Example sentences of "[conj] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around .
2 But we can work and have a good relationship in the City Hall with the SDLP .
3 We 'll come and have a good look round , I 've never seen it .
4 A festive atmosphere encourages children to join in and have a good time , and decoration of the room or home can be helpful .
5 Most of the 16-year-olds say their fathers have more or less told them to ‘ go out and have a good time ’ .
6 Our fans want to jump about and have a good time , which is what we want to do . ’
7 Our fans want to jump about and have a good time , which is what we want to do . ’
8 Paul says you do n't have to have any ability at all because all the guides are highly trained … the groups that go rafting can turn up and have a good time … everybody enjoys themselves …
9 This will help the team to push on and have a good season . ’
10 and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time
11 ‘ Why do n't you go home and have a nice rest , Pat ?
12 The doctor , who evidently , and not unreasonably , on the basis of conversations with Franca , thought he was dealing with a madman , said to Marcus , ‘ I think we should all go now and have a nice conversation downstairs .
13 ‘ You 'd better go up and have a hot bath .
14 You 'll go upstairs and have a hot bath and a shave .
15 I believe , and have always believed , that with the Stamford Bridge and Craven Cottage issues out of the way , Cabra ( without soccer-related problems ) will survive and have a viable future . ’
16 They came here to settle down and have a happy life .
17 ‘ No — it 's just Christmas — a family get-together , you know — it seems to take more out of me than it used to — so I thought I 'd come and have a quiet minute or two with you .
18 And er they just used to go and have a quiet word and not make a fuss , no bother no nothing .
19 For example : ‘ Why do n't we go out and have a quiet chat over lunch tomorrow .
20 And we can always sit down and have a quiet chat about it afterwards ! ’
21 These are often given to very low birthweight babies ( under about 4lb ) as they are easy to digest and have a different balance of salts or minerals , especially calcium and sodium , to breast milk .
22 It is not a simple case that we can run along , sell a few houses , get the capital receipts and suddenly we can go off and have a wonderful programme and replace the assets which we have sold and when we 're talking about assets in this case I think there 's one crucial difference between us and you and that is we recognise that that is n't just an asset it is a person 's home a person 's home , that 's so important an a I 'm , just to talk about it as if it is is something else , y'know , just some petrified lump of cattle , petrified lump of stock money that was doing no good whatsoever , is a nonsense and I think most of us would agree that it is a complete and utter nonsense .
23 Instead she could continue and have a proper life after her infidelity .
24 But he must come along and have a proper examination . ’
25 Me mother er and me father they er me mother used to go to picture and then er when the cur and then me me dad did n't like pictures so he used to always meet me mother outside and then they 'd perhaps go and have a little drink together and a walk .
26 He was a schoolteacher and a very nice man , I understand , but there was n't much opportunity for Mother to go out and have a little enjoyment and apparently Aunt Bessie did not encourage such things .
27 And I mean they did get out and have a little mooch around the car park .
28 I think the three of us should sit down and have a little talk . ’
29 B. T. If there was a night-watchman , you could stop and have a little talk with him — they had these coke fires .
30 So many bereaved people , especially women , do not continue to try and have a social life as it is just too difficult and usually just serves to reinforce their sense of isolation and hurt .
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