Example sentences of "have a [noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one a hunts man , his hunting-horn swinging free from his neck , is sticking a stake into a wild boar , which also has a dog sinking its teeth into its neck ; in another , two lions , one very heraldic and standoffish , are attacking a gazelle , helped by a bird of prey ; in the third , which is decidedly curious , a mule leads a lolling-tongued , wolf-like animal captive while ahead of it a hunts man is tensing his bow to fire at some unseen target . |
| 2 | Angle has a plaque honouring its Fighter Command history and the same has been done for Pembroke Dock and its flying-boat squadrons . |
| 3 | Allchin began by admitting that Microsoft has had a problem communicating its approach to object technology and claimed he was on the panel to put the record straight : there are objects in Windows NT because there is an object management system in the kernel — its simply not exposed to users . |
| 4 | Boy , do they have a surprise coming their way . |
| 5 | In nineteen hundred and twelve the Dutch came and the Oxford Motor Club entertained them and we went all round the High Wycome area , Cophill and that on hill climbs , so we re-enacted it last year and I was riding my nineteen fourteen motorcycle , and I was asked — I was the oldest rider — how old are you ? — I said eighty years old — and what is your biggest difficulty ? — and I said getting my leg over , which I really literally meant because the saddle 's very high and I do have a job getting my leg over the saddle ! |
| 6 | It must be better to have a publisher supporting your music , however big or small , than still being yet another unknown songwriter trying to get your first break . |
| 7 | Eyewitnesses said the terrorists were wearing baseball caps and one had a scarf covering his face . |
| 8 | I was there to give some talks on motivation and slimming and had a stand displaying my books . |
| 9 | In the August issue you published a letter from Jonathan Taylor who had a problem using his Seikosha printer with Windows 3 . |
| 10 | Like his rival , he too had a problem completing his sentences , particularly when in the company of the lady ( Sharon Maughan ) . |
| 11 | Then I had an accident injuring my back . |
| 12 | The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that … |
| 13 | The trouble with anonymous contributions to this page , not that I 'm not grateful for anything I can get , is that the people who send them ca n't get a lovely Community Care mug whereas those like Nicholas Holbrook , ( see below ) who refuse to hide their creative light under a bushel , have a mug winging its way to them at this very moment . |
| 14 | That 's why the packets have an arrow showing which way up it should go . |