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

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1 But the females compete for males because the male has a pouch literally on the front of his , of his belly , you know what a sea horse looks like , he looks like a horse actually , not surprisingly , you know they have this kind of , they have a kind of tail and they have this kind of pouch .
2 Such a male has a territory so much better than that of neighbours that a ‘ polygyny threshold ’ is surpassed and he gains a second mate .
3 The Prince has an estate there . ’
4 The largest site on the alignment has a diameter about 1.5 mm and the square edge has a = b = W cm .
5 Each case has an interest all on its own , and each case treated successfully is a triumph to add to his confidence in his own ability , and an experience in the use of his ability that solidifies his own outlook upon the job he is doing .
6 For example if we know that a section of script has an ascender close to the beginning of a word , and there are candidate words without one , then we can reject those candidates .
7 In some of the tests involving dykes , the host rock has a polarity opposite to that of the dykes ( Fig. 3 ) .
8 The SPD programme , with the slogan " The future has a name again : the SPD " , envisaged a social market economy which protected the socially disadvantaged .
9 The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one !
10 can mummy have a look then ?
11 As Hailama said , ‘ You do n't need a contest to have a contest here . ’
12 It 's their intention to have a car as close to Zoom as possible in production by 1995 .
13 I remember thinking that the soldier had a face now , and though his head remained slobbering in her breast when I plunged the blade through the thick khaki , I saw the sudden sharp pain jolt through his eyes .
14 His car had a puncture early on , but roared back to win its class .
15 FOLLOWING their tremendous FA Vase first round 3-1 win at HFS Loans League Radcliffe Borough , County Combination challengers Waterloo Dock have a plum home second round tie against another HFS Loans outfit Ashton United on November 21 .
16 Financially , and for security , the English scene has a bit more going for us at the moment .
17 The Council has a policy now of bringing all its properties up to date , but priority because they 're , bringing the houses up to date will take some eight years , priority is given to elderly citizens and people with medical needs .
18 Children needing extra help have a conductor either to themselves or shared between two .
19 America is fated by politics and economics at home to find willing backers abroad for its plans ; it is doomed by continuing Soviet military might to have an eye always on Moscow .
20 Nature has an aggression here that stiffens you and makes you strong .
21 Not a lot of point having a fence there they were climbing over it .
22 Distance and open learning materials can be used effectively at home , obviating the need to have a tutor constantly at your elbow .
23 — The fisherman had a wife then .
24 The aubergine had a bit too much flavour — sea spice — which my guest , still preoccupied by bathrooms , thought carried a top note of Harpic .
25 ’ The Squire had a stud here and built more stables ; he fished for trout in the ornamental lakes , grew circular coverts to encourage rabbits , which he loved to shoot , kept harriers and a pack of beagles and of course his favourite hunters ‘ Assheton ’ , ‘ Starlight ’ , ‘ Elmhurst ’ , and ‘ Shamrock ’ .
26 The fish shop had a rival now in Padovani 's Pizza Parlour next door .
27 Interviewer : I understand your husband had a heart-attack recently .
28 Well my husband had a job here we moved from Highbury in in London because his firm moved from Highbury in London to here and erm got so we had to move with my husband because of his job , you see ?
29 Wylie 's desire to maintain a more traditional notion of religion as a matter of truth and falsity ( where those with the truth have an obligation publicly to denounce falsity ) brought him into conflict with the state and he responded to that challenge by standing for election to the council .
30 The curator has a house downstream there , among the trees — you can see the red roof .
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