Example sentences of "have a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 2 | But I think we might have a little time to ourselves now , and be d — d to anyone who says we have n't both earned it ! |
| 3 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We could be here for hours , ’ said Wilson , into whose tired brain had crept the thought that they could just sit down and have a little sleep until they were found . |
| 5 | On the Saturdays I would scrub the kitchen floor , black and polish the kitchen grate , and polish the knives , so that my mother could have a little rest on her return from several hours cleaning , sometimes having to walk at least a mile to her regular place of work . |
| 6 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 7 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd hoped , too , they might have a little peace , ’ he added more pointedly . |
| 9 | The basic shape is very easy to make , but if you do have a little time you might want to give the dragon more elaborate scales . |
| 10 | I did have a little thought last night that maybe he is not expecting much this year but looking to get us on an even keel for an attempt next year on the title ( with maybe another central defender ) . |
| 11 | Carol had quite enough to do with her own job and all her own shopping without preparing meals as well and she hoped she would have a little rest after Christmas , now that people took time off in lots of offices until after the New Year . |
| 12 | Erm so right , if you get something then where you 're integrating I 'd like to sort of have a little practice this week of Have you done much practice of differentiating a product ? |
| 13 | I 'm gon na have a little rest from this in when I 've done this |
| 14 | Now , just let's have a little help here , because you wo n't have this graph with you all the time will you ? |
| 15 | Right , I 'll have a little rest before I turn the T V off . |
| 16 | We 're gon na have a that car taxed before its M O T runs out |
| 17 | Can I have a another two Diet Cokes please ? |
| 18 | In looking at the way in which schools and colleges were managed after the 1988 Act , the Commission pointed out that LEAs would have a less directive role but would still have to monitor the services of schools and colleges . |
| 19 | I could possibly have a half day next Monday . |
| 20 | ‘ You can have a few of they . ’ |
| 21 | Most sailing clubs will have a few catamarans clustered together in one end of the dinghy park , but if you are keen to race one it is best to choose a club that has plenty of water space and specialises in a large multihull fleet . |
| 22 | So far everything had gone our way , but it was hard to believe that the wily old campaigner would not have a few more tricks up his sleeve . |
| 23 | ‘ Most are used as free-standing units at the fill point , but we do have a few on bowsers and sprayers . |
| 24 | In the first flush of youthful passion , and in the imminence of war , Leslie had vowed that he would rather have a few years with me than eternal life without me . |
| 25 | . 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 … |
| 26 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
| 27 | Most of my friends will buy this album and we usually waste a lot of time discussing the merits of whatever record we have recently bought , so we may well have a few arguments on whether to eat meat or not . |
| 28 | ‘ I will have a few casts here , Blair , then follow you down to the next pool , ’ I suggested . |
| 29 | ‘ The river looks great , we should have a few today . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps you can just let me have a few details … |