Example sentences of "have [verb] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a volume , Shaw calculated , would have given a rise in global sea level of 230mm within a matter of weeks . |
| 2 | Detectives are trying to find two men who may have witnessed a murder in a quiet country hamlet . |
| 3 | Queen Philippa died in August 1369 , and the removal of her influence may have hastened a deterioration in his character which became all too apparent in the 1370s . |
| 4 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 5 | I might easily have broken a leg in that fall . |
| 6 | Furthermore , if world sugar prices had remained high , Moscow might even have realised a profit in its Cuban trade by reselling imported sugar on the world market ’ ( Gouré and Weinkle : 1972 , p. 75 ) . |
| 7 | From 30 June this year , all publicly listed companies will have to include a statement in their annual reports indicating that they comply with the Cadbury code of best practice ( see p 94 ) , or giving reasons for areas of non-compliance . |
| 8 | because he could n't get to there you see so I said well it 'll have to go now , well we 've got it shifted and it 's thrown away and , and that 's the end of that , so I says now when she does decide to come and she wants to be in here , well I said she 'll just have to carry a mattress in , and that 'll be alright just for her to sleep on |
| 9 | Mr W. F. G. Plowden has agreed in principle to the Society having the Bishop 's Castle Railway goods van , at present used as a shed at Eaton Station House — but the Society will have to provide a shed in lieu . |
| 10 | ’ The concluding words show that a claim to contribution might arise under the Act of 1935 out of tortious conduct committed by two or more persons even though one or both of them may have committed a crime in the course of such conduct . |
| 11 | Fucking hell love , you know , I could have parked a bus in there sideways . |
| 12 | The couple will have to hire a house in Boston for a year . |
| 13 | The couple will have to hire a house in Boston for a year while Shaun attends day classes . |
| 14 | The reduction in the nature conservation interest will probably have been slight and reintroduction of light grazing may well have prevented a decline in floristic diversity in some upland , species-rich grasslands traditionally subject to such grazing . |
| 15 | Mrs Crouch would not have suffered a reduction in pay as she was offered an increased wage at the new plant . |
| 16 | If the draught is sluggish , it may be improved by fitting vents in wooden floors near to the fireplace ; or you might have to install a vent in an outside wall . |
| 17 | I knew so many rotters before him , I could have done a degree in them . |
| 18 | ‘ Their mother must have noticed a difference in them . |
| 19 | I guess Damien Hirst did n't go clubbing in the mid-Eighties in NY , otherwise he might have noticed a shark in a tank in artist Eric Goode 's nightclub , Area . |
| 20 | He would have seen a judgment in it . |
| 21 | Few will have attended a course in pedagogy — the art and science of educational methods . |
| 22 | Where there is no such interrelation , as where the landlord does not have to serve a notice in order to exercise his right to review the rent , the mere existence of a tenant 's break-clause will not lead the court to impose time limits on the landlord ( Woodhouse ( Edwin ) Trustee Co Ltd v Sheffield Brick Co plc ( 1983 ) 270 EG 548 ) . |
| 23 | This is not to deny that there may be good reasons why members of religious minorities should have sought a career in science and why they excelled in particular areas . |
| 24 | She was angry , for sure , but a closer look would have revealed a heaviness in the mouth , a darkness under her eyes : the face of someone who had cried a good deal recently , and had some crying yet to do . |
| 25 | His mind is open to the possibility that he might have made a mistake in hiring Stephanie to head Advertising and Promotions . |
| 26 | Yet it even made a suggestion to CSM that might have made a dent in its sales graph . |
| 27 | Scientists may have made a breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer using drugs first developed in the nineteen sixties . |
| 28 | He contrasted this approach with the methods of the best Russian and German directors , who almost certainly would have made a film in which the characters were less important than the system they would be condemning . |
| 29 | ‘ It would have made a difference in the disposition of that part of the estate which had n't been given away . |
| 30 | ‘ The recession may have made a difference in the sense that people are being more realistic about what they can afford , ’ said the magazine 's associate editor Fenella Willis . |