Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Students away from the university , say on a sandwich course or having a year abroad , might or might not be included in lists one used .
2 Where drug actions are known , they have been found to exert an effect on the body 's metabolic processes — that is , our inner chemical workings — inhibiting or stimulating enzyme function or having an effect on their control mechanisms .
3 A small number of people have been infected through transfusions in the past but there has never been a risk in donating blood or having a blood sample taken .
4 Where the injury is traumatic , such as a person being struck by a car or having a hand cut off in a machine , there is usually no difficulty .
5 ‘ While we can never offer a real home from home , guests come knowing that they can get some of the comforts of home — like being able to make a cup of tea or have a drink without necessarily having to come downstairs or order room service . ’
6 Patients were considered malnourished if they ( a ) had lost more than 10% usual body weight or had a serum albumin of <30 g/l ; and ( b ) also had a triceps skinfold thickness ( TSF ) of <90% adult reference range or a mid arm muscle circumference ( MAMC ) <90% reference range .
7 Eighteen patients had a skin biopsy or had a lesion removed , but no tests other than the usual histological examination were necessary .
8 When we had association we 'd stand around and talk , or sit and watch telly or have a bath and wash our hair .
9 But earning a living or having the money to be able to continue studying is , I know , just one area of concern for your readers .
10 The applicant must be a freeholder or have a lease with five years or more to run , and will be required to sign a form to say that she intends to live in that dwelling as her only or main place of residence for at least five years after the work has been completed .
11 He had a Corporal with him and we doubled to the front of Brigade H.Q and clambered aboard a jeep that had a trailer attached .
12 Or perhaps no one can understand anyone : each blackbird believes that he has put into his whistle a meaning fundamental for him , but only he understands it ; the other gives him a reply that had no connection with what he said ; it is a dialogue between the deaf , a conversation without head or tail .
13 We do well to remember that societal opposition to cruelty to animals , especially opposition that has the force of law , is a comparatively recent development .
14 The broad vigorous body suggests a mind that has no need of the intellect to remain sane , though it gives itself to every fantasy ...
15 With wrestling , the ‘ opponents ’ are not simply themselves but taking on the parts of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ in a ritual that has a context much larger than the particular match .
16 Good gossip must have an esential core of truth to it , and a dose of compassion , concern or at least good humour attached ; it is bad gossip that has no basis in fact , that is driven obviously and primarily by maliciousness .
17 Oh , but this , it was catching the tooth that had the abscessing underneath it
18 The tape that had the record of his theft .
19 A mechanism is therefore suggested such that a protein that has no affinity for the double stranded PPT element can interact specifically with one DNA strand after formation of the cruciform .
20 A number of kinds of events describable within modern microphysics involve an indeterminacy that had no place in the Newtonian programme .
21 Grown-ups have things to do , you know , an' they ca n't always explain them … well — ' She put her arm around the narrow shoulders and pulled the child into her side , and when again the arm came around her waist and the head was pressed between her breasts there arose in her that pain that was both an ache and a pleasure : a pleasure that had no future that she could see ; a pleasure that she had been deprived of all during her womanhood .
22 ‘ I 've got a horse that has a chance .
23 For instance , you may well admire a well-bred horse that has a lot of competition potential — but even if you can afford it , buying it would be a big mistake if what you really want is something quiet and up to weight to hack and do riding club events .
24 The loch that has no bottom
25 Forget , he says , the fact that the people ( I am desperately trying to avoid using the words ‘ Red Indian ’ and refuse to opt for the hopelessly inadequate euphemism , Native American ) whom the Spaniards and others found had not discovered the wheel and had no draught animals .
26 Noel Park 's model was made from corrugated card and had a drawbridge and four towers , two with staircases and two with ramps .
27 I 've thought about him a great deal and have a plan he might find useful .
28 ‘ Customers are getting a raw deal and have a right to be angry .
29 Au pairs ' hours have to be fitted around language classes and travelling and so are unlikely to fit in with yours , unless you are prepared to compromise a great deal and have the energy after work to deal with the appalling homesickness experienced by young people living far from home .
30 I train to go into the ring and have a boxing match , not just take an opponent out .
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