Example sentences of "have a [adv] special [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , point six erm okay look at the sentences one and two under six , one is apparently ill-formed , herself left , except in I think some Irish dialects actually yes , well it has a rather special meaning where herself is given special status erm in the context , but in normal English , English herself left is ill-formed , but two , Florence saw herself is fine herself is a reflective pronoun refers that herself each other or one another , the other are reflective pronouns . |
| 2 | Stonehenge still has a very special air in spite of the official attempts to destroy the place ; York Minster has it , and Chartres has it to an incredible extent . |
| 3 | The Thurrock group has a very special helper . |
| 4 | This is the fifth occasion that the Board has been invited to take part in a British Fair at Mitsukoshi with whom it has a very special relationship . |
| 5 | Therefore , the receptionist , whether male or female , has a very special role to play in the establishment . |
| 6 | It 's an event which has a very special atmosphere and it makes a great day out for all the family . |
| 7 | It is a peaceful house in a peaceful place , an air of stillness and quiet lies all around it , and everybody I have taken to see the house has said that it has a very special atmosphere . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , Georgia O'Keeffe has a very special place in the history of American art . |
| 9 | She has a very special talent and her work is completely fresh . |
| 10 | But you must have a very special reason . |
| 11 | And well done the major prize-winner , Mr. S. Davies of John Broom & Co. , a keen rugby supporter who is now set to have a rather special honeymoon following his wedding next month — off with his bride to New Zealand ! |
| 12 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 14 | We had a very special system in Lebanon , a parliamentary democratic system . ’ |
| 15 | Carl was the studious one , the worrier , the hard-worker , who had a very special attachment to Mother , and who forever gave one the impression that he was near to a nervous breakdown . |
| 16 | Bud had a very special job , he erm , he was in charge of the Post War Planning and erm , he spent no end of time and er a great deal of research having er committee member er committee meetings to do with the setting up of County Colleges |
| 17 | We have a rather special restaurant just outside town — a place where the Spaniards go to eat , not the tourists . |
| 18 | They have a very special significance . ’ |
| 19 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 20 | Watt was not alone as an engineer and canal-builder , and his work laid the foundations of the industrial north of England , together with Thomas Telford of Dumfriesshire , greatest of the early civil engineers , William Symington , who designed and built the first steamship in the world as well as giving poet Robert Burns a rough ride during its promotional voyage on Dalswinton Loch , Henry Bell and his Comet , Nasmyth , there is nae doot that the Scots have a very special genius . |
| 21 | Few of the provisions of the Bill belong uniquely to the 16-19 age group , but some have a very special application to the provision of further education for adults . |
| 22 | this Wednesday afternoon linking the East Midlands , and it promises to be something of a rather special afternoon this Afternoon Special because we have a very special guest , the legendary Adam Faith who 's appearing in Alfie , not until next March at Nottingham 's Theatre Royal , but he 's here to tell us all about the play and himself . |