Example sentences of "have [verb] a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar unsuccessful arguments have been raised in other construction cases where a dispute has halted a contractor 's or subcontractor 's cash flow . |
| 2 | But in Nephila and many other spiders , the value of b will be low as once a male has located a female 's web , he stays there . |
| 3 | Betterware , which describes itself as ‘ UK 's leading housewares retailer in direct home shopping' , has included an accountant 's review report from Robson Rhodes in its interim report for the 28 weeks ended 12 September 1992 . |
| 4 | Jim was nominated for the competition by Mrs Eunice Graham , who has won a year 's supply of free milk . |
| 5 | The Copyrights Company , specialist in merchandise licensing , has won a Queen 's Award for Export Achievement . |
| 6 | A MYSTERY Santa 's honesty has saved a pensioner 's holiday of a lifetime . |
| 7 | A woman has saved a baby 's life using resuscitation techniques she 'd learned on a course just two weeks earlier . |
| 8 | Once the project team has approved a school 's Major Project proposal , the DCSL visits the school to advise on the organisation and purchasing of the resources , and ( in effect ) the spending of the money . |
| 9 | The worst she could do was to bring that Tuscan adventurer into the family , since when none of us has had a moment 's peace . |
| 10 | Lord Geraint , the former MP who has had a lifetime 's experience as a sheep farmer and dealer , warned however that there were many things to be done again to safeguard the interests of those about to start farming . |
| 11 | A train of events that happened subsequent to the accident has opened a Pandora 's box of intrigue and present some evidence ( though most of it is speculative and much erroneous ) that the airplane was sabotaged . |
| 12 | A lot of them also stand on the part that covered by Street And I know Street has got a tenant 's action group against prostitutes . |
| 13 | ‘ He has got an angel 's face but a devil 's brain . |
| 14 | The great community spirit has enabled a children 's play park to be established close by the village hall , and more recently a sports field which has a beautiful pavilion and caters for football , cricket , tennis , bowls , and a floodlit area for football training and five-a-side tournaments throughout the winter . |
| 15 | Also locked , but the ship 's company has volunteered a day 's work tomorrow , so some , including the ship 's doctor , must see inside tonight . |
| 16 | There are lines round my eyes and my hair has become a hag 's rope . |
| 17 | Newham SSD has recognised a child 's future happiness can depend on how well the mother is supported through an investigation . |
| 18 | That court has , on more than one occasion , held that a decision of the English courts has violated a litigant 's rights under article 10 and this on occasion has led to Parliament having to change the substantive law . |
| 19 | A SENIOR police officer has admitted a town 's nightclubs should have been warned they would have to close early when the clocks went forward on Saturday . |
| 20 | That will earn him his RIBA Part I. But then , he has to get a year 's relevant experience in practice before coming back for the final year of his course . |
| 21 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 22 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 23 | ( By moving up from the level of salesman in his insurance company , he 'd sacrificed a firm 's car and was rather careful about using his own . ) |
| 24 | He would gladly have given a year 's salary just to know what exactly was the relationship between these two . |
| 25 | Everyone will have to wear a convict 's uniform . |
| 26 | Having to accept a Down 's syndrome baby into a family can bring much anguish . |
| 27 | He decided to be magnanimous , having collected a month 's backlog of expenses , and indicated to Sean that he would pay for his companions ' drinks . |
| 28 | That such a natural loyalist should have met a traitor 's end reflects all Edward II 's failings as a political manager . |
| 29 | After two years without having felt a man 's arms around her , she was vulnerable , and what she wanted was any suitably attractive and virile male . |
| 30 | She had enclosed patterns and detailed instructions , and while she hoped , for the sake of appearance at the wedding , that the children 's clothes would be properly cut and fitted , she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig 's ear of the business . |