Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] to have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |
| 2 | For short-line fishing I like to have a line with some stretch ; it complements the shock-absorber effect of the rod . |
| 3 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 4 | Both in theory and in practice we endeavour to have a representative Association in each Division , and on them — and them only — lies the responsibility of selecting their candidate . |
| 5 | On the way down on that stretch of road from death one to death two I call them , the roundabouts I suddenly realised if we were going to have a rehearsal we needed to have a bouquet of flowers did n't we so I leapt out of the car picked some weeds tied them up with a piece of strong so that the chap of our staff who was going to be in front of me was going to hold them during the rehearsal whilst I dashed up to play first of all the Lord Provost and then the Queen or the Lady Provost as she then was . |
| 6 | Haslam found this a rather passive role compared to running a business himself , so when he was asked to become ICI 's personnel director he jumped at the opportunity to tackle a job which appeared to have a higher executive content . |
| 7 | With a certain reluctance she agreed to have a further examination , and tests were taken from the cervix and urethra . |
| 8 | " I have n't liked to say anything about it , but you must have noticed , that evening you stayed to have a drink with us , that my wife was n't quite herself . " |
| 9 | There was a frequently reiterated belief that for Tanganyika to be understood properly in the international community it needed to have a strong English language press in which TANU policies would be stated clearly . |
| 10 | So in spite of it being a mid-turn switch , in this case we seem to have a different type of switch from the one in ( 6 ) , for the other parties to the conversation respond differently to it . |
| 11 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 12 | Because er , to produce more output you have to have a bigger stock , and therefore the price goes up , so you produce more , decreasing not quite so much , and keep a greater percentage than you did last year , so that for cows , as the price goes up you 've got to counteract it again , cows this year , and try to sort of , keep my , get my herd bigger and bigger , and profitable . |
| 13 | If you 're going to use this by by rewarding specific desired behaviour you need to have a look at a reward list and there 's a whole range of potential rewards that 've been around . |
| 14 | Laertes , who spends most of the play away from the court studying in France , is also a character who appears to have a sub-plot of his own . |
| 15 | ‘ Last night we managed to have a reasonable conversation . |
| 16 | In the event he had to have a below-the-knee amputation . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , Paisley was keen to establish a public distinction between these two roles , At an early election meeting in an Orange Hall in the Bannside constituency he arranged to have a friend ask him if Protestant Unionism was just Free Presbyterianism by another name . |
| 18 | ‘ To be good at the game you have to have a reasonable level of intelligence , ’ said Cathy Williams , a teacher from the Percy Hedley School in Newcastle which caters for children with cerebral palsy . |
| 19 | ‘ To be a manager you have to have a strong personality , and I 'm not really like that unless I 've had 23 pints . |
| 20 | In order to appreciate the various processes involved in electronic spectroscopy we need to have a reasonable picture of the levels , both occupied and unoccupied , available to electrons in molecules . |
| 21 | I went to the Norfolk Broads , and erm I think it was Saturday morning we went to have a look at a flat , |
| 22 | ( 2 ) Requiring plaintiffs to specify the hiring or promotional method they considered to have a " disparate impact " on the work force . |
| 23 | ‘ When his fellow inmates in H4 and H7 heard of the this callous and deplorable decision they decided to have a peaceful protest . |
| 24 | If radical politics have provided one consistent thread in his career , cricket has been another — going back to his early days in Derbyshire when he played for Littleover in the Notts & Derby Border League and was taught to bowl legcutters by twice-capped county coach Denis Smith : ‘ I suppose I ultimately failed him because in my rebelliousness I refused to have a decent short haircut , ’ he recalls . |
| 25 | She was damned if she would be put through a third degree by this raving lunatic who seemed to have a fixation about someone called Lotta . |
| 26 | For the survival of a society you have to have a certain number at one extreme and , therefore , a certain number at the other extreme , for without cowards there are no VCs . |
| 27 | I want to be a part of the sport , one sport which encompasses everyone from a small kid who wants to have a go at throwing the javelin because he has seen Steve Backley on television , through to the 60-year-old recreational runner . ’ |
| 28 | If we are thinking of taking a lord of the manor to a Court of Assize we need to have a watertight case . ’ |
| 29 | In case anyone wants to have a tidy note of the way consonants are classified , there are many books which will give you details . |
| 30 | On my way to the pay ‘ phone near the gents , I noticed the door to the back room was open , and for some reason I decided to have a look . |