Example sentences of "and [vb base] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They all look shopmade and tend to have unimaginative decorations on top .
2 Such adjectives belong to the popular , rather than learned , stratum of English vocabulary and tend to have emotive connotations , here largely pejorative .
3 We have bought an Aga , and intend to have central heating , probably oil-fired , as well as open fires .
4 Built to a 24½″ scale , the necks are maple and appear to have genuine rosewood fingerboards .
5 Fish whose eggs and fry have little chance of surviving produce much larger numbers .
6 So , if it 's really going to cost me fifty pound the cubic metre to pour concrete and happen to have forty pound the cubic metre , then it 'll show up in the plan that mm , I 'm not doing to well here , because there was n't a big enough allowance .
7 Some visually handicapped pupils have good central vision and seem to have little difficulty in reading , but poor peripheral vision can give them problems in managing their environment .
8 Go and send your telegram , and then come back and try to have some food when you can , ’ she said .
9 These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA .
10 ‘ Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley .
11 ‘ Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley .
12 Women in most societies have been undervalued and have had little freedom in their own destinies , at sometime or another .
13 Olayide and Falusi ( 1977 : 1 15 ) comment that ‘ past government efforts in soil conservation have been very meagre and have had little impact in solving the erosion problems ’ .
14 Another group often mentioned is agricultural workers , who are thinly scattered across the land and have had great difficulties in forming a union with political and industrial strength .
15 Now we , the readers of the narrative , know why the compiler put the story of Peniel exactly where he did , and have had another glimpse of his genius .
16 We are sure you have tried to lose weight before , and have had some success and some failures .
17 Most of those ones you can audit , they really are procedures we 've had in place for a year but have been audited before and have had minor changes to erm , the wording .
18 Friends of the Earth groups around the world have been publicising the plight of the rainforest and have had particular success in Brazil , supporting Paulinho Paiakan of the Kayapo and other tribal leaders .
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