Example sentences of "[adv] to have [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and her husband moved further away from the town centre , to a spot where they could see the fields , and settled down to have five children . |
| 2 | I might have down to have proper plates the amount of |
| 3 | But , I do n't ever remember seeing him sit down to have any . |
| 4 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 5 | Congratulating themselves on having gained another client , Sophie and Helen sat down to have some tea , and Sophie was just about to tell of Robert Sheldrake 's visit when Joanna arrived . |
| 6 | In order to survive the jungle and live to tell the tale it is important not only to have good companions , but also to have the best available equipment . |
| 7 | Initially , schools were only to have one microcomputer , so there was an argument for making the microcomputer available to the whole school by placing it in the school library . |
| 8 | It seems a great idea and it 's a shame only to have one of them . |
| 9 | ‘ When it comes to the discipline of children , modern society seems only to have two strings to its bow , ’ says Ms Jackson . |
| 10 | Unable to stop the spell which has made the broom fetch water , the apprentice breaks it in two only to have both halves doing the job at twice the speed . |
| 11 | So many people visit the countryside and pick wild flowers because they find them pretty , only to have those flowers wilt and die long before they can be arranged in a vase . |
| 12 | ‘ So , you came out here at my invitation , but already you had labelled me a reckless fool , ’ he agreed calmly , laughter glittering in the gold-flecked eyes , ‘ only to have unexpected confirmation of your fears last night . |
| 13 | When this happens , sometimes it is because they are fortunate enough to have similar interests and standards of behaviour , plus warm , easy-going personalities , with a good tolerance of other people 's ways and opinions . |
| 14 | It was not enough to have modern weapons and ‘ the best of young Irishmen ’ if the people did not understand the nature of the freedom for which they were fighting and that |
| 15 | ‘ It is n't enough to have all the safety plans in the world if you do n't ensure that people are adhering to them . ’ |
| 16 | I thought we both looked pretty good : rich enough to have all the trappings , oiky enough to want to come on an Action Man course . |
| 17 | Only Haynes and Logie put up much resistance and 154 all out , with conditions improving all the time , presented England with few problems ; had the situation been reversed , one knew that West Indies would have won by eight or nine wickets , but English fans were happy enough to have six still in hand . |
| 18 | Given its height and vigour , L. serotina is probably best accommodated at the back of a herbaceous border or in the wild garden if you are lucky enough to have such a place . |
| 19 | I was fortunate enough to have such a relationship , which is probably why I can not accept the idea of a future without love . |
| 20 | ‘ Is n't it enough to have two women madly in love with you already ? |
| 21 | Developing 135 bhp at 6,000 rpm and peak torque of 125 lb-ft at 4,500 rpm , the three-valve-per-cylinder unit is flexible enough to have 120 lb-ft of torque available from as low as 2,400 rpm . |
| 22 | As Scott said later , the judges ‘ were not Gothicly disposed and though they awarded premiums to all the best Gothic designs they took care not to put any of them high enough to have much chance ’ . |
| 23 | But it seems doubtful if it was big enough to have much impact . |
| 24 | Apart from a glass of lager at dinner she had been drinking only fruit juices , while Rune 's own consumption of lager had been only moderate , not enough to have much effect on a man of such highly tuned physique , she comforted herself . |
| 25 | John Walsh has written of Methodism earlier in the century when it was still painfully experiencing instigated mob hostility that it is " improbable that infant Methodism was strong enough to have much overall effect as an emollient to industrial disturbance , let alone prevent a general revolt " . |
| 26 | If you are lucky enough to have full length cupboards in the hallway , they can easily be reorganized to take china , cutlery , glass and linen and maybe even a trolley or serving cart . |
| 27 | So , unlike many children at the time , Sylvia was fortunate enough to have both parents close at hand . |
| 28 | The jet was small compared to commercial aircraft and to the new , private 747s sported by the oil Sheikhs today , but it was large enough to have three separate compartments . |
| 29 | There was Lindsay like this little tremulous Pierrot ( because Lindsay was very little at the time — much thinner ) in these little white tights , and the coat which was like a little 18th century golden coat came down from the flies , if we were lucky enough to have any up there . |
| 30 | The most subtle strategy available to a teacher is that of teacher-in-role , for this device is flexible enough to have any one of the three functions ; it can take the pupils ' attention off themselves by allowing them passively or actively to use teacher 's role as a projection , or it can be non-projective and challenge the pupils to interact . |