Example sentences of "have what [pers pn] [vb base] a " in BNC.

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1 As Lisa 's face fell he continued , ‘ However , it would seem that poor , downtrodden Nigel has what they call a cast-iron alibi .
2 Every product has what they call a life cycle , like a curve on a graph , rising up from development on to a plateau of maturity , until finally the product curve declines .
3 I believe that each of us has what I term a spirit ( but which I am quite happy for others to call the soul , the higher self , the inner self — or any of dozens of different names ) and that it is this spirit which has a journey to make through several lifetimes .
4 er France has erm not a bad policy towards this , it 's er though half-heartedly , er nonetheless over a period of er perhaps since the war it 's had what I call a tick over policy of making quite sure that every year they do produce a bit , do produce a bit .
5 Okay well that 's erm every assignment to you you always have and this is being this had been updated we have n't got the new one yet but you will have what we call a blank .
6 I think you 're having what they call a nervous breakdown .
7 And you used to have what they call a wick in it you know to light it and turn it down at night time and blow it out down the .
8 And at that time nearly everybody had a bed with a mattress made of straw , and on top of this mattress , straw mattress they used to have what they call a tick , flock , flock tick .
9 My father used to have what they call a lead line that used to be a wire with a all marked with feet and fathoms on and sound and
10 Winkles down at Finn Mill there used to be sm well thousands , millions of them , winkles and the ships used to come round from the Blackwater from Colchester area , come round , stay round the Finn Mill about a fortnight and they used to have what they call a well in their boat and they used to have fill up little sacks like a sand bag of winkles and take them round there and cultivate them .
11 Well we always used to have what I call a traditional Sunday dinner
12 Because the the nettle I 'm grasping is this ah it is said by the , both of them , that it was you who had what they call a long barrelled gun , it must be a shotgun .
13 We also have what we call a flexible breakfast here as well .
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