Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 . ’
2 When we had association we 'd stand around and talk , or sit and watch telly or have a bath and wash our hair .
3 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 .
4 I 've thought about him a great deal and have a plan he might find useful .
5 ‘ Customers are getting a raw deal and have a right to be angry .
6 I train to go into the ring and have a boxing match , not just take an opponent out .
7 I told my parents that I wanted to go to the lavatory and have a wash .
8 club and have a fag , her mum 's given up smoking , so Joanne 's really worried now oh
9 But if I was going to have to disillusion the boy , I thought it kinder to do it personally than by letter , and I invited him to come to the studios to see the programme and have a drink .
10 Nan you 'll love why do n't you go back and watch your programme and have a sit down and we wo n't be two ticks eating these .
11 ‘ I told him to take a break and have a rethink about the rest of the meeting . ’
12 So long did I have to wait , however , for that second chub , I decide to dispense with floating crust and have a shot at legered crust again .
13 He zipped it up again , and I imagined him going to sit on a black plastic jerry-can to drink his own tea and have a smoke .
14 Some day soon we 'll stop by at a monastery and have a scribbler read them out to you .
15 But he this was a week and a half ago and he said , give me a couple of weeks , I want to have a look at the figures and the mix and have a think about it and I 'll come back to you .
16 ‘ Also , we had introduced performance management and appraisal and have a policy here of developing staff to their full potential , ’ he said , ‘ yet we were finding that outside stress factors were preventing people from reaching that . ’
17 Bounce over to the typewriter and have a look at this contract I 've drawn up .
18 My father never visited Jubilee Street Elementary once in all the years I was there , but Granpa used to pop along at least once a term and have a word with Mr Cartwright my teacher .
19 Some servicing valves ( sold for installing a washing machine ) are incorporated into a tee fitting and have a lever to operate .
20 Let's go down to the canteen and have a coffee on it . ’
21 And of course when you was er was n't on guard duty at the f early evening , course there used to be used to pop into the Peel and have a couple of halves or some would have a pint and there was a chap in , in the Home , Home Guard he , he used to be able to play the piano so we used to have a singsong in there for a social , you know .
22 the tank this just hold compressed air and comes in sizes ranging from 7 litre to 15 litre they are made from steel or aluminium and have a valve to let the air out .
23 He knew the Customs in the East Queen 's and if you wanted a drink , or anything like that , you would go in the locker and have a bit .
24 It ’ s an act of solidarity with every woman who 's under pressure to have a baby , or have a boy or have a girl or who knows , for god 's sake , have a puppy or a kitten or a goddamned foal .
25 If you want to go sailing , play volleyball or have a round of mini golf it wo n't cost you a penny and the kids can be left in the Pirates Club while you spend the afternoon doing things you want to do … but you may have a job persuading them to leave a few hours later .
26 ‘ Look , why do n't you go down to the bar and have a couple of drinks ? ’
27 He thinks you arrive , hit a dozen balls , go out and play , shoot a 72 , then go to the bar and have a chat .
28 ‘ I was in a hotel last night and I would have loved to sit in the bar and have a drink .
29 He summed up his own fate in a brief description of life as one of football 's miscreants : ‘ If I go into a bar and have a lager shandy , ’ he said in 1984 , ‘ word goes back that I 'm knocking back bottles of champagne .
30 ‘ In the meantime , as I told you , I have an errand to do , then I plan to stop off in the village and have a bite to eat .
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