster , with its castle and harbour , could have been garrisoned for James it could have provided a connecting link with France , but Forster could not spare the men and had to press on south , through wretched weather and along increasingly miry roads . |
| 21 | Mr Cubbage must have seemed a good catch with his fine house , handsome looks and with his obvious wealth . |
| 22 | It must have seemed a heaven-sent opportunity with Mrs Figgis-Hewett shouting about breach of promise — if heaven sent is the word , ’ added Rose hastily , ‘ and our Mr Pipkin shouting about his rights . ’ |
| 23 | Classic Maya civilization appears to have collapsed some 600 years before the Spanish conquest of Central America , but even if it had survived it seems inevitable that the Maya obsession with time would have remained a historical curiosity with no influence on the modern world . |
| 24 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 25 | She 'd have to have a debriefing session with Edwin when they 'd gone . |
| 26 | I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this . |
| 28 | She would have to have a stern talk with Debbie about including extraneous information instead of plain hard fact . |
| 29 | Then there was his failure to embrace the Shatalin plan for market reforms , which , for all its faults , would have meant a clear break with the centrally planned past . |
| 30 | He must have taken a thousand pictures with people . |