Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 2 | If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father , but I 'll probably die . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I think I may have a wrong number , ’ it said . |
| 6 | I must have a good game against him . ’ |
| 7 | So okay I have n't seen I must have a tiny little book . |
| 8 | ( I 've done dozens of lectures now , in front of all sorts of people , and I always make it up as I go along , although I suppose I must have a rough idea about what I 'm going to say . ) |
| 9 | But then I must have a cold shower . |
| 10 | 121 , as to which Parke B. , in Cooper v. Parker ( 1855 ) 15 C.B. 828 , said , ‘ Whenever the question may arise as to whether Down v. Hatcher is good law , I should have a great deal to say against it , ’ yet there certainly are cases in which great judges have treated the dictum in Pinnel 's Case as good law . |
| 11 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , you think I should have a kept woman like Ma — not very modern , that . |
| 13 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ You and I should have a little chat . ’ |
| 15 | Just the first kit , yes I shall probably do that there put it in without an envelope looks like there might , I might have so an odd I got some more of the envelopes at home I might have a small one , but er |
| 16 | And I might have a thousand stashed away that I did n't know about ? |
| 17 | Went back yesterday , tomorrow I 'll carry on , Thursday I might have a lay in |
| 18 | He thinks perhaps I might have a few days away from here . |
| 19 | I might have a sweet actually . |
| 20 | And I might have a little bit . |
| 21 | If things do n't get better soon , I 'll have a nervous breakdown or divorce my husband . |
| 22 | I 'll have a better stomach for it then . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll have a better idea when I can see the background . |
| 24 | I 'll have a tiny bit . |
| 25 | I 'll have a tiny bit |
| 26 | and probab er probably Thursday morning as , as well , so I 'll probably have Thursday , Friday maybe Saturday , well , oh I should have , because by working on the games Thursday morning , that 's another three hours , that 's , brings me up to , twenty eight , yes twenty eight er er thirty one and er , I 'll , I 've got class top contacts time in the , in the afternoon , so that does n't count , Friday I 've got class , a two hour class , but er , tt , I 'll be working outside , in fact that class will be cancelled that day , so it 's er , so four hours that 's thirty six er , Saturday forty two , Tuesday erm tt , oh that week I 'll have a six for Wednesday er nine Thursday er twelve for Tuesday another twelve , plus the evening twelve , plus two , plus another six , that 's eight and a half , eighteen , another eighteen hours |
| 27 | I find I 've got to make excuses for myself if I do n't , but I sort of think I 've got this to do for the children , and that to do — and I 'll have a grand old clean up next week , sort of thing . |
| 28 | I 'll have a small cafe with you . |
| 29 | No , I 'll have a small orange juice please . |
| 30 | I 'll have a thousand , er Shel ? |