Example sentences of "it be [prep] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I think it 's worth having a chicken for the soup do you ? |
2 | Sometimes it 's worth having a word before you announce training to Mrs B say look , your role in this will be support me and have you got any ideas etcetera that we can talk to . |
3 | ‘ I 've got to prove to the boss it 's worth having a go on me , ’ he said . |
4 | However , it 's worth having a range available , because there are variations on the same file format ; what one application thinks is a TIFF may not please another application . |
5 | It 's like having a tune in yer head all the time that you ca n't shake out . |
6 | ‘ It 's like having a sign around my neck saying ‘ kick me ’ . |
7 | When you 're waiting for parole you go all funny — it 's like having a baby all over again . |
8 | The sparks says you ca n't get it out , it 's like having an umbrella opened up in there , you have to have the whole doings chopped off in hospital . |
9 | For him , it 's like having an eye at the end of his fingertips . |
10 | Even if you are running an existing home accounts package it is worth having a look at this one , I feel confident that you will want to change . |
11 | If screaming for sweets in the supermarket can occasionally be successful the child learns that it is worth having a go every time they pass the supermarket checkout . |
12 | It is worth having a store of them up your sleeve until confidence has grown to the state where they can be produced off the top of the head . |
13 | When turning the ends to be jointed , it is worth having a piece of scrap wood on hand with the appropriate holes bored into it to check for a snug fit . |
14 | I do not truly know what it is like to have a child with Down 's Syndrome ’ ( Cunningham 1982 : 16 ) . |
15 | It is like having an auntie in a way , but in other ways she is a mum because whenever it 's anything special , she always sends up something ... but it 's as I said before , like an auntie . |
16 | ‘ I was no angel , but I was sent off just twice in over 20 years in the game and on both occasions it was for having a go at referees . |
17 | It was like having a knife twisted in the wound . |
18 | Once asked many years ago by a visiting American Congresswoman what it was like having a woman leader , Grunte had replied that it was like being at home all day , a bon mot that had earned him his place in ‘ Sayings of the Week ’ . |
19 | It was like having a baby of her own again . |
20 | For Diana , it was like having an ally in the camp , and Balmoral was much more enjoyable that year with Fergie about . |