Example sentences of "have [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumour has it The Orb play a different set every night . |
| 2 | And when Benn started hitting him with those big shots in the 11th , the textbook should have gone out of the window for the animal instinct to take over but he did n't have it the way I had against Benn and Michael Watson , unfortunately . |
| 3 | As luck would have it the phone rang . |
| 4 | As fortune would have it the weather turned for the worse , and Grom 's fleet was blown westward before a devastating storm . |
| 5 | As luck would have it the letter had not been sent . |
| 6 | Mrs Sugden meant no harm to anyone , but neither had she the intelligence to be really kind . |
| 7 | No longer had she the ache of longing for that stretch of white road leading round to the sycamores . |
| 8 | If we approach these tensions from the perspective of assuming that these represent the dialectical poles , or at least some of them ( for of course others could be discussed here had we the space : for example the tension between " knowing how " and " knowing that " in design activity ) of a design activity which encompasses all of these in a vertical moment of synthesis , a synthesis that is counterposed horizontally ( ie over time ) by the changing movements of the activity itself ( from product critique through to problem definition to cognitive modeling of potential solutions etc ) , a movement of understanding and practice which parallels in its sphere the circle of historical understanding and historical praxis ( and just as the latter is the " way in which history itself moves " so the former is the " way praxis itself moves " ) so design can be seen as embodying that movement in its movement from or across actuality ie in its activity of transformation from one set of " givens " to another ; in its movement from problem to product . |
| 9 | I invite the student of the air war to compute Harris 's achievements with 1,625 aircraft and consider how much sooner we could have achieved victory in Europe had he the support of the promised 3,500 aircraft , and the entire Chiefs-of-Staff Committee . |
| 10 | He could not leave her here even had he the courage to go up into that vast nothingness above … |
| 11 | Even had he the strength , the swim would take him out from the protection of the cliff . |
| 12 | This dream : I had it the night after Mum-in-the-mud , the night after English Lit when I 'd sat and stared at these dead simple questions — I mean , ‘ Examine Mark Antony 's friends , Romans , Countrymen speech with a view to its effect on a modern audience ’ . |
| 13 | HORATIO : Not from his mouth , had it the ability of life to thank you : He never gave commandment for their death . |
| 14 | I had it the coat , I 've just taken my coat off |
| 15 | Now the funny thing about it , when I took metallurgy I got , I , I got all this process I knew all about it you know , and er I had it the theory explained to me then , but er I was in the Bell one day about twenty years ago and an old boy came in and I started talking to him and he says , I bet you do n't know what I am ? |
| 16 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 17 | They have me the number of of Lomond Books to ring , when he returns from holiday . |
| 18 | Well with the taste , sooner have them the hardness of it . |
| 19 | Joe Meek 's last big hit was Have I the Right by the Honeycombs . |
| 20 | She thought : London , have I the strength to try again ? |
| 21 | ‘ And who have I the pleasure of addressing ? ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't remember ever , have you the name ? |
| 23 | His Lordship is hailed from the shore by a knight , who we are told is King Arthur , have you the sacrifice my Lord , who answers no , then take my sword and smite the water in front of the grot and see what my wizard has done , take also this dove and when asked , give it to the keeper . |
| 24 | Off again to some distance from the grotto , the lights are small and water still , the giant eagle appears and asks , have you the sacrifice , no my Lord answers , so be it and disappears in steam . |
| 25 | What have you the chance to know about other than your work ? ’ |
| 26 | Have you the drive to win and succeed ? |
| 27 | Have you the ability to learn ? |
| 28 | Have you the paper ? ’ |
| 29 | Have you the feeling , perhaps , that the order of your shots is aimless and unsatisfying ? |
| 30 | Have you the power ? |