Example sentences of "[noun sg] have got the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jimmy Walker is celebrating a juicy record — the green-fingered genius has got the biggest melon in Britain ! |
| 2 | The Stick has got the same range as the piano and I can jump four octaves with one hand . |
| 3 | Even in the city of bikes it seems the car has got the upper hand . |
| 4 | Even in the city of bikes it seems the car has got the upper hand . |
| 5 | How the hell can I calm down when that fucking idiot of a chef has got the entire kitchen staff making canapés when they should be preparing the buffet ? |
| 6 | Mummy 's got the longest red blue . |
| 7 | they 're about the same , so when the hundred gram bar has got the extra ten per cent it 's it 's just just makes it the better bargain , er , they 're not losing much on that cos they save on the wrapping , so it probably costs them the same |
| 8 | The self-evident gap between fantasy and reality — which is that no government , anywhere , of any political complexion has got the first clue about how to organise society in the post-Cold War world — has led to an aimless disgruntlement , a poisonous mixture of envy and ennui . |
| 9 | It could be that the boy had got the whole thing planned , luring Philip out , then having him surrounded . |
| 10 | Now daddy 's got the smallest caterpillar . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman has got the wrong end of the stick about how they work . |
| 12 | Oh and his wife 's got the first name too and the name of the his wife too and then you begin to you begin to put a few equations together . |
| 13 | People in the Sri Lankan countryside have got the right idea . |
| 14 | The trouble is baldness has got the wrong |
| 15 | Thinking fatigue had got the better of his tired mind , Jack Hayden did not worry unduly until the following Monday morning when a porter who had been working on the station Platform came to the mess room and saw a strange figure looking at Mr Hayden . |
| 16 | ‘ People who think the song is about ecstasy have got the wrong end of the stick . ’ |
| 17 | Fellow 's got the wrong squadron . |
| 18 | Val 's scheme has got the full backing of police in Gloucestershire and West Mercia . |
| 19 | Then a bit later , but not well do n't do it when we are gon na go to sleep because cos we end ups tal talking about who 's dad 's got the biggest plonker ! |
| 20 | And up front Villa have got the perfect artillery in Dean Saunders and Atkinson . |
| 21 | Now , if the Liaison Office had got the same number from Maxim , then the embassy gossip vine had to be more security-minded than she believed possible for it not to come to one conclusion . |
| 22 | But then her pride and her curiosity had got the better of her again , and she remembered why she had agreed to the meeting in the first place . |
| 23 | The High Court in Inverness heard that PC John Smith 's curiosity had got the better of him when he learned that a Murdo MacIver from his home town of Stornoway was in custody . |
| 24 | Before we start chairman , I wonder whether we can make sure that Peter , North Yorkshire County Council , that all round the table have got the relevant North Yorkshire paperwork . |
| 25 | and now the van 's got the red light heat coming on , on the battery , took it into the garage and checked it , it 's charging the battery alright , its alternator 's okay , but we do n't know what it is but when you turn it on , when you turn the key on in the morning |