Example sentences of "we [verb] have [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Prime Minister , who 's role in this affair is so crucial , that she simply must take part in the debate which we hope to have in this House ; why does she not admit it . |
| 2 | She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny . |
| 3 | Er we showed him one or two examples of similar sorts of presentations that we 'd had from other railway and outside organizations , er explained what we 'd done in the past , said that we were looking to get something more up-market and more erm professional , which was why we were looking to er er seek er quotes from er g graphics designers , linked in with printers . |
| 4 | At the meeting of the Planning Group for the National Conference , we decided to have to thematic workshops in the afternoon — one on the Philippines and one on Africa . |
| 5 | There was very little else we did have in those days . |
| 6 | Of the land we do have to set-aside , only about 40 per cent would receive compensation , compared to two thirds in France , and 93 per cent in Greece . |
| 7 | ‘ So , about the only thing we do have in common is … ’ she said , and hesitated as though she could think of nothing they shared . |
| 8 | ‘ So , ’ she said flippantly , ‘ about the only thing we do have in common ’ |
| 9 | Last year 's been better than that actually , I I think we 've had about one or two . |
| 10 | Is this the only response we 've had to that article ? |
| 11 | I thought that the thought of , er , the thoughts gone into your erm plans and your presentation was much greater than we 've had on previous courses . |
| 12 | " We think Silverweed is one of the best poets we 've had for many months , " said Cowslip . |
| 13 | In fact , the light weight , the attractive looks , the easy-feeling neck and the light , low action make it one of the most pick-up-able guitars we 've had for some time . |
| 14 | So all the rhetoric that we 've had from this government about better performance N H S , more people being seen by the N H S , that must be read against the fact that over a million people are , or a million patients , are er waiting on N H S waiting lists . |
| 15 | It 's more than we 've had in recent years , judging by the general |
| 16 | Would have they put when they put the boiler in cos the boiler w we 've had in three years . |
| 17 | This is the worst summer as we 've had in these parts for a century , they do say . ’ |
| 18 | Now that is not as significant an increase as we 've had in previous years . |
| 19 | We had some very , very moving speeches yesterday , as we had had at previous meetings , which made it quite clear that a few pounds were vital and crucial to people 's lives , so we thought it was a a gesture that was worth making , and I have to say that probably our group also includes people on , as members , as Councillors , who are themselves on income support , so it was a move which was n't without it 's personal difficulties for us either . |
| 20 | We must have done because they talked , as we drove , of common friends we had had at that time , but I remembered none of them — or only a name , here and there . |
| 21 | We intend that joint declaration to be turned , during this year , into a comprehensive treaty between Russia and the United Kingdom — the first that we have had since 1766 . |
| 22 | In the past few days ( see News page 1 ) we have had to contradictory testaments to the way psychiatric services are surviving in a post-Griffiths ' world . |
| 23 | As the right hon. Gentleman knows , the essential basics to make sure that things are right are to keep inflation down , to keep interest rates down , to have the right tax structure and to continue with the improved industrial relations that we have had in recent years . |
| 24 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 25 | This amounts to a form of nationalisation , and represents ‘ the biggest social revolution we have had in this country ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ We 've got more snow up here and all over the Swiss Alps than we have had in 50 years , ’ said Dr Othmar Buser , whose research centre is perched at 2,660m on the Weissfluhjoch above Davos . |
| 27 | Cost , not quality , ideology not competence , delivery for profit rather than service for people — those are the slogans that we have had from this regime . |