Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am asking my accountants to have a look at it . |
| 2 | Daphne : " I would be scared out of my wits to have a giraffe — it 's a wild animal and far too big for our garden ! " |
| 3 | It is therefore increasingly important for their teachers to have a knowledge of theories of language acquisition . |
| 4 | The soldiers , sailors and airwomen are among 5,500 women illegally forced to give up their careers to have a family , according to a European Equal Opportunities Commission ruling . |
| 5 | Bransby Cooper says that ‘ I have sometimes suffered from the Professor 's love of cold air ; for if ever he could manage at his parties to have a window left open unperceived , he was delighted ; and many a time when I have dined with him I have said ‘ Pray , Mr Coleman , have your ventilators shut or I shall be blown out of the room ’ , at which he laughed and had the direction of the current changed by stealth so as to apply the breeze upon some other visitor less sensitive than myself' . |
| 6 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |