Example sentences of "have a [noun] or [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This picture broke with the past by dispensing with the idea that everything in nature has a purpose or proper function , which explains why it behaves as it does . |
| 2 | It will be in everyone 's interest that the precise arrangements are specified , eg whether the partnership has a tenancy or contractual licence to occupy and in consideration of what payments , or whether the property is to be enjoyed rent free , or whether the firm is given only a non-exclusive personal licence which will determine on the death or retirement of the partner who grants the same . |
| 3 | If anyone has a club or two which they can spare ( any condition , as they will be repainted ) please contact Hilary . |
| 4 | Contraceptive precautions should be continued until a woman has a period or any bleeding for two years if ages 45–50 , and for one year if over 50 . |
| 5 | We 've had a decade or more of development corporations and government enterprise zones , and most them seem to have been environmentally brutal . |
| 6 | Even if the convert claims to have had a dream or religious experience , it is likely ( although perhaps not inevitable ) that it fitted in with a world-view with which he was previously acquainted ( through either the written or the spoken word ) , or else , that his experience will be interpreted by a believer in his new world-view . |
| 7 | Oldham manager Joe Royle would make no comment , but his centre forward Graeme Sharp said : ‘ Cambridge adapted better to the windy conditions and could have had a goal or two more . ’ |
| 8 | because he 's had a spell or two at Stowmarket |
| 9 | But she 's very kind and she can be very funny , when she 's had a drink or two . ’ |
| 10 | I 've had a drink or two . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's had a drink or three , that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Harriet might have had a glass or two that morning but she was n't drunk ! |
| 13 | She 'd had a glass or two of wine , and it had helped to float her off . |
| 14 | Lewes has only had a mayor or two for a hundred years , and so its ceremonial is somewhat new , but one was able to draw on the traditions in places like Rye , where it goes back to the thirteenth/fourteenth centuries , and erm I used some of the phraseologies out of sixteenth century Rye documents and so on in my Lewes mayoralty on these sorts of ceremonial occasions , and introduced some of the ceremonial which I knew was authentic to mayoralties elsewhere in Sussex . |
| 15 | One hundred and seven patients , 102 ( 95% ) of whom had had a vagotomy or partial gastrectomy ( Table I ) , were referred because of suspected rapid gastric emptying as a cause or feature of dumping syndrome and diarrhoea , or both ( Table I ) . |
| 16 | When she 'd had a moment or two to look around Michele said , ‘ Those are the items for exhibition . ’ |
| 17 | The remarkable achievements of Charlemagne are further emphasized by the fact that he did not have a standing or regular army at any time . |
| 18 | A consequence of this unquestioning enthusiasm is that the implications of change have not been thought through , and may yet have a sting or two in the tail . |
| 19 | Some never query that sooner or later they will have a child or several children . |
| 20 | Applicants should have a degree or equivalent qualification in chemistry and relevant post-graduate experience or training in analytical chemistry . |
| 21 | Applicants should normally have a degree or Higher National Diploma in an agricultural science or related ( including geography ) subject . |
| 22 | Another is that they do n't shove the gear up on their dining-room walls ; you ca n't have a cop or two show up at some billionaire 's apartment in Sutton Place and demand to go through the strongroom . |
| 23 | If you 're good I 'll let you have a sip or two of the head 's genuine Cyprus Amontillado , to wash down Dr MacLaren 's bowel mixture . |
| 24 | ‘ We will certainly have a surprise or two in store for Wigan . ’ |
| 25 | He goes to a day centre three days a week but it would help if he could have a two- or three-week holiday somewhere every now and again . |
| 26 | He would generally stop and have a word or two or listen to her . |
| 27 | Each aspect of a project must have a plan or standard to be monitored , against which are the budget for cost , programme for time and brief for performance . |
| 28 | Invertebrates are generally defined as animals that do not have a backbone or internal skeleton and that simple definition takes in around 97% of the whole of the living species of animals in the world . |
| 29 | Well , he 'd have a flea or two to put in her ear next time they met . |
| 30 | For some , the reason is one of choice ; they do not have a job or social links that tie them to a 24 hour day . |