Example sentences of "[noun sg] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As Hailama said , ‘ You do n't need a contest to have a contest here . ’ |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I go down to the side of the pond to have a look round . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's their intention to have a car as close to Zoom as possible in production by 1995 . |
| 15 | for the music industry to have a success . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 18 | He smiled , remembered his ambition to have a holiday with his friends instead of with his family . |
| 19 | debate on a proposal to have a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 20 | I also support the proposal to have a list published , I know who 's gon na be top of the list , it 's possibly going to be me , and I 'm not ashamed of that so erm , let's go ahead and do it , 'cause it is public money , and the public have a right to know where that money 's going , so I 'm not ashamed of that . |
| 21 | In the evening , Derek went into a bar to have a drink . |
| 22 | He left the office late and dropped into a nearby wine bar to have a glass of the house Chardonnay and unwind from the day 's traumas , his thoughts drifting haphazardly from Cindy to Alexandra to Emma and back to Alexandra . |
| 23 | ‘ And it 's not a fit place for a young girl to have a baby , ’ snapped McAllister , who had just seen that his patient was little more than a child , ‘ but she 's having one , all the same . |
| 24 | Laura 's pregnant mother Fran , 26 , said : ‘ If Laura has helped another child to have a chance , then we are delighted . |
| 25 | You do n't have to be an expert to have a go , and at some Clubs there 's free tuition for beginners . |
| 26 | Maureen was getting on to the museum about bringing an expert to have a look at the place . ’ |
| 27 | The practice of ‘ practical criticism ’ in fact unconsciously takes it for granted that the readers already know enough about poetry to have a grasp of rules and conventions sufficient to make adequate sense of the passage . |
| 28 | So when we got the council 's bloke to have a word with her , went to saw he a fortnight ago , and she 's moved today . |
| 29 | The majority of their lordships rejected this argument and held that it had been intended that a customer who accepted the offer by buying four gallons would thereby become entitled in law to have a World Cup coin . |
| 30 | There is no right in Community law to have a lawyer present for such meetings , although normally the Commission will allow a limited time to elapse for the parties to acquire legal representation . |