Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] to have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can also point to grammatical parallelisms which , although not devoid of content , merely seem to have an elaborative function , providing further examples of a concept already expressed : " The sweetest rose hath his prickle " already conveys , by proverbial extension , the meaning " even the best things are alloyed with bad " , and to that extent , the repetition of the pattern in " the finest velvet his brack , the fairest flour his bran " , is redundant.Lyly might not , one imagines , have added his last piece of pattern , the similitude of sanctity , unless he had hit on the alliteration of " holiest head " and " wicked way " . |
| 2 | But this is not a good enough reason to have a large military arsenal since peace-keeping forces in the past have only consisted of soldiers and personal defence weapons . |
| 3 | The potential trap , of course , lies in defining what is a ‘ serious ’ enough reason to have an abortion . |
| 4 | Personal contact important in producing GAYE givers , so need to have a canvasser on the shop floor . |
| 5 | That 's all you have , that 's only have to have a little bit . |
| 6 | Yet I desperately want to have a friend or two to socialise with . |
| 7 | I just want to have a child of my own . ’ |
| 8 | I just want to have a word with someone . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I just want to have a look around it . |
| 10 | ‘ I just want to have a word with Suzi . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Users just want to have a good time , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Cos I just , I just want to have a quick look through it before I gave it |
| 13 | it 's not a problem so if you just want to have a look round up there and sort of come here |
| 14 | And as luck would have it , I just happen to have a list of apparently germane truths which I have been maturing during the last month or so , after being worsted in various conversations . |
| 15 | Does n't bottle-wrack already seem to have a more discrete , ‘ organismy ’ feel to it ? |
| 16 | The class of games analyzed above seem to have a number of possible applications to economics . |
| 17 | Some actors just seem to have a knack for making themselves unpopular . |
| 18 | Well , I think the thing for me is I do n't feel like I have to look brilliant , I just like to have a good time . |
| 19 | ‘ Not really , they just like to have an escort sometimes . ’ |
| 20 | I generally ask to have a few kicks before a big game , ’ Fox said . |
| 21 | And they just love to have a Pow Wow . |
| 22 | ‘ I think you just have to have a flexible mind , ’ said Masklin , knowing even as he said the words that this probably was n't going to be a lot of help . |
| 23 | Says 15-year-old David Stokes : ‘ There are quite a few boys who just have to have a girlfriend , but it 's not what we all feel . |
| 24 | You just have to have an official order |
| 25 | Maybe I just need to have a change . ’ |
| 26 | Straightaway , " Mum , " I said , " I still want to have a bike badly . " |
| 27 | ‘ The banana nose and attachment glasses line have n't gone too well , ’ sighed Neville in rare serious moment , but the new range of masks are going well at £39 a time it 's clear people still want to have a laugh . |
| 28 | ‘ I still expect to have a substantial interest in the day-to-day running of the club and my assistant Lil Fuccillo will be appointed manager . ’ |
| 29 | Caroline 's friends , in general , always seem to have a sense of humour . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I always like to have a good look round the Abbey . ’ |