Example sentences of "[pron] has [adj] [noun] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has better things to do , as well . ’ |
| 2 | everybody has different ways do n't they ? |
| 3 | Oh , Milord must n't lose one precious minute of his time or attention when he has better things to do . |
| 4 | He has better things to do than hang around the Tower answering idle questions whilst good men are killed and the murderer walks scot free . ’ |
| 5 | He has fifteen seconds to do this , before the squeal turns into a screech and the alarm bell on the outside wall starts yammering . |
| 6 | He has some work to do I gather . |
| 7 | Whereas Russia is erm , is to do with the Cold War situation but I take Michael 's point that fascism and communism are not the same thing and to say that he has fascist ideas does not necessarily mean that he therefore represents Russia in this political equation |
| 8 | The Children Act places great emphasis on the child 's right to make decisions where he has sufficient understanding to do so . |
| 9 | Where the child 's attendance is not expressly ordered it is a matter for the child himself to decide where he has sufficient understanding to do so . |
| 10 | ( g ) Section 12(6) exculpates the person who acts " in the belief that he has lawful authority to do [ what he had done ] or that he would have the owner 's consent if the owner knew of his doing it and the circumstances of it " . |
| 11 | Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this . |
| 12 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 13 | Time itself is finite — a government will not devote it to passing less desirable and more controversial laws when it has better things to do with its time . |
| 14 | Surely it has better things to do than worry about such matters , and Professional Conduct Committees and indeed , the Joint Monitoring Unit , should be concentrating on cases of misbehaviour or improper conduct by its members . |
| 15 | It has regular people doing their own thing . |
| 16 | Today the functions of a local authority almost invariably involve the expenditure of money and it is clearly established that a local authority may not spend money unless it has statutory authority to do so . |