Example sentences of "have [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr. Raffan : As the review referred to a much higher incidence of heart disease , strokes and most forms of cancer in Wales compared to the rest of the United Kingdom , will my right Hon. Friend assure the House that the Health Promotion Authority for Wales will have a much higher profile than it has had and a budget to match ? |
2 | they want somebody to go down so we could have but a bit but , mum cos he said well you 'll have to wait a while ! |
3 | Alright here we go then , here 's Anthony 's see saw marjory door , Johnny shall have a new master , he shall have but a penny a day , because he ca n't work any faster and Charlotte is , let's have a look then hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle |
4 | He 'd gone by then , they both had and a couple of office girls were sitting there . ’ |
5 | So I think that er to put parental investment theory centre stage is more reliable and better than the rather old-fashioned biological approach which in talking about sex emphasise things like sex chromosomes and hormones , so that a sex chromosome in a mammal for instance was something that a male had but a female did n't and this gave rise to hormonal effects like those of testosterone erm which are thought to be very important . |
6 | What better inspiration could a literature of theory have than an audience composed of theorists and critics ? |
7 | So what you get is an injection of the vaccine like you have and a legful of the horse serum . |
8 | It should not be a question of making do with what we have but a question of what we should have . |
9 | ‘ It 's but a bit fire . |
10 | Let him call it an English fief if he will , it makes no difference to the truth , it 's but a word . |