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 .
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