Example sentences of "[adv] to have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , I do n't ever remember seeing him sit down to have any . |
| 2 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 3 | Congratulating themselves on having gained another client , Sophie and Helen sat down to have some tea , and Sophie was just about to tell of Robert Sheldrake 's visit when Joanna arrived . |
| 4 | Unable to stop the spell which has made the broom fetch water , the apprentice breaks it in two only to have both halves doing the job at twice the speed . |
| 5 | So many people visit the countryside and pick wild flowers because they find them pretty , only to have those flowers wilt and die long before they can be arranged in a vase . |
| 6 | ‘ It is n't enough to have all the safety plans in the world if you do n't ensure that people are adhering to them . ’ |
| 7 | I thought we both looked pretty good : rich enough to have all the trappings , oiky enough to want to come on an Action Man course . |
| 8 | Given its height and vigour , L. serotina is probably best accommodated at the back of a herbaceous border or in the wild garden if you are lucky enough to have such a place . |
| 9 | I was fortunate enough to have such a relationship , which is probably why I can not accept the idea of a future without love . |
| 10 | As Scott said later , the judges ‘ were not Gothicly disposed and though they awarded premiums to all the best Gothic designs they took care not to put any of them high enough to have much chance ’ . |
| 11 | But it seems doubtful if it was big enough to have much impact . |
| 12 | Apart from a glass of lager at dinner she had been drinking only fruit juices , while Rune 's own consumption of lager had been only moderate , not enough to have much effect on a man of such highly tuned physique , she comforted herself . |
| 13 | John Walsh has written of Methodism earlier in the century when it was still painfully experiencing instigated mob hostility that it is " improbable that infant Methodism was strong enough to have much overall effect as an emollient to industrial disturbance , let alone prevent a general revolt " . |
| 14 | So , unlike many children at the time , Sylvia was fortunate enough to have both parents close at hand . |
| 15 | There was Lindsay like this little tremulous Pierrot ( because Lindsay was very little at the time — much thinner ) in these little white tights , and the coat which was like a little 18th century golden coat came down from the flies , if we were lucky enough to have any up there . |
| 16 | The most subtle strategy available to a teacher is that of teacher-in-role , for this device is flexible enough to have any one of the three functions ; it can take the pupils ' attention off themselves by allowing them passively or actively to use teacher 's role as a projection , or it can be non-projective and challenge the pupils to interact . |
| 17 | As for the other end , Fraxilly , I doubted whether it was important enough to have any spies watching it . |
| 18 | We are fortunate enough to have another version of the same text , the lex geminata from Scaevola 's digesta . |
| 19 | He even tried to reload fast enough to have another crack at it , but it thumped into the wet heather near the river before he could get the shell into the gun . |
| 20 | That must be contrasted with what occurred under Labour , and no doubt will occur again should we ever be unfortunate enough to have another Labour Government . |
| 21 | We are playing practically the league leaders so to have some vocal support will hopefully lift the players . ’ |
| 22 | In Tameside the minister had sound administrative reasons for believing that the local authority was acting unreasonably but it was held that merely to have such reasons was insufficient . |
| 23 | right , and to put it all back together to have some sort of record |
| 24 | This morning 's episode at the flat had shaken her up quite a bit , and she needed desperately to have some time to herself in quiet surroundings . |
| 25 | No transitional provisions are proposed , although representations are sought on whether or not to have such rules . |
| 26 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 27 | There is little requirement from other European members for Britain either to have or not to have such weapons . |
| 28 | Our role in the group is not to have all the answers but to direct parents to sources where these might be found . ’ |
| 29 | She was n't sure she wanted to return , but seemed not to have much choice anymore , and so she stayed . |
| 30 | She would advise a customer not to have that : it looked too old , or it smelt . |