Example sentences of "[verb] have a " in BNC.

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1 Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party
2 What would you like to do have a nice sandwich for lunch and then later on have something proper .
3 For the Profitboss every decision , every action , every piece of behaviour he and his team make have a criterion of success .
4 I 'd rather have have a cup of tea
5 He did have a red MG .
6 Sun/Star readers were more likely than others to have no preference at all in 1986 ( despite voting in 1987 ) , and at the same time , those Sun/Star readers who did have a preference in 1986 were more likely than others to change it during the next year ( Table 8.16 ) .
7 ‘ I did have a copy of Boost , a monthly magazine published from late 1942 for 212 ( Catalina ) Squadron based at Korangi , south of Karachi .
8 He was n't even the first to tell Ferrari he 'd be back one day with a car to beat him , but the laconic Texan did have a more-than-usually colourful way of putting it .
9 Nevertheless , the fact that the matter had come to such a head did have a sobering effect on them both .
10 No , she did not own a car — could not afford to — but she did have a driving licence .
11 But if it could be said that he did have a weakness for something , it was for Ireland and the Irish .
12 We did have a short time to show off whatever skills we had managed to acquire .
13 We did have a very broad search , ’ adds Whittaker .
14 It is perfectly true that Blake did have a battery-operated radio in his cell which worked on medium and long waves only .
15 Despite her irritating affectations , she did have a genuine flair for divining quality in both literature and the visual arts .
16 Unlike Guillaume , Zborowski was unbusinesslike , and a poor book-keeper , but he did have a wonderful faith in Modigliani 's talent .
17 Zborowski did have a buyer for the drawings in Lucien Descaves , the brother of the Police Commissioner who bought them up by the batch .
18 . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them …
19 He did not feel the presence of the dead poet in the room , but he did have a vague excited sense that any of these containers — the desk , the trunks , the hat-boxes , might contain some treasure like the faded letters in his own breast-pocket .
20 ‘ I did have a shower — but what 's the use of putting dirty clothes on a clean body ? ’
21 And those that did have a cuckoo in their nest could have succumbed to it and still lived to rear another brood next season .
22 It did have a most beautiful sleeve , a yellow tint vision of a young Pat Phoenix , a product of Morrissey 's youthful Coronation Street obsession .
23 Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style .
24 However , there is one other thing that we know about Elsie for sure : she did have a club foot .
25 The publication of de Beauvoir 's letters to Sartre has revealed that , contrary to her repeated denials , she did have a number of sexual relationships with women .
26 For example , you could discover whether the employee 's watch was faulty , or whether she did have a regular hair appointment on Friday .
27 Ferngrove Park , with its woods and meadows and deep thickets full of secret nooks and crannies , was a place where the Brownies really did have a grand time .
28 And there were times indeed , I think , that the effect of the very strong resistance to public-expenditure cuts and then the promulgation of an alternative economic strategy , which I myself was much concerned with , did have a very considerable effect .
29 She did have a job with the BBC and someone cared for the child in the day .
30 Roman law never did have a doctrine that trusts should be set up by imperative words .
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