Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well he is worried about them having an accident with it but , but he 's not er worried about him having the motorbike , no he cos he would have done the same as a er child anyway well things like that , but erm what he 's worried about is that er with Ryan i and the other boy , n not Ryan so much , the other boy does it all the time , they 're churning all the grass up all over there in great big
2 it 's worth me having a go .
3 ‘ Simply because he managed to avert such a disaster he was there for everyone to have a go at .
4 In one sense , of course , there is more than enough knowledge available for everyone to have a sufficiency .
5 Others in the group argued that up to a point all those things were right , but that often a subject was complex , often it could be constructive for everyone to have a chairperson who would guide discussion , not control it , who would be able to be supportive when someone talked too much or too little .
6 He thought it was reasonable for them not to provide night care even now and essential for them to have a night sleeper for seven nights a week from this time on .
7 Jay swore she would behave herself , awkward in Lucy 's tidy living room , her table between them had a map of the world on it .
8 In 1980 the Royal Academy of Music , the Royal College of Music , Trinity College of Music , the Royal Northern College of Music and the Birmingham School of Music between them had a total of 1688 students .
9 Mummy I do n't think it 's such a good idea for me to have a wash in the morning .
10 ‘ Perhaps then , ’ said Viola , whose lips were still set in a Gladstonian expression , ‘ you will find it possible to bring my grandchildren along for me to have a look at . ’
11 After some exertion , I decided the track was too rutted for me to have a hope .
12 However , 15 years on , I feel the time has come for me to have a change of hairstyle .
13 My dear , it is a great treat for me to have a girl in the house .
14 ‘ He thought the time had come for me to have a car , and very kindly provided me with one .
15 ‘ It 's convenient for me to have a flat in town , ’ he replied shortly .
16 . But on crime prevention , I 'm for most part in plain clothes , I use my own car work and , I 'm not in a marked car , I do n't have a radio because my job , as I said from the beginning is very varied and therefore it 's not practical for me to have a radio .
17 Erm whereas if there were independent trustees responsible to the regulator and they were properly trained , they would I suggest be able to smell out very quickly any malpractice and would have straight to the regulator , if only to call a stop for someone to have a look at it .
18 Yes , yes er whereas if there were independent trustees responsible to the regulator and they were properly trained , they would I suggest be able to smell out very quickly an malpractice and would have a group straight to the regulator , if only to call a stop for someone to have a look at it .
19 I think that is wrong ; it should be necessary for someone to have a licence in order to keep animals , including keeping animals on farms .
20 We have talked in this book about the bereaved person 's need to talk and be recognized as someone having a mourning role , but if few people know us anyway , they are less likely to be aware of the major change in our life and we are less likely to feel able to talk to them about it .
21 It was built so very near the sea that it had narrowly escaped being carried away in high tides , and doubtless would have been altogether afloat but for its having a foundation of some two feet and a half of stone .
22 The Padre sitting opposite me had a rifle across his knees , the rifle not in keeping with his rather mild manner and angelic face .
23 In 1945 , the subscriptions rose from five to seven guineas ( four guineas to five guineas for ladies ) , close on a 30% increase for the Men and 25% for the Ladies only one of whom had a handicap at the end of the War .
24 The preference of ministers and mandarins — none of whom had a desire to be exposed to public criticism — for the ‘ gentleman 's agreement ’ rather than the public discussion of serious policy issues was equally understandable .
25 The control population consisted of 14 volunteer subjects ( nine men , five women ) with mean age of 44 ( range 22 to 72 ) each of whom had a colon oscopic examination with normal results .
26 Though chaired by the latitudinarian Anglican , and radical , manufacturer Thomas Walker , it contained a number of Rational Dissenters in the professions — lawyers and doctors — several of whom had an intellectual bent and were active in the discussions of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society , a significant regional conduit for Enlightenment thinking .
27 Game theory , in general , postulates a set of ‘ players ’ ( the ‘ interested parties ’ , be they individuals or groups ) , each of whom has a set of strategies ; strategies meaning courses of action that can be taken , which may be conditional on moves made by the others .
28 The British , French and Russians , each of whom have a veto in the Security Council , have deep misgivings about lifting it .
29 Here Japan and South Korea , both of whom have a surfeit of nationalistic fervour , have a huge advantage .
30 I went into the van where the people were booking in and asked if there was any chance of me having a go .
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