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 .
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