Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We would obviously like to have a synthetic surface of our own but we certainly would n't be able to provide such a facility without outside help . ’ |
| 2 | You have to be a specialist , and even then , you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories . |
| 3 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 4 | If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’ |
| 5 | If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title . |
| 6 | Instead , structured gestural sequences , or syntagmata as MacNeill calls them , might already have had a rudimentary grammar before they were overlaid by speech . |
| 7 | Actually , I might just have had a little to do with his death , as it occurred less than a year after the Stoves lost their only child , Esmerelda . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , we 'll just have to have a male crone for today , ’ replied Miss Thorne in a dangerously quiet voice . |
| 9 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 10 | She could n't imagine he could ever have had a single moment of nervous insecurity in his whole charmed life . |
| 11 | And , if he had moved any farther down the course , would he still have had a clear view of Captain Brown waving his flag to signal a false start ? |
| 12 | You do not always have to have a specific link to other items on the syllabus . |
| 13 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 14 | When I first set up home on my own I had so many bits of ill-assorted furniture that various friends and relatives had given me , that it was difficult to ever imagine having a beautiful home . |
| 15 | If so , you 'll probably want to have a high proportion of the mighty Imperial cavalry units , at least one steam tank and probably the war wagon as well . |
| 16 | Now , I expect you 'll both want to have a nice cold shower — so I 'll leave you to get on with it , ’ he added , giving them another of his slow , friendly smiles before he , too , made his way back to the larger house . |
| 17 | The program requires DOS 3.0 or later , and you will also need to have a separate virus scanning program , and a formatted system disk in order to complete the installation . |
| 18 | The program requires DOS 3.0 or later , and you will also need to have a separate virus scanning program , and a formatted system disk in order to complete the installation . |
| 19 | It must be irritating for ministers , used to almost unbridled power at Westminster , to be faced by hostile local bodies who can also claim to have a democratic mandate . |
| 20 | Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle . |
| 21 | Herr Hans-Eberhard Klein , the Frankfurt prosecutor who led the search , said : ‘ I am glad it is over , but I would rather have had a live Mengele than a dead one so that some of the thousands who suffered under him could have gained some little satisfaction from a trial . ’ |
| 22 | I hooked up a wriggling worm and ate it : it tasted alright , earthy and slightly gritty , but I would rather have had a proper meal . |
| 23 | So that vegetable blue also must then as now have had a natural home ? |
| 24 | And , of course , people who do help by sponsoring these items could even choose to have a rare creature named after them in an unusual form of immortality . |
| 25 | The increase in this woodland may well have had a beneficial effect on the Woodcock and has provided the increasing breeding Redpoll population with an abundance of habitat . |
| 26 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 27 | Nonetheless , he may well have had a guilty conscience : he certainly tried to use his influence to poison Mozart 's career , out of sheer jealousy at the younger man 's superior talents ; but he does not seem to have been directly involved in his death . |
| 28 | The flock are unlikely to have been as completely innocent as the latter suggests , and their guilt may well have had a secular aspect , for it might be doubted whether Cnut would have become involved with spiritual shortcomings . |
| 29 | Like Julian , perhaps , Teresa also had an illness that may well have had a psychological aspect and which brought her to the brink of death ; her autobiography and spiritual writings show how she brought herself a physical and spiritual healing . |
| 30 | I think that you might call Duff Hart-Davis a travel writer too , at least by osmosis , since his godfather was if I remember rightly Peter Fleming , who might well have had a stern word or two to say about Mrs Izzard 's book . |