Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pers pn] have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | cos in New York they sort of like they have a chat and the wo they 've got some nice looking bird , right , and some sort of normal bloke off the street and they just sort of talk about New York and show lots of pictures of it |
2 | For once she had no need to count up and then across in order to identify her own balcony . |
3 | But for once I have the wit to realise that this is not an attempt to pull rank on me , or exercise a power-play . |
4 | In about an hour they 'd be forming lines in the lobby outside , but for now he had the buffet almost to himself . |
5 | And the award was a certificate from the home secretary a very treasured certificate from a highly respected member of the cabinet , and erm where it 's gone from there we had a meeting at the home office |
6 | ‘ An intensely interesting portion of the 25 shops that make up Wolverton Works is before me as I enter the wheel department , for here I have an opportunity of studying in detail the basis of the running of the modern railway-coach . |
7 | After all , I almost dragged you into this , and if it 's not what you hoped for then I 've no right to pin you down . ’ |
8 | At once I had the impression that we were two actors with the same doubts about the director . |
9 | The Macleans on the beach took fresh heart ; they were still outnumbered , but at least they had a chance . |
10 | They hardly looked ready to slug it out in a Test series , but at least they had a victory under their belts . |
11 | At least they did n't stand there looking stupid : at least they had the decency to look shocked and horrified . |
12 | But at least they had the car and , forcing one of the Germans to drive , they set off along the coast road towards Mersa Brega . |
13 | ‘ At least they had the plane crash in North Africa this year . ’ |
14 | The trust should consider appointing out the assets to , say , X 's children so at least they have an argument that they ( X 's children ) can have the losses under TCGA 1992 , s71(2) . |
15 | Now at least we have a manager , who after two years of stumbling in the dark , has seen the light . |
16 | at least we have a mind . |
17 | As it is there are thousands of girls like me , and at least we have the comfort of knowing that he belonged to no one , and can belong to no one . |
18 | But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not . |
19 | At least he had a right to know . |
20 | But at least he had the advantage of being able to cut across country . |
21 | ‘ At least he had the decency to tell me himself I hope he is as successful a manager as he was a player . ’ |
22 | If Smart 's hyperactivity and conviviality were already causing comment — and the mention of Bedlam suggests a degree of exaggeration in these tendencies — at least he had the protection of his College and his friends while he remained in Cambridge . |
23 | He was putting a bold face on it but I suspect he 's taking the parting quite badly — at least he had the grace to phone your sister 's home last night to confirm that she 'd arrived safely . ’ |
24 | At least he had the grace to look shame-faced . |
25 | At least he had the consolation of ending a five-game goal drought with a header in the 16th minute . |
26 | At least he has a job . |
27 | At least he has a seat in parliament . |
28 | Or at least he has the potential to do so . |
29 | She was no longer sure , but at least she had a job and was offered rides . |
30 | And at least she had the home and the kid . |