Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | P O A by the way , another thing I 'm thinking of doing is saying , if you want a net price enter in there , it has to come through a manager or |
| 2 | The initial whisker crystal or filament is often highly bent and the growth layers can be seen to exert a very strong straightening action on the bent filament , such that , by the time the sinuous initial thread has grown to a millimetre or so thick , it is in , variably straight . |
| 3 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |
| 4 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 5 | It might turn out that Occam 's Razor has cut off a part or two that will be missed later on … |
| 6 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 7 | I could n't explain that I would have had to leave in a month or so anyway — but I pointed out that in fact I was n't well , had n't been for quite a while whatever he chose to think , and that a rest would do me good . |
| 8 | An artist has perhaps given as much time to a single major work as a composer might have given to a sonata or whatever it may be . |
| 9 | They point out : ‘ During the first year or so , you will have to work long and unsociable hours and may have to go without a holiday or make other sacrifices . ’ |
| 10 | No longer do you have to go to a bank or stockbroker to deal in shares . |
| 11 | Would it have came off a cold or something ? |
| 12 | We would have to practise in a garage or something . |
| 13 | Do you have to send off a deposit or anything ? |
| 14 | What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant . |
| 15 | It is best known for persecuting Indian peasants , especially the lower castes or ‘ Untouchables ’ , who may have stolen from a neighbour or have demonstrated dirty habits . |
| 16 | Seven or eight had died in hospital , yes , and some of those would have lingered for a day or two ; fair enough or even blond genug , as the Army usually put it . |
| 17 | If a horse does have to live in a yard or stable , it must have exercise every day . |
| 18 | She may subsequently have worked as a governess or tutor . |
| 19 | It may possibly have begun as a baptistry or succeeded a cult centre at the spring head . |
| 20 | Eamon Wilson , The Beeches , Portadown , is alleged to have conspired with a person or persons unknown to make a threat to Sean McIvor , making him fear that if it were carried out he would be killed . |
| 21 | It may be genuine , but is likely to have come from a bifolium or double sheet . |
| 22 | People who had lived in old people 's homes were less likely than others who died to have gone into a hospital or hospice during the last year of their lives or to die in one . |
| 23 | It was probably just a big old rock , which had broken off a moon or a planet . |
| 24 | Well she go Hilda got a baby boy about eighteen month old when I knew her like you know , and er she lived by I think it was I think it was you know and er what happened to her I be I think she had to go in a home or er you see and er baby boy was adopted like , the baby boy that 's about all I know about her that 's about all . |
| 25 | I saw the formation of the Black Workers ' Group and the concessions that we had won as a lever or a rolling stone which would have a knock-on effect . |
| 26 | His strong , even teeth glinted white against the bronze of his skin , and with a peculiar detachment Shannon found herself wondering if the tan had come from a sun-bed or even a bottle . |
| 27 | His early arrival was clearly something of an inconvenience to his lordship and his colleagues who had reckoned on a day or two more of privacy for their preparations . |
| 28 | Ye , well it 's not in the shop , I think it 's big country house they 've turned into a hotel or something . |
| 29 | In all the instances concerned in this case , the goods were traced and the thefts had occurred within a day or so of the goods being presented to Stardust Jewellers . |
| 30 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |