Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steward needed three shots to escape his watery grave and had a drenched set of waterproofs to prove it . |
| 2 | He was a man of strong ambition and had a doubtful reputation as an intriguer , but he was an able man who had deserved better of his party . |
| 3 | The informal petty bourgeoisie is a term that is rarely found in attempts to outline class structure in Latin America , but Portes ' usage refers to small-scale entrepreneurs , who have similar characteristics in the class analysis to the dominant class , but who operate at a very different level and have a somewhat precarious existence . |
| 4 | Chocolate novelties take centre stage at this time of year , so save yourself some money and have a go at making your own Easter eggs and bunnies . |
| 5 | If you fall into this category and have a low income , you may be entitled to Poll Tax Benefit . |
| 6 | She wore a belted Japanese kimono that emphasised her cottage-loaf figure and had a warm , rumpled , half-awake look that made Maxim just want to curl up beside her and sleep for a week . |
| 7 | ‘ Customers are getting a raw deal and have a right to be angry . |
| 8 | We would go to Middleton Carnival with them when time and circumstances permitted , and one lovely June day we went to High force and had a picnic . |
| 9 | ‘ So I bought a few chisels and some wood and had a go . |
| 10 | The Youth Club has increased in popularity this session and has a thriving expanding membership . |
| 11 | Althusser 's concept of the dialectic involves various levels of social formation that have a ‘ relative autonomy ’ , that is to say , they are to some degree self-determining . |
| 12 | Understanding is not conveyed solely through clear diction but has a lot to do with the language used . |
| 13 | ‘ Come along like a sensible girl and have a nice cup of coffee in the sitting-room , where we can talk . ’ |
| 14 | Such inducements can be caught by British law as having a clearly defined ‘ tendency to deprave and corrupt ’ . |
| 15 | These should fit into the well of the recessed window and have a flange which overlaps the edge of the well . |
| 16 | ON the duke , Mrs Barrantes said : ‘ Andrew is a good-looking boy and has a heart of gold . |
| 17 | The Ferry Boat Inn , positioned next to a spur which acts as a marina , is a popular venue and has a cruising restaurant moored alongside . |
| 18 | unless I go up that shop , top shop and have a look at those gramme balls , yellow , oranges |
| 19 | But in Tom 's room , when Peter had poured the wine into two mugs and an inch into a glass for her and she had tasted it , she found she liked this wine that had a taste of how elderflowers smell , reversed her decision and asked him to do as he had offered and fill her glass . |
| 20 | ‘ Scared ? ’ he asked casually on one occasion when going down a steep hill that had a sheer drop on one side . |
| 21 | Dad had often spoken about the Railway Hotel just across the road from what remained of the station , and how he used to play the battered old piano and have a sing-song with his pals . |
| 22 | Oh absolutely marvellous we watched the house go up brick by brick , you know , we , we used to come down here and think oh my goodness wo n't it be marvellous to be able to run some water and have a bath in the normal way you know cos we do n't , we 'd both always had electricity and baths and everything else until this happened and erm , we er , oh it was wonderful , really wonderful absolutely marvellous |
| 23 | ‘ Good idea , ’ Yanto replied , ‘ then we can dump all this stuff and have a mooch around ’ |
| 24 | Right hang on there Bev , money right that was softer than other ones , I 'll come in another day and have a good root round |
| 25 | The central part of the cathedral stands , like the Ascension Church at Kolomenskoe , on a high platform and has a tall octagonal tower . |
| 26 | Mr Francis is in Marcus because he was knocked down crossing a road this morning and has a double fracture of the right tib. and fib . |
| 27 | Stand-in Liverpool manager Ronnie Moran said : ‘ The other four lads who were missing today managed to train this morning and have a good chance of facing Portsmouth . ’ |
| 28 | We now have a stratigraphical set-up that has a second formation " y " which seems to pass laterally into " x " and to be its time equivalent . |
| 29 | Milic sees this habit as having a role in Swift 's persuasive rhetoric : as helping to create an impression of consummate logical clarity . |
| 30 | If you say , ‘ I keep thinking you might take some LSD and have a bad trip and get scrambled-egg brains and never be the same again and I really love you the way you are , ’ that 's fine because you 've confined yourself to what you know and what you feel . |