Example sentences of "have [noun prp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah , I 'm having Jane for a piano lesson , are n't I ? |
| 2 | He was terribly sorry for her , being how she was , but supposed they all had their cross to bear , like Jazz being coloured , and Gary having Stalin for a father . |
| 3 | But you 'll not have Martha for a wife , not while there 's breath left in my body you wo n't , and you 'll not split my fortune , neither , not if you want to live to see your grandchildren . " |
| 4 | we had Roy and then we had Simon for a bit and then we decided because it was n't working altogether an Edinburgh person and a Glasgow person |
| 5 | Firstly we had Robbie for a teacher and he certainly was awkward . |
| 6 | Opener Robert Barber fell to a great Kennedy catch at mid-on , Bolton — who missed the league match through county duties — had Elliott for a duck and Maldon were 2 for 2 . |