Example sentences of "[pron] [n mass] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I honestly think that it 's time the English got off this notion , which after all has nothing to do with the original meaning of the word ‘ amateur ’ , which means having a passion for something , erm got off this notion that the amateur , the gentleman , as Geoffrey said , is necessarily more truly engaged with the activity than somebody else . |
2 | It now has a total debt of $2.5 billion , its people have a life expectancy of just 43 years and six per cent of them have no access to clean water . |
3 | ‘ You know , ’ he said , ‘ you people have a habit sometimes of coming here to Israel with some specific details and thinking that from them you can deduce some universal truth . |
4 | But I mean , my dad always invites his staff to have a drink at the end of the evening and I mean , most of them have already been bought a drink during the course of the evening , anyway , so they 're entitled to it . |
5 | Do your people have a description of this madman ? ’ |