Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Alice met these two peculiar characters the words of a famous rhyme going through her head : ‘ Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle … ’ |
| 2 | I am terribly shocked and saddened that Woody chose to have a relationship with Soon-Yi . |
| 3 | He said that Mr Lang appeared to have a vision of a local government closely identified with communities . |
| 4 | School rules required all girls to tie back their hair , and Victoria seemed to have a knack of observing the most oppressive and trivial regulations with grace . |
| 5 | To maintain the dignity of his new position , Elphege needed to have a biography and a complement of musical compositions for his feast-day . |
| 6 | Conway carried a Ghurka knife in her belt while Marshall pretended to have a shotgun and threatened staff with a scythe and carving knife . |
| 7 | Though she laughed at the story and denied it completely , reporter Williams claimed to have a hypnotist 's receipt signed by Kylie . |
| 8 | Sylvia had to have a background story , and she enjoyed making up tall tales to tell anybody she was unlikely to meet again . |
| 9 | He turned it round when IPC seemed to have a death warrant on it . |
| 10 | Within six days the Celbes Sailfins seemed to have a fit . |
| 11 | A leading feminist like Josephine Butler refused to have a man at her confinements , and women were consolidating their predominance in paramedical professions , such as nursing and midwifery . |
| 12 | The lead Hunter appeared to have a mane around its neck . |
| 13 | Sara had to have a car . |
| 14 | Brian thought Edna seemed wary when he told her that the specialist in charge of Celia wanted to have a talk with her the following weekend . |
| 15 | Charles volunteered to have a look out and clambered on to the seat , testing the strength of the pipe running up the wall . |
| 16 | No erm her Cheryl had to have a walk round in her sleep this morning cos |
| 17 | Yet the thing which struck her most of all here in the drawing room was that Harriet seemed to have a passion for photographs . |
| 18 | One morning a umini from Pere came to have a look at it . |
| 19 | Uzzell had to have a piece of plastic inserted into his eye and a metal plate put in his cheek to repair the damage . |