Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes . |
| 2 | UK , Macclesfield firm , JSB Computer Systems Ltd 's US operation , out in Scotts Valley , California ( UX No 347 ) , has had a few teething troubles — it is some $200,000 short of its initial target and has undergone a few staff changes — however JSB managing director , Steve Jones says the unit turned in $150,000 last month and is now holding its own . |
| 3 | The 34-year-old ex-British Open champion has bought a former hotel at Dolphinton , Strathclyde , which he plans to convert into a luxury mansion . |
| 4 | But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits . |
| 5 | Catherine has entered a few poetry competitions and written other short stories . |
| 6 | In their place , he has advocated a more activist government role in the economy , by increasing public works spending , cutting middle-class taxes and retraining workers to prepare them for competition in the global marketplace . |
| 7 | And I waited till I 'd got a few bit more money to put in and sort of hid it amongst all these others , mm . |
| 8 | She 'd lost a few stone since the last time he 'd seen her and put on about half a ton of make-up . |
| 9 | If he had been a drinking man he would have had a half pint in every establishment . |
| 10 | I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’ |
| 11 | Manager Billy Bonds said : ‘ I thought we would have got a few back after our last few results , but this seems to be par for the course lately . ’ |
| 12 | Maradona scored against England in 1986 , accused of handling the ball he claimed to have had a little help from high places ( see remote control and questionable decisions ) . |
| 13 | On April 10 , the French government had extradited a former ETA leader Juan Lorenzo Lasa Michelena , known as " Txikierdi " , who had already served seven years in a French prison and faced several murder charges in Spain . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I 'm sure you 've broken a few speed limits yourself since then . |
| 15 | It was not completely unknown because my father had let a few art lovers see it , and , later on , some researchers into Modigliani . |
| 16 | Pc Michael Williams said the dispute with a passenger in the Ford , Ian Coombes , had concerned a former girlfriend . |
| 17 | I 've done a little work on eidesis myself . |
| 18 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 19 | Worse still , after she had made a little money from the publication of a pamphlet containing her beastly poems about him , she commissioned a rubber dress from ‘ her designer ’ . |
| 20 | So I 've got a little time to speak ? |
| 21 | So we 've got a little time left . |
| 22 | No , well , we 've got a few wine have n't you ? |
| 23 | ‘ We 've got a few injury problems now but I 'm hoping they 'll iron themselves out . |
| 24 | I 've got a few prep days coming up actually . |
| 25 | Steve , one thing that there was mention to that and I 've got a some pass it on just for people |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 27 | " Yes , I 've had a little difficulty these last two mornings . |
| 28 | Still , it appeared her advent had summoned a little luck into his life , for suddenly they began to discover plentiful growths of grass potatoes , forest leeks and turtle-berries , a welcome change from the stringy little rabbits and bitter roots they had eaten until then . |
| 29 | In the first half , whenever Leeds had mounted a little pressure , a southampton player went down injured . |
| 30 | I believe I had walked a little way along the roadside , peering through the foliage hoping to get a better view , when I heard a voice behind me . |