Example sentences of "have [verb] in a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Instead they may have formed in a manner similar to many Cordilleran batholiths , from crust that is basaltic ( density 3.0Mgm -3 ) and does not include Precambrian basement-type material .
2 Bother — so have I. We shall have to go in a convoy — it 's only five minutes away .
3 So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home
4 I thought I might have to paint in a taffeta dress or something !
5 In an appendix to his book , Atkinson surmises that the Horngarth may have originated in a hedge bounding the abbot 's right of way .
6 People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that .
7 Normally , for an exchange to be arbitrary or capricious , it would have to behave in a way which no reasonable person in its position would have done .
8 George you may have seen in a wine bar , often in the company of younger lawyers ; or at the theatre , with a blonde ; or on the steps of the Garrick , with or without a blonde .
9 If he had not had this picture in his mind , he might inadvertently have written in a way that tried to satisfy different types of individual in the same book .
10 A man must have lurked in a car parked between two lamp standards , noting the time of arrival , the minute the curtains had been drawn at her bedroom , the second their shadows met and intertwined behind the window .
11 Up to 30 victims could have died in a basement community centre directly below where the jumbo jet struck .
12 A spokeswoman for the US relief agency Care said on Nov. 12 that as many as 40 people might have died in a gunfight between guards and gunmen who ambushed a convoy of trucks heading for Baidoa north-west of Mogadishu laden with grain for starving people , forcing all but one truck to turn back .
13 Indeed , such legislation would have helped in a case like that , because the asylum seeker concerned sought asylum at the port of entry .
14 Then succulent hare cooked in wine , a jelly moulded in the form of a castle , and a jug of chilled white wine and claret which Cranston would have downed in a trice .
15 Certainly , that expansion could never have occurred in a society organised into villages of co-operation ; nor would industries run by trade unions as workers ’ co-operatives and organised nationally have provided a basis for it , for the accumulation of capital with which to finance the crucial , secondary stage of the Industrial Revolution : that is , the establishment of a capital goods sector of the economy .
16 He says what do you think you 'd have to do in a library
17 Hereabouts , Beryl Love 's ashes must have been scattered beneath a rose bush , though he knew better than to think Ernie might have invested in a memorial plaque .
18 The law states the owners would have to put in a ferry , an interesting thought for the rush hour .
19 One thing I must emphasise though is that you will have to put in a lot of leg work and effort to find these places .
20 Keep ship 's papers and passports in a safe , but easily accessible place : you may have to leave in a hurry .
21 We would have to practise in a garage or something .
22 Would you have to send in a profile ?
23 What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant .
24 Well I would n't have thought she 'd have gone in a shop like that anyway cos there 's some more expensive stuff in there .
25 Associates of the Institute must have served in a solicitor 's office for three years and have passed four examination papers in law and Fellows must be over 25 , have served eight years in a solicitor 's office and have passed a further three examinations from a list of subjects offered by the Institute .
26 It also transpired that the couple owned their own house and if they did move to Huntingdon , they would have to live in a council house .
27 Muggeridge had been percipient in recognizing that the monarchy would increasingly have to live in a goldfish bowl and that would provide a new challenge for the image-makers .
28 If a horse does have to live in a yard or stable , it must have exercise every day .
29 I 'll have finished in a couple of hours .
30 ‘ After Jaws I could have pissed in a pot and they would have paid me something , ’ he says .
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