Example sentences of "they [vb mod] have a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have a requirement where they are looking for a very high return on capital employed and need to attract and retain the very best people in order to achieve that . |
| 2 | We pray for the leaders of the government throughout the world that they may have a desire and be unselfish . |
| 3 | If their babies are to thrive , they must have a cave that is warm , humid and with a temperature that varies hardly at all between day and night . |
| 4 | In a modern society , it is — more or less — up to the individuals or couples to choose the age at which they marry or enter into one kind of conjugal union or another , to decide whether they should have a child or children or not , mow many children they want to have and at what intervals , and to opt for an age at which they want to cease childbearing , etc . |
| 5 | In the afternoon they should have a lecture and alternative football with sports practice . |
| 6 | Now what they 'll do is they 'll have a look and then decide what to do . |
| 7 | I thought they might have a check before you go . |
| 8 | their high tea , were n't bothered about high tea , but still , er then , they 'd have , they might have a supper because she ai n't been a work , their elderly , they perhaps have a good tea , the they , they went to bed at nine and they said if I was reading something , they said , you know turn the gas out when you come up and , there you are well you can see , if one landlady gave me egg for me lunch that I had n't had , they not , they were n't gon na feed you up at supper time were they ? |
| 9 | Her first loyalty was to him — at least until they could have a talk and straighten things out . |
| 10 | For instance , if a couple opted for a full surrogacy arrangement , they could have a baby that bears the same genetic relationship to them as do children conceived in the normal way , while someone else copes with the inconvenience of pregnancy and birth . |
| 11 | He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him . |
| 12 | They probably have never even considered that they could have an accident and damage the glider . |
| 13 | They 'd have a record if she had made a Will . |
| 14 | And then she would listen to them read , well this is what they finished with they 'd have a book and they 'd take it up and she 'd listen to one line ! |
| 15 | Although Mr Flowerdew used to come down occasionally and see him : sometimes they would have a row and sometimes they were quite friendly . |
| 16 | Some decided they would have an entrance and an exit . |
| 17 | Some never query that sooner or later they will have a child or several children . |
| 18 | ‘ If students have been convinced of the necessity of collective action , gained self-respect and respect for their peers , they will have a message that they can use and will want to spread . |
| 19 | Because we 've had we 've spent an awful lot of erm money and time in taking people into the system who say they will have a car when |
| 20 | ‘ They will have a confidence that they will win on the day , ’ he concedes . |