Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adv] special [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 2 | She has a very special talent and her work is completely fresh . |
| 3 | We had a very special system in Lebanon , a parliamentary democratic system . ’ |
| 4 | We have a rather special restaurant just outside town — a place where the Spaniards go to eat , not the tourists . |
| 5 | this Wednesday afternoon linking the East Midlands , and it promises to be something of a rather special afternoon this Afternoon Special because we have a very special guest , the legendary Adam Faith who 's appearing in Alfie , not until next March at Nottingham 's Theatre Royal , but he 's here to tell us all about the play and himself . |
| 6 | They have a very special significance . ’ |
| 7 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 8 | So , point six erm okay look at the sentences one and two under six , one is apparently ill-formed , herself left , except in I think some Irish dialects actually yes , well it has a rather special meaning where herself is given special status erm in the context , but in normal English , English herself left is ill-formed , but two , Florence saw herself is fine herself is a reflective pronoun refers that herself each other or one another , the other are reflective pronouns . |
| 9 | This is the fifth occasion that the Board has been invited to take part in a British Fair at Mitsukoshi with whom it has a very special relationship . |
| 10 | It is a peaceful house in a peaceful place , an air of stillness and quiet lies all around it , and everybody I have taken to see the house has said that it has a very special atmosphere . |