Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] have the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement must make it clear who has the right to exercise the power : all the other partners acting unanimously or just a majority ( simple or special ) . |
| 2 | She glanced sharply at him , and although his expression remained inscrutable she had the fleeting impression that his reasons involved a woman . |
| 3 | I once asked a 14 year old who had the word SKIN tattooed across his forehead what he 'd do if he ever lost the faith : — ‘ Cut me 'ead off ’ , he said grinning , ‘ Or maybe grow a fringe ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ If they have a bit of jet-lag or anything that 's going wrong we have the chance to get among them early on , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ But if we 're free we have the choice , ’ Ruth objected . |
| 6 | In spite of the abruptness of my departure , I 'm convinced I had the key . |
| 7 | ‘ 'T IS fortunate we have the fire , is n't it ? ’ she remarked in a hopelessly breathless attempt at chattiness . |
| 8 | But until there 's a better understanding of sickle cell , there 's always the danger the disease will be passed on by carriers unaware they have the gene . |
| 9 | NO-ONE else will believe him , but Martin Richards is convinced he has the edge on Northampton 's Wayne Shelford in today 's most fascinating Pilkington Cup third-round tie . |
| 10 | ‘ But I am now convinced he has the talent and is ready for the big challenge every Manchester United player faces . ’ |
| 11 | Glad I had the foresight to keep hold of it . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm very glad I had the chance to meet you , you know , because you are one of the memories I have to take back with me . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The video is pretty powerful stuff and we were very lucky someone had the commonsense to film what happened . ’ |
| 14 | Lucky I had the pair of jacks and gone back |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm glad you had the sense to bring a hat . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm glad she had the presence of mind to help you . |
| 17 | She was glad she had the stone , when he came into the byre ; she was waiting for him as he had asked her to , she had made her way across the orchard in the fresh blue morning and let herself in through the wooden door by lifting it off its hinges , since the bolt had rusted fast long ago , and she had looked up at the full moon of the sky in the chimney hole at the centre of the round shelter 's roof , and with her stone which was sharp as a shearing knife with a bright , honed blade the marks of the whetstone were still visible in pale striations like scouring tracks — she scraped her name into one of the stones on the interior , as many others had done before her , in tall shapely capitals , the only letters she knew . |
| 18 | ‘ Miss Kyte , it is often the most penny-pinching who have the most at their disposal , ’ the lawyer told her , his eyes twinkling . |
| 19 | Myers left and Talbot said : ‘ It is my understanding , Admiral , that in your capacity as officer commanding the naval forces in the Eastern Mediterranean you have the power to overrule the President 's instructions . ’ |
| 20 | He says your when a ambulance comes for people who are sick they have the and there 'll be somebody who maybe really seriously ill by the time tha that they ask where to get to such and such a place by the time they 're there sometimes the people dead ! |
| 21 | This was a puzzlement , and he was glad he had the soothing spectacle of Midnight Mass to distract him from it . |
| 22 | But I 'm glad he had the boys , I really am . |
| 23 | CHOOSE the wine and make sure someone has the job of dealing with it on Christmas Day . |
| 24 | But I know myself and I am confident I have the beating of him . ’ |
| 25 | Now here he was making sure I had the right suits to appear in front of the cameras . |
| 26 | They could n't understand I did n't want to visit you until I was sure I had the strength not to cry . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure I had the key . |
| 28 | ‘ When they offered it to me , I was in turmoil because I was n't sure I had the experience the job required . |
| 29 | I still made sure I had the best of claes . |
| 30 | I checked through my notes to make sure I had the correct dates , aware I had the correct dates , aware that I had been finding it hard to concentrate . |