Example sentences of "have [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , there is much rethinking to be done , for the theoretical paradigms that have dominated the last twenty years have nothing resembling an adequate critical framework for dealing with a factor as flagrantly nonabstract , as defiantly corporeal , as embarrassingly tangible as this . |
| 2 | ‘ Because , girl , ’ he said , ‘ you have nothing to wear . ’ |
| 3 | I have nothing to lose except self-respect and honey , that went months ago . |
| 4 | Above all , you have nothing to lose , whereas the élite performer has . |
| 5 | If you are not sure whether you will be entitled to benefit , remember that you have nothing to lose by applying . |
| 6 | ‘ People think we are mad to take on Desert Orchid , especially as Norton 's Coin will probably need the run , but we have nothing to lose . |
| 7 | You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being completely honest , even if you feel your devotional life is in a mess . |
| 8 | But if you want to improve the quality of your sex life , you have nothing to lose and everything to gain . |
| 9 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau , a council welfare rights officer , or a neighbourhood advice centre should be able to advise about your individual circumstances ; but you have nothing to lose by filling in the form . |
| 10 | But you have nothing to lose — your life was being made a misery anyway . |
| 11 | The loss of my daughter Suzy gave me good reason to do what I 'm doing and I have nothing to lose . |
| 12 | At $4.95 you have nothing to lose ! |
| 13 | You have nothing to lose but your monotony . |
| 14 | ‘ Like the man said in the song , ‘ you have nothing to lose but your chains . ’ ’ |
| 15 | You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court . |
| 16 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a little bit easier now that I have nothing to lose , ’ he said . |
| 18 | We have nothing to lose but our chains and we have an immense continent to win . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ As it is , I have nothing to lose . ’ |
| 20 | They 're well-disposed enough , all the Percy tribe , because their own holdings are in the north , and they have nothing to lose here on the Welsh border . |
| 21 | ‘ You have nothing to lose if it does n't work , Mr Timms . |
| 22 | But it is likely to prove empty in the end , even if the workers are right in thinking that , at this stage , they have nothing to lose and that a threat to withdraw their labour might help their union representatives wring a few more concessions from those in whose hands the firm 's fate now rests . |
| 23 | I have nothing to lose . ’ |
| 24 | For the , for the poor peasants who al almost have nothing to lose |
| 25 | But having said that of course , Brackley , they have nothing to lose ; looking at the two sides , the majority of the players would you believe it are ex of Banbury United a side , you can never keep out of the news Jane . |
| 26 | Only in the biggest gardens will it be worth planting trees that have nothing to say apart from their brief autumn statement . |
| 27 | Is that not why Montaigne could say ‘ the more I frequent and know myselfe … the less I understand myselfe ’ ; why also he discovers that ‘ I have nothing to say entirely , simply , and with soliditie of my selfe without contusion , disorder , blending , mingling … |
| 28 | Imagining him to be a reporter , Lionel said to him brusquely , ‘ I have nothing to say to you . ’ |
| 29 | The man tried to expostulate but Lionel repeated , ‘ I have nothing to say to you . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have nothing to say to you . |