Example sentences of "have a [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has a few lucid moments every now and again . |
| 2 | The manager , symbolically , takes his or her ‘ tin cup ’ in hand and walks around the organization ‘ begging ’ for involvement , seeing who has a little bit to chip in , who has a few spare budget dollars to invest , who has a staff member to lend , who will be on the advisory committee , or who has key data . |
| 3 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 4 | Each day the retreatant has a few suggested passages given by his director who meets him once a day for sharing and reflection . |
| 5 | He still has a still has a few technical problems with his speeches , his voice is very thin , he falls away at the end of sentences and when he rises to a crescendo his voice is like the distance whine of an aeroplane engine but what he said was exactly what they wanted to hear a return to family life and strong law and order . |
| 6 | Lucky Town has a few reasonable ballads and the odd image strong enough to resist the insistent undertow of formula Boss : a soldier back from the Gulf waking from a dream in which the souls of the dead ‘ rise like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies ’ . |
| 7 | It is also approachable at the other end of the spectrum , which is filled by the middle-class peasant or designer-green who has a few pet animals to fit in with a rural lifestyle . |
| 8 | If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan . |
| 9 | Shops : none but the campsite farm has a few limited supplies . |
| 10 | He has a few sharp words to say about smoking on page 18 — definitely NOT an ingredient of a healthy lifestyle in his professional book . |
| 11 | The same sort of EQ and similar electronics are going to produce a marked sort of family resemblance , but the VG-30R has a few sound characteristics of its own . |
| 12 | He has a few basic routines which he sticks to . |
| 13 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 14 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |
| 15 | The family is a basic social grouping , and it has an all pervading influence over its members . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 17 | We 've had a few technical difficulties with the computer , or rather our printer has had trouble with it . |
| 18 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had a few hasty assignations in lay-bys to pass over pots of prepared food that no one must know were n't prepared by the hostess , ’ says Mrs Anderson . |
| 20 | Over the years I have had a few interesting experiences with computer hardware . |
| 21 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
| 22 | Over the years of flying at almost every conceivable airshow location in the UK , Lindsey has had a few unusual requests along the way : ‘ I can remember a certain airshow organiser , who was very active on the airshow scene then , but not now , coming up to me and saying ‘ Lindsey , how much do you want to bail out at the end of one of these dogfight routines that you do ? ’ , |
| 23 | Even some of the old favourites have had a few imaginative additions like Vegetarian Lasagne with added carrot , apple and fennel . |
| 24 | The Templemans have had a few anonymous calls as well . ’ |
| 25 | Despite its close proximity , it was discovered that this breed owed its curly coat to a different gene and close inspection revealed that , unlike the Cornish and German breeds , this one did have a few long guard hairs . |
| 26 | Well , we may have a few helpful hints . |
| 27 | fix it firmly at the vase with a few stitches or a spot of glue and pull it round the ‘ neck ’ by winding a thread round it ( you 'll have a few small folds here ) . |
| 28 | If the map of Leicestershire were a face it would have a few small pimples on its chin and they would take fifty years to come to a head . |
| 29 | The inspector may have a few unkind words to say about the CEGB 's case , especially its economics , but it will , in all probability , be pretty tame stuff . |
| 30 | Now , do n't make it too difficult , the big problem with kids sett setting sheets they that they make it far harder than the teacher ever would so do do n't be over ambitious , let's have a few easy ones to start with , right . |