Example sentences of "do have a certain [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed , linking these three proposals did have a certain logic . |
| 2 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
| 3 | While command line interpreters do have a certain fascination and instill a tremendous discipline on the user they could hardly be described as state of the art . |
| 4 | You may not be putting together the salad on your plate or cooking your main course in the kitchen , but you do have a certain control over what goes onto your plate . |
| 5 | ‘ I do have a certain amount of work to do , ’ Alice said , ‘ but I can fit in with your plans , Harry . |
| 6 | erm Monsieur Mitterand 's relationship with erm Chancellor Schmidt for example is certainly not yet anything like as close erm as Chancellor Schmidt 's relationship with ex-President Giscard was , but they are both socialists , erm they do have a certain amount in common , and I see no reason why they should n't quite quickly build another erm relationship erm that would be quite similar to what happened before . |
| 7 | It 's still disturbing but it does have a certain grandeur . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , the club does have a certain reputation for frankness in sexual matters , sir . |
| 9 | It is important to recognise that this criticism does have a certain validity . |