Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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31 | The other boys either had enormous appetites for books of many kinds , or they had native wit . |
32 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
33 | Either they have a sufficient leverage over processing and marketing , for example in the extractive industries , as shown in Moran 's book ( 1974 ) on the copper industry in Chile , or they have sufficient control over intra-firm transfers , particularly transfer pricing . |
34 | ( c ) Anyone who has committed an arrestable offence or he has reasonable grounds for suspecting has committed an arrestable offence . |
35 | ( b ) He has a preventative power in that he can arrest anyone who is about to , or he has reasonable grounds to suspect is about to , commit an arrestable offence . |
36 | Neither my right hon. Friend nor I have any plan to meet a delegation of members of the campaign for Clydeside against pollution . |
37 | ‘ As you well know , Polly , neither Lord Byron nor I have any sense of humour , being British , ’ said Shelley . |
38 | Neither you nor I have any claim on this house , and you know it . |
39 | Neither John nor I have any objection to use of his history , especially if the information is of benefit to someone else . |
40 | However , neither Gabriel 's lab nor ours had much idea of how , if at all , the IMHV and the LPO might be functionally connected , or what part each region played in the general economy of the brain . |
41 | Faith had disposed of the money and belongings as she chose and everyone had that right , at the very least . |
42 | Then I used to go dancing down at down the and I 'd strict orders to get in on a Saturday night early , but it was always eleven o'clock walking on my own back . |
43 | While you co-operate with them , the Iranian government will no doubt overlook your political leanings — and I 've little doubt they 'll be aware of them . |
44 | And I 've got a fourth board on exercise and I 've two boards I have n't started . |
45 | But I do n't like it here , and I 've good reason for going . |
46 | and I 've long feet you see and if I put have me feet straight up like that it er it 's pressure on it |
47 | Well we never use them and I 've another reason for wanting rid of them . |
48 | I 'm very much afraid one ca n't last the night , and I 've ugly doubts about another . |
49 | Enough to say that , after he had recovered from the operation and came home , Nigel and I had forty-eight days together in which he was serene , happy and free from pain , which I regard as beyond price . |
50 | ‘ But when we got married and I had two children he did n't want me to work any more , and he got very jealous of other men looking at me . |
51 | ‘ I 've still got a steel plate and screws in my leg after breaking both ankles last year and I had two falls in four days in July . |
52 | He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice . |
53 | I was walking across from suddenly being squashed under one and I had four guys in the car and they were all giving me defence . |
54 | So my visits to the Ainsworth home were frequent but undemanding , and I had ample opportunity to look out for the little cat which had intrigued me . |
55 | And I had total confidence in Robin as , very touchingly , he had in me when we climbed on the mountain . |
56 | Although my hon. Friends the Member for Billericay ( Mrs. Gorman ) and for Basildon and I had certain concerns about the overall reorganisation proposed — my hon. Friend the Member for Billericay and I expressed them very forcefully , as my hon. Friend the Minister knows — we took exactly the same line as the community health council on the centralisation of casualty . |
57 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
58 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
59 | Erm , George and I had that class shared between us , he took them for an hour a week and I did and i if there is a class that any of us had ever taken that would be unlikely to be able to write something meaningful of this kind |
60 | The day you went to get Bunny and I had terrible hay fever . |