Example sentences of "have [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony and his team have built-up a reputation for running well-organised and entertaining events at this historic Battle of Britain fighter base , so a trip to North Weald on the 4th should be pencilled into your diary . |
| 2 | Have half a pint of skimmed milk each day . |
| 3 | then they 'll come on this morning , if you have half a pint of beer you 're over the odds , you 'll be pinched . |
| 4 | ‘ The vicar would certainly agree with you , but you should talk to Jordan , though not unless you have half a day to spare . ’ |
| 5 | So they have half a speech day |
| 6 | Now I have half a page of Winnie the Pooh , if I 'm lucky , and do n't get the jokes at all . |
| 7 | The legendary American publisher Bill Targ got it right : ‘ The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so . ’ |
| 8 | And I have half a mind to take you at your word , give you what you seem to want and turn you out of my house after I have finished with you . ’ |
| 9 | I have half a mind to defy their demands of space and economy , and to sleep on until awakened by the next pale arrival herself , expectant to abort and puzzled at my slumbering presence . |
| 10 | Every two months or so , have half an inch trimmed off to get rid of dryness . |
| 11 | If we have half an hour , the first thing is to burn the lists . |
| 12 | We had not expected the Prime Minister to look at her watch and say , ‘ I see it 's only eleven , so we have half an hour in hand . |
| 13 | When you know you only have half an hour or so you can become quite absorbed and interested , and quite jealous of the limit you have set yourself . |
| 14 | Type 8 I have half an hour to spare before I need go . |
| 15 | British Rail 's vastly varying fare structure is simple to understand , as long as you have half an hour to spare , a clock and a calendar and the great fare bible to follow . |
| 16 | And have half an hour 's sleep up |
| 17 | Eschewing the numbing Neds-by-numbers norm ( have half an idea , will tour ) , Strangelove are the miserable bleeders in the sunny side-up house of fun . |
| 18 | You could if you have half the chance |
| 19 | Made with skimmed milk , they have half the fat , two-thirds the calories and more protein than the originals . |
| 20 | Just have half the number of men working on it and then it 'll take twice as long . |
| 21 | Have half the business with every month . |
| 22 | Here is how one observer describes this peculiar meaning of have : In the have causative the causer assumes the causee 's " readiness to serve " ; the causee is treated as a cooperative performer of the causee 's will , as someone to whom the causer 's will can be communicated ( either directly or by an intermediary ) and who will be neither unable to understand it nor unwilling to perform it . |
| 23 | You may think you have purse-netted every hole only for a bolting rabbit suddenly to push up through the snow as if from nowhere and make its bid to escape . |
| 24 | If you have such a machine that is n't up to running the sort of thing that you are interested in then why not pension it off to another user who needs to work with spreadsheets . |
| 25 | Now that we have such a person in post , we will wish to explore the potential for the creation of new Library databases . |
| 26 | Most large cities with a significant at-risk population now have such a centre . |
| 27 | In Withington , we have such a centre , which provides domiciliary care , meals , laundry services , recreation services , shopping facilities and companionship . |
| 28 | I suppose all the British girls fall for Spaniards at first — because they 're so handsome and vital and have such a love of living . ’ |
| 29 | Thus , most survey data have such a structure , having been sampled in several stages , eg via constituencies , households within constituencies and individuals within households . |
| 30 | We already have such a scheme in operation for Indonesia . |