Example sentences of "and [vb mod] [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A consequence of this unquestioning enthusiasm is that the implications of change have not been thought through , and may yet have a sting or two in the tail .
2 the university has a new duty , we are told : there is a besieging host , everincreasing , of Indians , Africans , Commonwealth people in general , Levantines , who aspire to become university teachers of English literature , and must therefore have a PhD — preferably a Cambridge one ( though it is admitted that a large proportion of them could n't hope to take the English Tripos with much credit — even if they could pass ) .
3 Businesses searching for financial assistance can be start-ups or already trading , and should normally have a business plan .
4 She appealed unashamedly to her English readers for money for the foreign artists : ‘ If anyone likes to send some money , I will promise to dispense it with the most rigid favouritism towards people who would probably sooner beg than risk the jaundice of a free meal and would sooner have a note of twenty francs all at once than beg every day . ’
5 ‘ Very often , at Ealing , the Director himself would think up ideas for films and would probably have a lot to do with the genesis of the scripts as well . ’
6 He took it all for granted , and would never have a clue just how blessed he was .
7 They are funded by your council and will thus have a say in things .
8 ‘ You will have a trying day tomorrow ’ , he once said to his District Magistrate while Chief Commissioner of Delhi ; ‘ You will be on the alert all day and will probably have a riot .
9 The former will never have the ring of eternal truth and will always have a suspicion of temporary or symbolic truth about it .
10 This will be an important and helpful clarification of what has recently been a vexed issue , and will undoubtedly have a bearing on pre-school provision .
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