Example sentences of "[noun] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fascism ’ , he said , ‘ is not a creed for the smug mice who choose to emerge from under Bloomsbury tea-cosies to have a nibble at it . ’ |
| 2 | North America became the first continent to have a rail line from coast to coast when the Central Pacific met the Union Pacific in May 1869 . |
| 3 | It is therefore a legal necessity for almost all goat-keepers to have a copy of the MAFF Code of Welfare of Goats . |
| 4 | As Hailama said , ‘ You do n't need a contest to have a contest here . ’ |
| 5 | Mansell Mania … wo n't harm you in fact in these days of depression and recession … a record breaking world champion is a bit of a tonic … its good to have a Brit on top … |
| 6 | I pointed Armstrong westwards but pulled over near a post office and a couple of shops to have a think . |
| 7 | Somehow ‘ Carlsson ’ does n't quite cut the mustard like Porsche 's ‘ Carrera ’ , but these are the first of the company 's production-line cars to have a name — like BMWs , they have always had numbers — and as the man at Saab said , at least you can pronounce it . |
| 8 | The feeling persisted and suddenly , although he knew he was being ridiculous , he felt he had to take a ride into Mansfield to have a look at the site where the old Empire Theatre had once stood . |
| 9 | Bransby Cooper says that ‘ I have sometimes suffered from the Professor 's love of cold air ; for if ever he could manage at his parties to have a window left open unperceived , he was delighted ; and many a time when I have dined with him I have said ‘ Pray , Mr Coleman , have your ventilators shut or I shall be blown out of the room ’ , at which he laughed and had the direction of the current changed by stealth so as to apply the breeze upon some other visitor less sensitive than myself' . |
| 10 | Eventually the Corporal gave me a cigarette , and in due course we pulled over at a roadside cafe to have a cup of coffee and to stretch our legs . |
| 11 | True to historical precedent , it required a white rock musician to have a hit with a black man 's song — in this case Eric Clapton with ‘ I Shot the Sheriff ’ — before the breakthrough could occur ; but at length Bob Marley became the first reggae superstar . |
| 12 | His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look . |
| 13 | Gandhi 's tolerant attitude to religions , which will be dealt with in the following chapter , is an indication that he does not consider any religion to have a monopoly of Truth and that includes Hinduism . |
| 14 | That uncertainty , acknowledged by Watkins L.J. , should , it is submitted , have provided a powerful reason for the Court of Appeal to allow the applicant to have a judgment by the court on the unresolved points , particularly as they had been previously argued before but had been unanswered by the court . |
| 15 | Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window . |
| 16 | In Herefordshire , education , health , social services and voluntary groups are working together on a Lifestyles Project which enables students leaving college to have a life of their own within the community . |
| 17 | It does not do any harm to have a look and see what firms say about themselves in the various directories , including The Legal 500 , The Chambers Directory of Solicitors and Barristers and The Law Society Directory . |
| 18 | I go down to the side of the pond to have a look round . |
| 19 | In other words to have a file of lecturers in lecturer number order , another in name order , another in status order , and yet another one according to qualification . |
| 20 | It is is my intention to have a look through that and see if I can delegate any of those down to your good selves . |
| 21 | It 's their intention to have a car as close to Zoom as possible in production by 1995 . |
| 22 | for the music industry to have a success . |
| 23 | There is a recognised case for the utilities to have a right of compulsory acquiring the use of land . |
| 24 | Er , seeing this here , does it mean that anybody that loses er , a vote in a sub-committee can then move it to the budget review to have a second go at winning it ? |
| 25 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 26 | They remembered it because it was so unusual for the Zosers to have a visitor , and because he came so late . |
| 27 | He smiled , remembered his ambition to have a holiday with his friends instead of with his family . |
| 28 | I do n't know I 'll get Mick to have a look in a minute ah , ah , is there a little handle at the side , at your side ? |
| 29 | She did not want Ruth to have a cat . |
| 30 | Four-fifths of chief executives favoured legislation requiring companies to have a remuneration committee dominated by outsiders . |