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

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1 Those booked to dinghy sail have priority for use of dinghies ; those booked to windsurf have priority for use of windsurfers. •
2 Unfortunately Aisling has had to have eye operations after developing glaucoma and this has prevented treatment resuming .
3 ‘ Music has got to have passion in it , it 's got to have sex in it ’
4 And this is where we are in danger of finding ourselves in a vicious circle : for industry one has got to have products and to get products one has got to have industry
5 THE Smokebusters of South Tees showed that you do n't need to smoke to have fun yesterday .
6 Some appear to have had gas bladders like the Portuguese Man O'War .
7 They appear to have had metal destination boxes at first , soon replaced by wooden ones like 46–55 .
8 The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all .
9 In my view , however , the effect of section 38 ( a ) is not to vest title in the trustee retrospectively in the sense that under the Act he is deemed to have had title at the commencement of the bankruptcy ; the effect of section 38 ( a ) is to vest in the trustee , when adjudication occurs , title to property which is identified by reference to the property which belonged to the bankrupt at the commencement of the bankruptcy .
10 This we feel matches the real world situation , where er the poor being always with us , there will always be people who while wishing to have accommodation .
11 Interesting that both women seemed to have had access to more money than you would expect .
12 Almost nine tenths , 88 per cent , of the people who had spent some time in a residential home were said to have had access to a telephone where they could make calls and people could telephone them .
13 She said the man , who admitted attempting to have sex with her when she was eight , should have gone to prison for two or three years .
14 I should like to have had time to discuss such matters , but the paucity of progress made yesterday , the long speeches and the many amendments which had to be considered left the Government with no option but to move a guillotine motion today .
15 He would like to have had Cropnose 's version , but their paths did n't cross , and there was no reason , meantime , why he should seek the King 's mother .
16 Though Offa granted land to Woking in Surrey ( CS 275 : S 144 ) , he can not be shown to have had influence here before 784–5 .
17 Men claimed to have had sex 8.1 times in the last month , and each encounter had lasted 31 minutes on average .
18 Men claimed to have had sex 8.1 times in the last month , and each encounter had lasted 31 minutes on average .
19 He relates a lasting erotic liaison with a certain Mary Parish , an astrologer , cunning woman , and medium , with whom he lived in Long Acre , and by whom he claimed to have had progeny numbering 106 .
20 Which Hollywood actress had alleged to have had sex with an entire football team which
21 How it would have helped to have had Clause 10 to guide me , and the means by which to make my protest public .
22 As you would expect , the change in pronunciation was made once and for all , but either the brothers or the editors of the Register seem to have had difficulty making up their minds how to spell it .
23 Me mum and dad seem to have had trouble with their toaster do n't they ?
24 They should encourage the client to commit him/herself to something specific , i.e. , ‘ I 'd like to stop having panic attacks ’ , or ‘ I 'd like to be able to catch the train up to London ’ , or , ‘ I 'd like to understand and cope more effectively with my anxiety symptoms ’ , or , ‘ I 'd like to be more relaxed giving presentations at work ’ .
25 Besides , no one I know has had sex since Studio 54 closed .
26 ‘ The princes are no longer seen in the gardens , child — none as far as I know has had sight or sound of them for several weeks .
27 But he went down to Suffolk very often , much more often perhaps than he would have done had Wyvis Hall been destined to pass back to the Berelands or on to one of those cousins in the United States .
28 Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene .
29 One envies Saint Teresa of Avila ( 1957 , pp.23–4 ) , who appears to have had conviction and commitment almost from birth :
30 Particularly as it has been discovered that about 30% of men who die from other causes are also found to have had prostate cancer . ’
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