Example sentences of "[num ord] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second had a cap which was sewn with emeralds ; the third bore a pair of the high-heeled boots which great ladies wore to walk about the city ; and behind them , their faces solemn with barely suppressed mirth , came three women , a high-collared cloak folded lengthwise between them . |
| 2 | The Three- Ninetieth had a reputation on the record that enemy fighters never forced you to turn back and that 's some special form of courage . |
| 3 | Edward , hoping to slink past unnoticed , was pounced upon and told to hurry to his classroom , where the Lower Fourth had an exhibition with a literary theme . |
| 4 | His public buildings — North Leith Church ( 1814 ) , the Merchant Maiden Hospital in Edinburgh and the Custom House , Greenock ( both 1816 ) , the Edinburgh Academy ( 1822 ) and John Watson 's Hospital ( not the National Gallery of Modern Art ) Edinburgh ( 1828 ) — may now seem more remarkable for their correctness of proportion and detail than for any great originality , the first having an Ilissus portico adapted from Smirke 's Armley Hall , Leeds , and the four last all being variations of the theme of Smirke 's Covent Garden . |
| 5 | The amount of HIV-1 testing , the proportion found infected when first having an HIV-1 test , and the numbers of HIV-1 infections diagnosed among homosexual/bisexual men between 1985 and 1989 , are a poor guide to the underlying incidence of HIV-1 infections and should not be used to interpret the AIDS incidence curve directly . |
| 6 | Ifan Tegeryn , four-month-old son of farmer Owen Arfon Jones , 29 , and his wife , Anwen , of 300-acre Bronmiod farm at Llanaelhaearn , near Pwllheli , was the first to have a tree planted in his honour . |
| 7 | And that was Stronsay there were about the first to have a diamond jubilee . |
| 8 | To analyse the main determinants of aggregates like this , it is necessary first to have an understanding of the behaviour of the individual economic agents . |
| 9 | I first had a painting included in the Summer Exhibition 40 years ago . |
| 10 | STEVEN Richard was 11 when he first had a girlfriend . |
| 11 | Under part 1 of the 1980 Act , local authorities first have a duty to promote the welfare of children by making available such advice , guidance and assistance as may diminish the need to receive children into care . |
| 12 | AFTER being ill-served for many years by the investment industry , the small investor at last has a choice of funds which follow share indices . |
| 13 | In Ernest and Elizabeth 's awful old kitchen , which had last had a re-fit in 1926 and in which Cecilia herself would not have so much as peeled a potato , though nothing would have made her say so , Tina was baking a birthday cake for Bienvida . |
| 14 | She wondered when he had last had a bath . |
| 15 | Getty museum director Dr John Walsh said his institution were ‘ very pleased ’ to at last have a work by one of Britain 's greatest artists . |
| 16 | In the words of Chris Green : ‘ Every problem will at last have an owner . ’ |
| 17 | Colin Calderwood was next to have a go |
| 18 | Instead of untried young men , we were at last to have a pro , and moreover , one with an excellent voice . |
| 19 | Now I 'm finishing a college course as a book-keeper and ready at last to have a career . |
| 20 | She was glad at last to have a use for information from Robert : it justified her relationship with him and her decision to press ahead with the case . |
| 21 | The third had a goblin lantern , and stone frogs cemented ( for fear of theft ) to the little bridge and the nameplate which read ‘ The Nook ’ . |
| 22 | Ah me , the Home , Light and Third had a lot going for them . |
| 23 | It seemed to him that he at last had a friend . |
| 24 | You want to know when we last had a night out ? |
| 25 | I mean I ca n't remember when we last had a frost . |
| 26 | In the third year , he at last had a role that matched his skills , successfully designing graphics panels for use in the computer control of switch gear . |
| 27 | Which is actually two days before we next have a meeting which means I 'm gon na have to slap another one together in a big hurry . |
| 28 | Computers designed for scientific calculation , where it is valid to assume that the result of one operation may be an operand of the next have an accumulator and use the one-address format . |