Example sentences of "have [pos pn] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If at one in the morning last night Tod had had his brain switched on , he could have had his minders sort me out there and then . |
| 32 | He may have known her all her life , but when the tits appeared he 'd had his tongue hanging out just like all the rest . |
| 33 | Constant friction between the two nations at sea led , on 23 October 1739 , to the British government declaring war on Spain , the resulting conflict being known as ‘ The War of Jenkins 's ear ’ ; Robert Jenkins was the master of a British ship who had had his ear cut off by a Spanish officer during a search . |
| 34 | I 've had his statement typed up . ’ |
| 35 | The fans are equipped with baseball bats and knives ; the club 's symbol , a pelican has a bomb attached to its foot , and this presumably rival supporter has had his eye gouged out . |
| 36 | ‘ She could have had his body taken back to Liverpool and buried at home , ’ Maureen said . |
| 37 | He heard a cry from a man at the bottom of the stairs who seemed to have had his face burned off , and he helped him out to safety . |
| 38 | ‘ Maybe he 's had his nose put out of joint by Gazza and that could be a reason . |
| 39 | One of the city workers , who is undoubtedly destined for a successful career as a politician or an actor , had a gift for getting straight to he point : ‘ What 's the good of getting paid if you 've had your fingers chopped off ? ’ |
| 40 | It may be hard to stand by and see your grandchild subjected to what you believe to be wrong methods of mixed feeding , potty training or general discipline , but you have already had your chance to bring up children . |
| 41 | ‘ I 'll have 'is child to bring up very soon . ’ |
| 42 | Mind you , I think I 'll have my hair shaved off . |
| 43 | My God , I 'd have my work cut out with this lot . |
| 44 | ‘ Would you have my secretary bring in coffee and find me fighting with my new PR consultant from London ? ’ |
| 45 | Now , I do n't know poetry from a hole in the ground and I draw the line at having my head sawn off , even if it 's to save my trenchcoat . |
| 46 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 47 | One minute there you were asking casual questions about arsenic and the next there was your wife throwing up and having her hair fall out . |
| 48 | None would suspect if she and I changed places , as it were — she wearing my apparel and having her hair dressed in like manner . ’ |
| 49 | Well what 's so funny about mum having her head sliced off ? |
| 50 | Oh yeah she 's having her wall knocked down . |
| 51 | Having her mind made up had done very little good , Jenna mused next day as they sped down the motorway that led to the Dordogne . |
| 52 | Lesley-Jane , perhaps from long experience of having her mother going on about her or perhaps just from exhaustion , did not seem to be listening . |
| 53 | The only one of us who might have their work cut out is Doctor Anderson — if we find a lot of casualties . ’ |
| 54 | The home team has not beaten the Scarlets for some dozen matches and should still have their work cut out to win . |
| 55 | Amdahl Corp , Fujitsu Ltd and Hitachi Ltd are devastatingly exposed to the new perception that the mainframe is dead meat , and Storage Technology Corp and Memorex Telex NV will have their work cut out getting out from under . |
| 56 | If the red sunset was anything to go by , those rocks would really have their work cut out next day to be anything less than either hot or sunny . |
| 57 | Any defence will have their work cut out against Wright/Campbell the way Arse play . |
| 58 | Whoever takes on the trout farm will have their work cut out . |
| 59 | Olympic champions Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell will have their work cut out in their first individual races of the summer . |
| 60 | WESTERN Klick Photopoint will have their work cut out if they are to get among the medals in this season 's European Women 's Indoor Championships after losing 8-1 in their opening game to defending champions Russelsheim , in Berlin , last night . |