Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] have [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not matter whether they had been far-sighted landowners , former artisans or merchants in feudal society ; what is crucial for Marxists is the belief that their ownership of the new and increasingly predominant mode of production led them to have common interests and goals . |
| 2 | She asked me to have two trees planted in the school playing field in her memory to provide shade for children in the summer . |
| 3 | I remember terrible arguments when shopping for shoes — I wanted to have fashion shoes ( high heels , pointed toes ) like my friends , but Mum always made me have sensible shoes . |
| 4 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 5 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 6 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 7 | In fact the canopy is deliberately being kept up whatever the weather for ’ The Turn of the Screw ’ , because the company found it has acoustic properties and projects sound out to the audience . |
| 8 | She let us have two rooms but there was no visible staff , and the dining-room was closed : we ate , that evening , in a shabby bar in the middle of the town . |
| 9 | Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 10 | He told the jury that he had questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 11 | So his got one , I noticed he has two books the other day . |
| 12 | And then the solicitor asked us to advised us to have certain things amended and Mr had no problem when I told him over the telephone , he just said send it back and we 'll just amend it . |
| 13 | the empire we allowed them to have British passports did n't we ? |
| 14 | A post mortem showed she had 55 injuries , including broken ribs and bruises to head , neck and body . |
| 15 | Miss Claire Cannon , prosecuting , said that tests showed he had 74 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath . |
| 16 | Bowden gave a blood sample — because the breathalyser machine was defective — which showed he had 203 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood . |
| 17 | Speaking in a Belfast safe house a hooded IRA member claimed it had enough explosives and terrorists in place for a major offensive . |
| 18 | But on this particular evening we discovered we had uninvited guests . |
| 19 | Haynes has tended to be the less adventurous of the two and does not quite have his partner 's determination to hammer the ball into a distant wall , but before the series began he had 5,340 runs at 41 , with twelve centuries , to his name all the same . |
| 20 | In 1982 West Germany discovered it had serious problems with its forests — results of research indicated that half showed signs of ill health . |
| 21 | He discovered it has two electrons that could be described as ready and waiting to form chemical bonds . |
| 22 | In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad |
| 23 | And now with his own hands and feet tied he has great notions of delivering me . ’ |
| 24 | Sky TV yesterday announced they have exclusive rights to show his championship challenge and , if successful , his first defence . |
| 25 | Basing my decisions on body shape and colouration I thought I had four males and three females . |
| 26 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 27 | I thought I had genuine friends at the Oval after six and a half years . |
| 28 | I thought I had other books ? |
| 29 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
| 30 | A coupla years ago , it meant you had good contacts and you used them well . |