Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] have [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Or I have supreme confidence in myself that she will return to me , ’ he told her smoothly . |
2 | Or I have some vodka in the fridge . |
3 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
4 | If you can afford private treatment , or you have medical insurance cover to pay for it , you may prefer to take on a full treatment programme with the specialist physiotherapist . |
5 | There is also a strong sense of' learning' , in which the student identifies with the truth claim he or she is faced with , and can offer it ( for example , back to the consultant physician ) as something with which he or she had personal experience ( having had an opportunity to examine some patients ) . |
6 | With the help of 106 pairs of identical twins , Dr Colin Johnston and colleagues at King 's College Hospital and st Bartholomew 's Hospital in London showed that the risk of developing diabetes is far greater if a person has both DR3 and DR4 than if he or she has either antigen alone ( British Medical Journal , p 286 , vol 253 ) . |
7 | If your child is under 16 , he or she still has the right to consent to or refuse an HIV test if the doctor feels he or she has sufficient maturity and understanding . |
8 | In saying that the power exists we were doing no more than to reaffirm the unlimited nature of the court 's inherent jurisdiction over minors , a jurisdiction which empowers and may require the court to override the wishes of a minor , even if he or she has sufficient understanding to make an informed decision . |
9 | Generally , it is best for him or her to have some input into the management and other contracts instead of inheriting them from a lawyer . |
10 | The other boys either had enormous appetites for books of many kinds , or they had native wit . |
11 | 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 ? |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Neither my right hon. Friend nor I have any plan to meet a delegation of members of the campaign for Clydeside against pollution . |
14 | ‘ As you well know , Polly , neither Lord Byron nor I have any sense of humour , being British , ’ said Shelley . |
15 | Neither you nor I have any claim on this house , and you know it . |
16 | Neither John nor I have any objection to use of his history , especially if the information is of benefit to someone else . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | But I do n't like it here , and I 've good reason for going . |
20 | Well we never use them and I 've another reason for wanting rid of them . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | And I had total confidence in Robin as , very touchingly , he had in me when we climbed on the mountain . |
23 | 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 ! |
24 | 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 ? |
25 | 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 |
26 | The day you went to get Bunny and I had terrible hay fever . |
27 | I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
28 | And I had unfinished business with Masha . |
29 | Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain . |
30 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |