Example sentences of "have a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosalind Grimshaw works in a Bristol stained glass studio , founded in 1933 , which has a strong Arts and Crafts tradition . |
| 2 | For lenders there is clearly a more desirable proposition in a public house that has a higher beverages or ‘ wet ’ side than a ‘ dry ’ side , because if someone wants to purchase a pub with a high ‘ dry ’ side , and they do not have much catering experience , then their turnover could diminish rapidly . |
| 3 | The chief in the next village has a dozen wives and a lot of juicy young daughters who would better suit a passionate young man like you . " |
| 4 | Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour . |
| 5 | The team has a few ifs and buts about it . |
| 6 | It has a few houses and shops , even a post office . |
| 7 | He has a few swigs and then . |
| 8 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 9 | Now you have had a few crackles but they 've been fairly easily sorted out . |
| 10 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 11 | Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around . |
| 12 | I 've been out on the on the streets and the roads and we 've had a few beers and I 've not seen any trouble but the first I 've heard of trouble was was this morning after breakfast in a nearby hotel and and by by the trouble that 's been caused I do n't know the details of it but I believe it 's been quite intense really . |
| 13 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 14 | May you have a hundred pupils before you turn round . " |
| 15 | ‘ So we do have a few residents that still come and go as they please . |
| 16 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 17 | I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
| 19 | Well they said what you having for tea and I said well we 'll have to have you can have a few beans or something |
| 20 | Young Jack thought he was hard , thought that having a few blondes and getting a few legs broken made you a man , but underneath it all he was soft , a little boy . |
| 21 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 22 | In no time at all I was conducting the band , having a few drinks and thoroughly enjoying myself . |
| 23 | ‘ Aah 've a few bits and pieces ti buy , but after that there 's nowt much in my line 'ere . ’ |
| 24 | Almost all the stations and halts on the line had a thriving goods and passenger business , the railways then being THE PRIME MOVER , and the only efficient means of transport over great distances . |
| 25 | There had been a few times , with my accent , I 'd been called names , but as soon as they knew I was Jewish I had a hundred mothers and brothers and fathers to take care of me . |
| 26 | However , 188/730 26% ( 22.6% to 28.9% ) of responders had A level qualifications or their equivalent ( fig 2 ) compared to 19% of the general population , and this was also related to symptom score , the mean in those with A levels being 2.26 , and without 2.44 ( difference 0.053 to 0.287 ) . |
| 27 | The small town that had a dozen mills and a population of 10,000 at the beginning of the nineteenth century had grown by 1890 to a place of 130,000 people and 265 mills , and was called ‘ the greatest cotton-spinning town in the world ’ . |
| 28 | They each had a few jokes and by the time the roach was flushed away she was already experiencing her first rush , a warm , dreamy sensation that seemed to encompass her whole being . |
| 29 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 30 | He 's they 've opened an account with us and had a few bits and baps off us , so |