Example sentences of "[pers pn] has a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A small trainer like me has a job to tick over , let alone make a living , but he always comes to the rescue .
2 Not one of them has a day 's experience of working in British industry .
3 Nevertheless , a couple of drinks later it transpired that one of them has a boyfriend who gets up at six in the morning to meditate , while the other said her best friend had been snapped out of a severe depression by a weekend of psychodrama .
4 And these six can now be further reduced by asking which of them meets a number of desirable but not essential wants : Which of them has a garden ?
5 Each of them has a value and a part to play but they should serve us ; we should not be their slaves .
6 That cargo plane of yours has a range of three thousand , six hundred sea miles .
7 David , David has a dentist app I think his has a dentist appointment .
8 The San Francisco Museum is loaning us their beautiful Dirck Bouts ‘ Madonna and Child ’ that was done from the same cartoon or pattern as ours , the main difference being that theirs has a brocade background and ours is plain .
9 If any man among you has a thought to share upon this most urgent matter , speak now . ’
10 For me to be autonomous , it is not sufficient that you leave me alone ; rather the way I am treated by you has a bearing on my autonomy , and reciprocally for you .
11 For her just-a-handful , Charlotte is not afraid to admit she has a fave .
12 ‘ And tell me again how she has a look of me . ’
13 To the New York Times Pebbles was ‘ the English filly who drinks a pint of stout every morning and went to post in the company of a British gelding she has a crush on ’ ; in the 1985 Breeders ' Cup Turf at Aqueduct she ‘ overcame a poor start and traffic problems to beat the boys by a neck ’ and provide Britain 's first win in a Breeders ' Cup event .
14 If , however , your answer is specific ( e.g. ‘ She has a temper tantrum when I insist that she obeys me , for example when I tell her to eat up her breakfast ’ ) then an effective procedure can be worked out .
15 I quite like Cher , but I think she has a problem with wanting to look too good .
16 I wonder if she has a problem with ‘ God ’ , it must drive her mad that so many people refer to him as ‘ He ’ .
17 I will maybe just remind her in case she has a problem finding one if she leaves it too late .
18 She recently added a ribber and finds that if she has a problem , thanks to her illness , she gets flustered .
19 She has a problem with some little gland or other , which can throw her right off balance .
20 We ourselves suggested that , notwithstanding our data , any patient who believes that he or she has a problem with human insulin should resume animal insulin , which we certainly would not wish to see withdrawn .
21 Denial is a psychological defence mechanism by which the sufferer simply does not believe that he or she has a problem , despite all the evidence .
22 She has a turn if Drew spends sixpence , ’ said Bas , peering over Ricky 's shoulder .
23 She has a self interest in giving her milk to , to er grow to a point where it can survive on its own .
24 She has a cottage . ’
25 The Guinness book of theatre quotes , which costs £7.99 , is compiled by Michele Brown who readily agrees that actors and authors are every bit as cruel about actors as critics , viz Richard Burton talking about his wife Liz Taylor : ‘ She has a double chin , her legs are too short and she has a pot belly . ’
26 She has a vision of the hunchback standing on tiptoe gazing into large saucepans , or moving crabwise round the table .
27 Few can deliver high notes of such ringing clarity or trills so impeccably controlled , and she has a chest register many contraltos would envy .
28 She has a genius for sorting things out .
29 The class is fun and I like the way she has a bit of poise and discipline . ’
30 Now she talks across to her , but she has a bit of a ah , ah , ah , ah , ah , ah , and it 's difficult
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