Example sentences of "a [noun] and have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I prefer Mr. Carus 's submission that an Orthodox rabbi is pursuing a vocation and has no choice but to accept the Chief Rabbi 's disciplinary decisions . |
| 2 | She particularly hated the small kitchen , which was little more than a passageway and had no worksurfaces or cupboards . |
| 3 | I want to look like a racehorse and have long hair and Jim , that 's what I want . |
| 4 | My head 's spinning , so I just sort of lean there a bit and have a rest . |
| 5 | Having had the opportunity to settle in a bit and have a look around , I am beginning to get my bearings . |
| 6 | ‘ With everything that has happened over the last couple of years , I just want to stand back a bit and have a couple of weeks to think about it ’ , he said , before later confirming his desire to lead a new-look Scotland in 1992 . |
| 7 | They were jointly engaged in a burglary and had contemplated resisting arrest . |
| 8 | This woman works at a Garrimpo and has also been exposed to mercury vapour . |
| 9 | The present Portuguese Presidency is however pushing for a decision and has put forward a compromise solution . |
| 10 | It is wholly acceptable that the patient should have been persuaded by others of the merits of such a decision and have decided accordingly . |
| 11 | I like to see the goods before I make a decision and have a point of reference for returning them . |
| 12 | If a tenant takes only an upper floor of a building and has no more than a right to use the entrance hall for the purposes of approaching the property demised he must stipulate for the right to put a nameplate outside the property ( other than that part demised to him ) if he desires this convenience ( Berry ( Frederick ) Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland [ 1949 ] 1 KB 619 per Lord Goddard CJ at 621 ) . |
| 13 | She was dressed in trousers and a trenchcoat and had a mane of fair hair beneath a tight-fitting beret . |
| 14 | John had dreams of being a writer and had tried his hand at poetry , including an epic poem on the Battle of Largs . |
| 15 | A third possibility that should not be overlooked is that the stereotype is just a stereotype and has no real correlate in women 's behaviour . |
| 16 | ‘ Then he got injured in a field and had to be off for a year , but everything seems to be going well now . |
| 17 | The defence counsel , Robert Anthony , said that McCormack was not a drinker and had acted out of character after consuming alcohol that night . |
| 18 | In effect the exporter assumes the role of a buyer and has to market the counter-purchased goods . |
| 19 | Therefore , someone who lives in a bungalow and has lived in a high radon area since birth is the most likely person to suffer . |
| 20 | Those opposed to the hunt have pledged to continue campaigning for a ban and have accused the central committee of fudging the issue . |
| 21 | Mark had forgotten Babur was a porter and had this thing about class . |
| 22 | There is a period of instability , but finally the outer layers are puffed away , and the star becomes a planetary nebula — a bad term , because a planetary nebula is not truly a nebula and has nothing whatsoever to do with a planet . |
| 23 | They were going to Oxford Circus for a change and had booked a patch . |
| 24 | She was a half-caste and had a lovely coffee coloured skin . |
| 25 | I thought Tracey and Sharon used to get drunk at lunchtime on a Friday and have a punch up . |
| 26 | I want continuous ventilation in a bedroom and have decided on a trickle ventilator . |
| 27 | I want to use Arial as a font and have the text red . |
| 28 | She added : ‘ He is unable to read a script and has all his lines put on a tape by my 14-year-old niece , Melissa , and learns them from that . ’ |
| 29 | I was wounded in a demonstration and had to retire from political activities for a while to recuperate and another member was killed in the massacre , when the security forces dislodged the peaceful occupation of the Venezuelan Embassy . |
| 30 | She was a diabetic and had n't taken any insulin with her . |