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havehave1 /v, əv, həv; strong hæv/ ●●● S1 W1 auxiliary verb (past tense and past participle had /d, əd, həd; strong hæd/, third person singular has /z, əz, həz; strong hæz/) 
WORD ORIGINhave1
Origin:
Old English habbanEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I must have left my wallet at home.
- She had lived in Peru for 30 years.
Longman Language Activatorto have something such as a television, car, house etc
also have got especially British · Most families in England have a car, and over 25% of them have two cars.· "Have you got a garden in your new place?'' "Yes, we have.''· They have a houseboat out on the lake.· "Do you have a phone here?'' "Yes sir, we do.''· Have you got your own computer at home?
someone with something has that thing: · There aren't many people with cars in this part of town -- they're too poor.· Taking the bus across the country appeals to people with more time than money.· Anybody with shares in the company is urged to contact the receivers to register a claim.
if you own something, especially something valuable such as a car, a house, or a company, it belongs to you legally: · Andy and his wife own a vacation home near the beach.· The company was previously owned by the French government.· American newspapers in different cities are often owned by the same company.
formal to have or own something, especially something valuable or important: · The number of nations that possess nuclear weapons has risen.· Hamly admitted illegally possessing a handgun.· The caller claimed to possess valuable information about the boy's whereabouts.
to have something with you also have got especially British · Excuse me, do you have change for a dollar?· Have you got a pen I could borrow?· Here, I have a map.· I think you've got my tickets.· The dancers had elaborate costumes with long embroidered skirts.
someone with something has that thing now: · There's a man at the door with a parcel for you.· A woman with a baby in a stroller was looking at clothes.· Rob is the guy with the blue jacket.
to be carrying something in your pocket, bag etc: · I don't have enough change on me for the parking meter.· Jim is the only guy I know who always has a handkerchief on him.
to have something in your pocket, bag, hand etc: · Her address is in my diary but I haven't got it with me.· She had her camera with her on the hike.· You should have your identity card with you at all times.
also have/keep something to hand to have something near you, especially because you might need to use it: have something handy/have something to hand: · When you call, have your credit card handy.· Before you begin make sure you have all the tools you need to hand.keep something handy/keep something to hand: · Keep a fire extinguisher handy in the kitchen.· Keep important telephone numbers to hand by the telephone.
formal to have something in your hand, pocket, bag etc, especially something illegal: · The man who was arrested had an illegal firearm in his possession.· The drugs he had in his possession had an estimated street value of $15,000.
to have something that you do not want · It's only a rented house, so we're stuck with the decor.· As a result of the financial collapse many people are stuck with worthless investments.
to have a particular feature, quality, or ability also have got especially British · Although she's eighty she has an excellent memory.· Kids have wonderful imaginations, and it is natural for them to create imaginary friends.· The hotel only had two double rooms and they were both occupied.· The jacket has two side pockets and two more pockets inside.· Her brother's got long dark hair and blue eyes.
use this after a noun to describe the qualities or features that someone or something has: · We booked a room with a sea view.· The company needs more people with marketing experience.· Katrina's over there in front of that man with red hair.
use this to describe the things that a place has: · It's a big house - there are five bedrooms.· There are lots of old temples and gardens to visit in Kyoto.· There's an Olympic-sized swimming pool on campus.
formal to have a particular ability, feature, or quality: · He possessed an unusual ability to learn languages quickly.· Like all towns and villages on Trinidad, it possessed a cricket ground.· The Western Highlands possess a beauty and a majesty found nowhere else in Britain.
especially written if someone or something is of a particular feature, quality, or ability, they have that feature etc, especially if it is something good: · Father was a man of great integrity and honesty.· an area of outstanding beauty· She was an actress of great skill.
formal to have special advantages, conditions, abilities etc that are better than the ones that other people or things have: · Some of the workers enjoy a relatively high degree of job security.· When first introduced on the market, these products enjoyed great success.
to have something such as a useful ability, a good feature, or an important advantage - used formally or humorously: · Londoners are blessed with some of the very best Thai restaurants in the country.· Justine was unfortunately not blessed with a sense of humour.· Few gardens are blessed with an ideal site.
formal to have something good, especially a natural ability or social advantage: · Hugh was young, handsome, and endowed with the privileges of class and education.· Jefferson wrote that all citizens were endowed with "the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
if something such as a place, organization, or object boasts a good feature, it has that feature - used especially in advertisements and literature: · The golf course is surrounded by hills and boasts some of the finest scenery in the country.· Each luxury home boasts an indoor pool and three-car garage.
to not have something also haven't got especially British · I don't have any brothers or sisters.· My parents haven't got a television.· The store didn't have the right type of glue in stock.· She hasn't got anything to wear for her interview.· Haven't we got any more tomatoes? I need some for the salad.not have something with you (=not have brought something with you) · I'm sorry, I don't seem to have my credit card with me -- can I pay by cheque?
if you do something without something, you do not have or own that thing: · Billy came to class without his school books.· You can't get a passport without a birth certificate.· There are so many people without jobs that companies receive hundreds of applications to each advertisement.· The schools are having to provide programs without adequate funding.
if something is missing , you do not have it because it has been lost, removed, or stolen: · Two of her front teeth were missing.· When I put my hand inside my pocket I discovered that my wallet was missing.have something missing: · The dog has part of his left ear missing.what's missing is/all that's missing is: · It's such a romantic setting -- all that's missing is the candles.
to not have any more of something · That was my last one -- I don't have any more.· I didn't have any time left to finish.· The theatre didn't have any seats left when I went to get tickets.· He didn't have any more questions.
to not have something that you usually have or that you regularly use, because you have used or sold all of it: · Looks like we're out of milk again -- can you go to the store for me?· The store was out of the paint I wanted.· In the end she ran out of patience and started yelling.· Better take plenty of water -- we don't want to run out.
to not have something you need to not have something that you need, especially something that you need in order to do something: · Tom lacks confidence and needs a lot of encouragement.· They lived in appalling conditions, lacking even the most primitive sanitation.
if someone is without food, water, clothes, or other important things that they need, they do not have them: · Over a million people in the Sudan have been without supplies of food and water for several months.· Some towns are still without electricity after last week's storms.
to not have something that you usually have, for example food or sleep: · Lucas's soldiers had to go without food or water for several days.· New parents go without much sleep for at least the first few months. · There wasn't enough water to go around, and some people went without.
to live your life or do something you want to do without having something you need or without someone's help: · For three years I managed without pain-killing drugs.· From May to November it is very hot, but the schools do without air-conditioning.· Many of the young people here had never before had to do without.
if something happens through lack of a particular thing, it happens because there is not enough of that thing available or because there is none at all: · Crops and animals died through lack of rain.· The case was abandoned for lack of evidence.· We haven't yet quite succeeded, but not for want of trying.
to not allow yourself to have something you need to choose or decide not to have something, especially because there is not enough of it, because you need to save money, or for religious reasons: · His parents often did without lunch or supper so that he could have more.· During the month of Ramadan, Muslims go without food and drink between the hours of sunrise and sunset.· Meat was expensive and a lot of people went without.· Cuts have to be made, and city residents need to think about what services they can do without.
to not do or have things you enjoy because you think this will be good for you: · Girls who constantly deny themselves food in order to get thin rarely do well at school.· I worked hard, lived frugally, and denied myself material goods in order to achieve financial security.
to not do something that you usually do or that you want to do, especially for health or moral reasons: · The sex education program encourages teens to abstain.abstain from: · Catholics are supposed to abstain from meat on Good Friday.abstain from doing something: · Trial volunteers are told to abstain from watching TV for a month.
also forego formal to not have or do something good or something you enjoy, especially for moral reasons, because of your principles etc: · Senior board members have offered to forgo their annual bonuses this year.· Novices were expected to forgo all earthly pleasures and concentrate on the hereafter.
to not have a particular substance, quality, feature etc also haven't got especially British · He doesn't have much of a sense of humor.· Her little girl doesn't seem to have any fear at all.· It doesn't really have any practical use.· She said she hasn't got as much pain in her leg as she used to.
if someone or something lacks a particular substance, quality, feature, or ability, they have never had it: · He lacked the energy to argue with him.· Many people lack adequate pension arrangements.· Glenn has the discipline that Forman lacks.
not having or containing a particular substance, feature etc: · "With or without sugar?'' "Without, please!''· "Gourmet Food without Salt" is aimed at people with high-blood pressure.· He was without any sense whatsoever.
use this to describe the things that a place or thing does not have: · There aren't enough ladies' rooms at the stadium.· There wasn't a decent restaurant for miles.
if a product, food, or drink is free from a substance, especially one that is harmful, it does not contain that substance: · The new shampoo uses only natural products and is completely free from artificial colouring and preservatives.· Organic produce is free from harmful chemicals.
: sugar-free/fat-free/lead-free etc not containing sugar, fat, lead etc - use this especially about things that have been deliberately made this way: · a sugar-free soft drink· It looks like wine and tastes like wine, but it's almost alcohol-free.
to no longer have something important to no longer have something important or valuable, such as your job or your home, because it has been destroyed or taken away from you: · I'll lose my job if the factory closes.· We lost our home and all our belongings in the fire.lose your sight/hearing etc (=lose the ability to see/hear etc): · Professor Wilkes lost his sight in an accident three years ago.
if a mistake, accident etc costs you something important such as your job or your health, you lose that important thing because of it: cost somebody something: · Another mistake like that could cost you your job.· All this delay has cost the company an important contract.cost somebody his/her life: · Larry's years of hard drinking and living almost cost him his life.
if you achieve something at the cost of something else, you lose something of great importance or value as a result of what you achieve: · An increase in profits was achieved, but only at the cost of hundreds of jobs.
if something is a high price to pay , losing or damaging it is so bad that the advantage you gain as a result is not worth it: be a high price to pay for: · The pollution of our rivers is a high price to pay for agricultural development· Most people know now that getting sunburnt is a high price to pay for a quick tan.be too high a price to pay (for): · The new road has made life easier for commuters, but some say it is too high a price to pay.
to be able to do something · "I don't think Mike can type." "Yes, he can."can do something · He can run faster than me.· Can you see the TV, or should I move?· This program can translate your e-mail into other languages.· How many hamburgers do you think you can eat?· Adrian could read when he was four.· If we had a boat we could row across to the island.· Why didn't they ask me? I could have done it for them for half the price.
if you are able to do something, you can do it - use this especially about something that needs a lot of effort, skill, or knowledge: · Those bags look really heavy - are you sure you'll be able to carry them on your own?· After the accident it was a long time before she was able to walk again.· To take the class, you have to be able to use a computer.be able to: · My grandpa's getting old now and he can't do all the things he used to be able to.
to have the ability, energy, or qualities needed to do something, especially something very difficult or unusual - use this about people or machines: · He's a very angry kid, but he's not capable of murder.be capable of doing something: · The missiles are capable of travelling about 700 miles.· Around 7 or 8, children are already capable of making their own moral evaluations.be perfectly capable of doing something (=used to emphasize that you are definitely capable of doing something): · Leave the boy alone, I'm sure he's perfectly capable of fixing it himself.
to be able to do something, especially something that is unusual or that most people cannot do: · She seemed to have the ability to make people do anything she wanted.· I believe the team definitely has the ability to win the championship.
to be able to do something, especially to deal with a particular problem, because you have been properly prepared or had the right training: · By the end of the course, students should be equipped to deal with any business situation.· The emergency services are well equipped to cope with disasters of this kind.
to have the ability and the qualities of character needed to do something difficult, especially when you or other people doubt that you can do it: · I admired the way you refused to let him bully you - I didn't think you had it in you.have it in you to do something: · No one thought I would win, but I knew I had it in me to do it if I really tried.
to be able to do something, because you know a way of a doing it, especially something practical such as operating a machine: · Do you know how to use this computer?· I'd turn the thing off if only I knew how.
to have enough knowledge, money, or equipment to do something: · Once the loan is paid off, Jones will be in a position to run the casino himself.· We will have to run more tests before we are in a position to say whether the document is authentic or not.be in a good/excellent/better position to do something: · When I've read the whole report I'll be in a better position to comment.
to wear a particular piece of clothing or set of clothes to have clothes, shoes, glasses, jewellery etc on your body: · She was wearing shorts and a T-shirt.· Were you wearing your jacket when we got on the bus?wear black/red/green etc (=wear black clothes, red clothes etc): · Carolyn always wore bright colors like red.somebody wears something (=someone usually wears a particular type of clothes): · She wears sandals, even in the winter.· I wear a lot of black.
: in a suit/in a red dress etc wearing a suit, a red dress etc: · a couple of boys in baseball caps· There was a man in a linen suit standing at the bar.
to be wearing clothes, shoes, glasses, or jewellery: have a coat/jacket/suit etc on: · That's Jenny Salton over there; she has a blue dress on.· Could you read this for me? I don't have my glasses on.have on a coat/jacket/suit etc: · "What was she wearing?" "I think she had on a dark suit."
to be wearing clothes: · Are you dressed yet? We have to leave now!be dressed in: · They were all dressed in T-shirts and jeans.· a woman dressed in greenbe dressed as somebody (=wearing clothes that make you look like someone else): · Some of the children were dressed as soldiers.
American to be wearing formal clothes or your best clothes, for example on a special occasion: · Look at you - you're all dressed up!· Harvey arrived, dressed up in his only business suit.
British to wear clothes that are more informal than you usually wear: · We dress down at work these days, unless we're going to a client meeting.
to be wearing a lot of warm clothes because it is cold: be bundled up in: · The old man sat on his porch bundled up in old sweaters and scarves.be bundled up against the cold/rain/wind etc: · Spectators, bundled up against the cold, stood and listened to the President speak for an hour.
British to be wearing a particular kind of clothes, especially to do an activity: · Anna was kitted out in her riding gear, waiting by the car.
to talk about something with someone to talk about and exchange ideas about something in order to come to an agreement, understand it better, or to make plans: · The two families got together to discuss the wedding arrangements.· The report will be discussed at next week's meeting.discuss something with somebody: · Don't make any plans yet - I want to discuss this with Jamie first.discuss what/how/where etc: · We need to discuss what kind of food we want at the party.
· I think we need to talk.talk about · If you have a problem at school, sit down and talk about it with your parents.talk to · Gerry wants to talk to his girlfriend before he makes a decision.talk with American · If you need more money you should talk with Richard.
to talk to someone about all the details of a serious problem or difficult situation, in order to understand it better: talk something/it over: · If you're worried about your work, come and see me and we'll talk it over.talk over something: · The girls were talking over the events of the day.talk something over with somebody: · It's often useful to talk things over with a trained counsellor.
to discuss different possible choices of what to do before choosing the best one: · We were debating the best way to reach the river, when a passing ranger kindly pointed it out.debate where/what/whether etc: · We debated whether to fly or go by train, finally deciding on the train.· They had already debated where to go on vacation, Yosemite or Lake Tahoe.
informal to discuss an idea with a group of people in order to decide whether it is good or not: · These meetings are useful for kicking around preliminary ideas.· Academics have been kicking around the idea for three decades.
informal if two or more people put their heads together , they discuss something together in order to solve a problem: · We'll put our heads together after work and see if we can come up with a solution.put your heads together to do something: · 150 government leaders are putting their heads together to discuss how to curb the production of greenhouse gases.
to settle a disagreement or difficult situation by talking to the person involved, especially when you are angry with them: · We've had it out and I've told John exactly what I think.have it out with: · I've a good mind to have it out with him here and now.
when you offer something to someone to say that someone can have something if they want it: offer somebody something: · She didn't even offer me a cup of tea.· I've been offered the job!· Can I offer you a ride?· Why don't you offer them a drink while I finish getting dinner ready?offer something to somebody: · Unfortunately, they offered the contract to someone else.
spoken say this as a polite way of offering something to someone: · We have some maps of the city - would you like one?· Would you like fries with that?
spoken say this when you are offering someone a drink or food, for example at a party: · Can I get you some coffee?· What can I get you? There's beer or wine.
spoken say this to tell someone they can take anything they want from the food and drink that is available: · There's plenty of food, so help yourself.help yourself to: · Help yourself to some salad.
spoken say this to persuade someone to take some food or drink that you are offering: · Have some of the pie - my Mom made it.· Go on, have another beer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
She decided to have an abortion. Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water. Bart had a deep affection for the old man. You have a long trip ahead of you. I have an allergy to cats. The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals. We had a barbecue on the beach. Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game? You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea). She picked up the sandwich and took a bite. Can I have a bite of your apple? We had a blast at the fair. The couple later had their marriage blessed in their local parish church. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme. Kirby had a sudden brainstorm. I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon. I’m sure the company has a bright future now. She had to have a caesarean. She was told last year that she had cancer. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children. I have to hurry – I have a bus to catch. Nomes slept badly, and had to take catnaps during the day. It’s important to have regular checkups. I had a clear-out and got rid of a lot of old toys. Few companies have the clout to handle such large deals. It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time. McKellen’s performance had much to commend it (=was very good). I found I had a lot in common with these people. The two games have much in common. Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime? He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs. I had a concussion, a broken leg and some minor injuries. He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better. The rescue team also had bad weather conditions to contend with. Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post. Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. They had a short conversation in German and seemed to be disagreeing about something. The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race. He already had a criminal record. I feel sorry for you, but we all have our crosses to bear. She had a huge crush on her geography teacher. I’m taking a few days off before the wedding. We’ve had dealings with him in the past. Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish. If they’re going to charge people a fee, they ought to at least have the decency to tell them in advance. I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday. I demand to know what’s going on. After the operation her condition was described as comfortable. The youth is described as being 18 to 19 years old. His remarks had the desired effect. Freshmen have first dibs on dormitory rooms. Here was a chance to have a dig at trade unionists. Let’s take a dip in the lake. We have had discussions about her legal situation. Neither side shows the slightest disposition to compromise. You should have your cat doctored. The King held dominion over a vast area. I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it. Brian has got tremendous drive. The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th family to lose their home in the fire. You can have an easy time of it now that the kids have all left home. The tree is estimated to be at least 700 years old. I think we have an even chance of winning. Mrs Evans had a fall (=fell to the ground) and broke her leg. I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist. I may have my faults, but ingratitude is not one of them. Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy. Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today. She used to have fits as a baby. Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories. Jo has a flair for languages. Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash. Are you sure the dog has fleas? They had a brief fling a few years ago. She had a brief flirtation with Tim. I couldn’t go because I had flu. ‘Is it midnight already?’ ‘Well, you know what they say – time flies when you’re having fun!’ Luckily I’d had the foresight to get in plenty of food. No one had the forethought to bring a map. I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed. That woman has a genius for organization. The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12. He’s never had a girlfriend. The rope has quite a bit of give in it. I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). ‘I can’t open this drawer.’ ‘Here, let me have a go.’ On the tour, everyone can have a go at making a pot. I had a good go (=tried hard) at cleaning the silver. Can I have a go on your guitar? He has at least two other projects on the go. Did you have a good vacation? She sat down and had a good cry. No one had a good word to say for her. Much of the groundwork has already been done. At least she had the gumption to phone me. I could see he was carrying a gun. I haven’t had a haircut for months! The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. Do you have a piece of paper handy? I had a terrible hangover the next day. Vegetarians still often have a hard time of it when it comes to eating out. She had hardly sat down when the phone rang. a country where the have-nots far outnumber the haves Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. His opponent had him in a headlock. Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems? I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane. Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen. She had no illusions about her physical attractiveness. I had an inkling that she was pregnant. I have no intention of retiring just yet. Scratch my back – I have an itch. The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures. I’ve only had an hour’s kip. I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I might have known (=I am annoyed but not surprised) you would take that attitude. I wouldn’t have come if I’d known you were so busy. those who have the know-how to exploit the technology to the fullest The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy. I’m going upstairs to have a lie down. I always have a lie-in on a Sunday. Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other. He knows he’s only got a few months to live. Let me have a look at that – I think it’s mine. Take a good look at the photo and see if you recognize anyone in it. Have you had a chance to take a look at my proposal yet? The working class has nothing to lose but its chains (=disadvantages, restrictions etc). Why don’t you have a massage? I won’t be coming this evening – I’ve got a migraine. It was a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we had in mind. He looked as though he had something on his mind. It had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house. She had two miscarriages before she had her first child. For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US. Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate. Get me a packet of crisps – I have the munchies. A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when her car left the road. We sat down and had a natter and a cup of tea. Never had she been so confused. We’ve had the house on the market for a month and not even had a nibble yet. We offered to pay our half of the cost but Charles would have none of it. At least she had the nous to ring. Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day. Canada has much to offer in terms of location and climate. He felt he had nothing to offer her that she wanted. All he had on was a pair of tattered shorts. We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect. women who have never had an orgasm I’d had him pegged as a troublemaker. I’m going to have my hair permed. Owen has a phobia about snakes. She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex. Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country. She always gets first pick of the videos. I had the same preconceptions about life in South Africa that many people have. As Liz had predicted, the rumours were soon forgotten. When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger. The group don’t have any pretensions to be pop stars. Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight. Today, we have the privilege of listening to two very unusual men. I had the great privilege to play for Yorkshire. The star has a high profile in Britain. He seems to have a propensity for breaking things. She was cycling home when she had a puncture. The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well. Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract. an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics I sat down to have a nice quiet read. We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment. A tennis player needs to have very quick reflexes. She had a relapse and died soon after. The collapse of the company had repercussions for the whole industry. a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century I never know who has right of way at this junction. British English The law here says that pedestrians always have the right of way. The increase had a ripple effect through the whole financial market. a young horse having a roll in the field My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity. Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US. We had the run of the house for the afternoon. Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police. I have a sauna and massage every week. The workers had no say in how the factory was run. The chairman has the final say (=has the right to make the final decision about something). He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door. He stretched and had a scratch. He had no scruples about selling faulty goods to people. The accommodation was so awful it had to be seen to be believed (=you would not believe it if you did not see it yourself). As we have seen in chapter four, women’s pay is generally less than men’s. ‘How long can you stay?’ ‘I’ll have to see. It depends (=used when you cannot make a decision immediately).’ You should get that tooth seen to by a dentist. He had an epileptic seizure. I had a senior moment and just couldn’t think of his name. I had 15 years seniority, and they couldn’t fire me. Many children have a sensitivity to cow’s milk. Tom and I had a bit of a set-to last night. They had sex in the back seat of his car. She no longer wanted to have sex with him. These policy changes could have beneficial side effects for the whole economy. The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta. I had a sinking feeling inside as I realized I was going to fail yet again. He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble. The article had an anti-union slant. That kind of car has real snob appeal. We had a massive snowball fight. I had a good long soak in the bath. I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers (=is related to them in some way). Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades. Her second son had a special place in her heart. I’ve always had a weak spot for chocolate. I’ll have one more stab at it. He holds a 51% stake in the firm. He has money stashed away in the Bahamas. Just a few firms have a stranglehold on the market for this software. You may not like her, but she certainly has style. It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold. She’s having a sulk. We had supper in a small Italian place. I have a wife and two children to support. Don’t worry, I’ve got him sussed. She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants. I had a telephone call from George this morning. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight. He had marriage thrust upon him. Dave’s had a tiff with his girlfriend. He has title to the land. If you keep getting throat infections you might have to have your tonsils out (=have them removed). He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives. Since he owns the strip of land, Cook has a vested interest in the project being approved. Shareholders have a vested right to 10% per annum. Jan has a vocation for teaching. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. They’ll have a long wait. I had a bit of a wander round the shops. You really have a warped sense of humour (=think strange and unpleasant things are funny). I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out. I have a real weakness for fashionable clothes. Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act? We’ll just have to wing it. She had her husband with her. You’d better bring your passport with you. I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans). He had a deep yearning to return to his home town. She’d always had a yen to write a book.
(also possess the ability to do something formal)· She has the ability to make people feel relaxed.
She decided to have an abortion.· The man had a Spanish accent.
Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water.· Young drivers are more likely to have accidents than older drivers.
(=have only slight knowledge or experience of something) He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.
He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.· Do you know Helen’s address?· No one seems to have his address.
(=have a lot of admiration for someone)· I have nothing but admiration for his work.
· She always had great admiration for people who could speak so many languages.
· In the end, he had to admit I was right.
(also enjoy an advantage formal)· Our parents didn’t have all the advantages that we have.· Western countries enjoyed considerable advantages in terms of technology.
Bart had a deep affection for the old man.· Brown has an agenda for the university’s future.
· They have an agreement that all workers should be union members.
You have a long trip ahead of you.· His trip to Milan, his third in two weeks, had a precise aim.
I have an allergy to cats.· She has almost decided.
· You have a few alternatives to choose from.
· He had no alternative but to resign.
· I have always loved Japan.
· I had a great time in Tokyo. I always have loved Japan.
· He had an ambition to be a top cello player.
· Many of the students lack ambition.
· Doctors are supposed to have all the answers.
· The young girl had a pleasing appearance.
· There’s lots of food – I hope you have a good appetite.
· She has an appointment with the dentist at 5 o'clock.
· In the US they have a somewhat different approach.
· I could hear my parents having an argument downstairs.
(=do something very well) I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.
I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.· Not everyone takes a positive attitude towards modern art.
(=someone is not helpful or pleasant to be with)· Some of the male students have a real attitude problem.
· The programme has a massive audience, ranging from children to grandparents.
· Teachers should have the authority to discipline their students.· He has no authority over us anymore.
approving (=look like you have authority, in a way that makes people obey you)· The commander had an unmistakeable air of authority.
(=used to say that most people in a meeting have voted in favour of something)
· She had the baby at home.· Sue gave birth to a baby boy.
· We are looking for someone who has a background in science.
The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals. We had a barbecue on the beach.· Permanent staff have a better base from which to plan their career development.
· Our constitution has a democratic basis.
(=be not true)· Many of these rumours have no basis in fact.
especially British English, take a bath especially American English· She usually has a bath in the evening.
· You must always have the belief that you can succeed.
· All the hotel rooms have the benefit of a balcony.
· Are you going to have a bet on the race?
Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game? You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea).· Did you have a nice birthday?
She picked up the sandwich and took a bite. Can I have a bite of your apple? We had a blast at the fair. The couple later had their marriage blessed in their local parish church. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme.· He gave up his seat on the board after 40 years' service.
· Twins often have a very close bond.
· We have both worked there.
· You should have more brains than to smoke.
Kirby had a sudden brainstorm. I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon.· After two hours, she took a break and switched on the radio.
· Paul got up, washed and had breakfast.
· What do you usually have for breakfast?
· In high altitudes some people have trouble breathing.
I’m sure the company has a bright future now. (=be attractive to many different types of people)· Their music has a very broad appeal.
· Hospital caterers have a budget of about £20 per person per week.
· Two of us had a nasty bug on holiday.
· Nick owned a software business in Boston.
· His favourite shirt had lost a button.
· A new cadre of leaders has emerged.
· A new cadre of leaders have emerged.
She had to have a caesarean. (also receive a call formal)· At 11 in the evening we got a call from the police.
· These yoghurts have approximately 90 calories per pot.
She was told last year that she had cancer.· It’s a small microwave which has a capacity of 0.6 cubic feet.
· Do you have a car?
· All my sons had careers in education.
She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children.· The play had a cast of almost unknown actors.
· We always had a cat when I was young.
I have to hurry – I have a bus to catch. Nomes slept badly, and had to take catnaps during the day.· The villagers were having a celebration of some kind.
(=it is possible you will do it)· I think you have a good chance of getting the job.
· I’d like a job in which I get the chance to travel.
(also possess a characteristic formal)· He has all the characteristics of a great husband.
· Richard was clever and he had a lot of charm.
· We were just having a chat.
British English· Always have a final check to make sure you’ve got your ticket and passport.
It’s important to have regular checkups.· I wish I'd had a happy childhood like yours.
· Students have a choice between German and Spanish.
· The men had no choice but to obey.
· The village people had no choice in the matter.
· No one wants to spend Christmas alone.
· She was beautiful and had a wide circle of admirers.
especially American English (=as a student or teacher)· What classes do you have this morning?
I had a clear-out and got rid of a lot of old toys. Few companies have the clout to handle such large deals.· Most professional organizations have a code of ethics.
· She stopped in a café to have a quick coffee.
· She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.
· She has an extensive collection of Chinese vases.
(=write one)· Lynch had a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper.
(=used when something has not happened yet but will happen) The most exciting part is yet to come.
The most exciting part is yet to come. It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time.· Athens had command of the oceans.
McKellen’s performance had much to commend it (=was very good). (=want to make a comment)· Do you have any comments on that, David?
I found I had a lot in common with these people. The two games have much in common.· Some people are brilliant thinkers, but they have no common sense.
(=not be alone)· ‘Come in,’ she said, pleased to have some company.
Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime?· Older people often feel that they don't have any competence with computers.
· Each year the school holds a painting competition.
· You have the right to complain if you’re not satisfied with the service you’re getting.
· We felt we had good reason to complain about the food at the hotel.
· The school is good and parents have little reason to complain.
· Patients sometimes have cause to complain about the hospital treatment they receive.
(=want to complain about something)· Please let us know if you have any complaints about our service.
He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs.· Animals have no concept of their own mortality.
I had a concussion, a broken leg and some minor injuries.· The baby has a rare skin condition.
(=used when admitting something you feel slightly embarrassed about) I must confess I don’t visit my parents as often as I should.
I must confess I don’t visit my parents as often as I should. (=used humorously when you want to admit to doing something)· I have a confession to make – I’ve eaten all the chocolates.
· The people no longer have any confidence in their government.
· A manager must be able to have complete confidence in his staff.
· Young teenagers often don’t have a lot of confidence.
· A lot of social problems have a direct connection to alcohol or drug use.
· Does he have a guilty conscience about his role in the crime?
· He claimed to have the consent of the car’s owner.
· Taking financial risks can have serious consequences.
He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better.· I haven’t had any contact with her for at least two years.
(also feel contempt for somebody/something)· He had a deep contempt for authority.
· The public should have nothing but contempt for bad journalism.
The rescue team also had bad weather conditions to contend with. Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post.· My college holds an athletics contest once a year.
· The company had a contract to build a new hotel there.
Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. They had a short conversation in German and seemed to be disagreeing about something.· You must declare whether you have any convictions.
· I’ve had a cough for weeks now.
· She certainly has a lot of courage.
· I didn’t have the courage to say what I really thought.
· The exhibition has received extensive coverage in the press.
The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race. (also be involved in a crash) (=in a car)· I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.
· By then the president had ceased to have any credibility.
He already had a criminal record. (=used to tell someone you have thought of the thing they are suggesting, or have never thought of it)
I feel sorry for you, but we all have our crosses to bear. She had a huge crush on her geography teacher.· Bright children often have a lot of curiosity.
· For dinner we had curry and rice.
· Anna has custody of their six-year-old daughter.
· He had a cut on his forehead.
· Simon looked as if he’d had a bad day at the office.
spoken (=used when saying goodbye to someone in a friendly way)· Bye Sam! Have a good day!
I’m taking a few days off before the wedding.· It's easier to work hard if you have a deadline.
informal (=have made or agreed on a deal)· Do we have a deal?
We’ve had dealings with him in the past. Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish.· I think we should have a public debate on this issue.
· Fortunately, I have no debts.
If they’re going to charge people a fee, they ought to at least have the decency to tell them in advance.· The old system had some serious defects.
· We had a trade deficit of more than $4 billion.
· You will earn more if you have a college degree.
I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday.· We've just had a delivery of tiles from Italy.
I demand to know what’s going on. After the operation her condition was described as comfortable. The youth is described as being 18 to 19 years old.· Milly had a sudden strong desire to laugh.
(=used to emphasize that you do not want to do something)· It was raining outside and I had no desire to go out.
His remarks had the desired effect.· To become a professional musician, you need to have a lot of determination.
Freshmen have first dibs on dormitory rooms.· People in Mediterranean areas generally have a very good diet.
· By the age of eight, Robbie was having difficulties at school.
Here was a chance to have a dig at trade unionists.· Learning a language has an important cultural dimension.
· Why don't you come and have dinner with us?
· I thought we might have pasta for dinner tonight.
· We're having a few friends round to dinner.
Let’s take a dip in the lake. British English (=think about sex a lot)
· Cheap air travel has considerable environmental disadvantages.
· The only disagreements we have are about money.
We have had discussions about her legal situation.· How long have you had the disease?
· The singer admitted she had an eating disorder.
(=have a happy character)
Neither side shows the slightest disposition to compromise. You should have your cat doctored. (=keep one as a pet)· We have one dog and two cats.
The King held dominion over a vast area.· Scientists still have some doubts about the theory.
(=have some doubts)· Everyone else thinks it’s a good idea, but I have my doubts.
· I have no doubt that you are right.
· I had a dream about you last night.
· I had dreams of becoming a doctor.
I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it. (=drink something, especially an alcoholic drink)· Let’s go and have a drink.
Brian has got tremendous drive. The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th family to lose their home in the fire.· Parents have a duty to make sure that their children receive an education.
· A tenant owes a duty to the landlord to keep the house in reasonable condition.
· Each of these people has some useful talent or experience.
(=have a hole put into the skin, so that you can wear an earring)· I had my ears pierced when I was quite young.
You can have an easy time of it now that the kids have all left home. (=eat something/nothing)· We’ll leave after we’ve had something to eat.
· Have you had enough to eat?
(=not have enough food)· The refugees had very little to eat and no clean water.
(=to be slightly better than someone or something else)· We believe our products have the edge over the competition.
· The women have had little education.
· Eating junk food will eventually have an effect on your health.
· The news had the effect of making everyone feel better.
· The government plans to hold an election in November.
· The Birmingham-based company has over 200 employees.
· He always has plenty of energy!
· I don't have any engagements tomorrow.
· The jazz ensemble has played all over Europe.
· The jazz ensemble have played all over Europe.
· He never had much enthusiasm for work.
· This institution has no equivalent in any other European country.
· If the data contains errors, the results will be wrong.
(=to only just avoid danger or difficulties)· The team had a narrow escape from relegation last season.
· We had a lucky escape when a tree crashed through the ceiling.
(=be extremely lucky to escape)· Ellie had miraculous escape after a firework exploded in her hand.
The tree is estimated to be at least 700 years old.· He has even offered to buy me a drink.
I think we have an even chance of winning. (=organize an event in the evening)· The college is holding an open evening on May 6th for year 9 to 11 pupils.
· Do the police have any evidence against him?
· He was examined by Dr Bower yesterday and will have another examination today.
· Companies have no excuse for breaking the law.
· The college is having an exhibition of the students’ work in April.
(also hold expectations formal)· Many migrant workers had high expectations when they arrived, but not anymore.
· Applicants must have experience of working with children.
· Each scientist had expertise in either mammals, insects, birds, or plants.
· Does the hospital have any explanation for why he died?
· His face had a puzzled expression.
· He had a very serious expression on his face.
(=be watching something with all your attention)· Ted sat with his eyes glued to the television.
(=used to say that someone was very angry, surprised etc)· You should have seen his face when I told him that I was resigning.
· The public no longer has faith in the government’s policies.
(=trust them completely)· We have every faith in your ability to solve the problem.
Mrs Evans had a fall (=fell to the ground) and broke her leg. I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist.· The family owned a small farm in Suffolk.
I may have my faults, but ingratitude is not one of them.· He had no fear of death.
· We decided to have a feast to celebrate the victory.
(=have both positive and negative feelings)· Her parents had mixed feelings about the marriage.
· Tucson had a film festival last month.
Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy. Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today.· I didn’t want to have a fight with him.
She used to have fits as a baby. Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories. Jo has a flair for languages. Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash.· These biscuits have a very distinctive flavour.
Are you sure the dog has fleas? They had a brief fling a few years ago. She had a brief flirtation with Tim. I couldn’t go because I had flu. ‘Is it midnight already?’ ‘Well, you know what they say – time flies when you’re having fun!’· The family hadn’t had any food for days.
Luckily I’d had the foresight to get in plenty of food. No one had the forethought to bring a map.· We have the freedom to travel nearly anywhere in the world.
· Suzie has plenty of friends.
I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed.· Did you have fun at the party?
British English· They were having a game of pool.
· Identical twins have the same genes.
That woman has a genius for organization. The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12. (=laugh in a way that is difficult to control)· The girls had the giggles, and couldn’t stop laughing.
He’s never had a girlfriend. The rope has quite a bit of give in it. I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). ‘I can’t open this drawer.’ ‘Here, let me have a go.’ On the tour, everyone can have a go at making a pot. I had a good go (=tried hard) at cleaning the silver. Can I have a go on your guitar? He has at least two other projects on the go.· She had one goal in life: to accumulate a huge fortune.
Did you have a good vacation? She sat down and had a good cry. No one had a good word to say for her.· I had no grievance against him.
· You need to have a good grip on your tennis racket.
Much of the groundwork has already been done.· The police asked if anyone might have had a grudge against the victim.
· All our boots have a one-year guarantee for being waterproof.
British English, take a guess American English:· Go on, have a guess at how much it cost.· Take a guess. How many people do you think showed up?
· I had a lot of guilt about what had happened.
At least she had the gumption to phone me. I could see he was carrying a gun.· He has a habit of being late.
(=do something that makes other people feel embarrassed or offended)· Teenage girls have the unfortunate habit of laughing too loudly.
· She has beautiful blonde hair.
(also get your hair cut etc) (=by a hairdresser)· I need to get my hair cut.
I haven’t had a haircut for months! The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.· Yu Yin has tiny handwriting.
Do you have a piece of paper handy? I had a terrible hangover the next day. (=be difficult for someone to do something) You’ll have a hard time proving that. I had a hard time persuading him to accept the offer.
You’ll have a hard time proving that. I had a hard time persuading him to accept the offer. Vegetarians still often have a hard time of it when it comes to eating out. She had hardly sat down when the phone rang.· Hardly had the rain stopped, when the sun came out.
(=experience problems)· If we book now, we won’t have the hassle of picking up the tickets at the box office.
(=hate someone or something very much)· Gang members have a hatred of the police.
a country where the have-nots far outnumber the haves Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. (also have got a headache spoken)· She’s not coming – she says she’s got a headache.
· The Times carried the headline ‘7.4 Earthquake hits Los Angeles.’
His opponent had him in a headlock.· Dogs have excellent hearing.
Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems?· The house didn't have any heating when we moved in.
(=use the heating)· It's getting colder, but we haven't had the heating on yet.
(=not be afraid of heights)
British English, get/have the hiccups American English Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups.
Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups. I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. (=be holding something)· Nathan had hold of her hand again.
· Teachers cannot take holidays during term time.
formal· As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill.
· The situation looked bad, but we still had hope that things would get better soon.
I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane. British English informal (=look for something) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk.
I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk. Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen. British English (=be extremely upset or angry) Mum’d have hysterics if she knew what you’d done.
Mum’d have hysterics if she knew what you’d done.· I’ve had an idea. Why don’t we walk into town?
· When did you first find out that you had the illness?
She had no illusions about her physical attractiveness.· The product has a rather downmarket image.
· Her poems show that she has a lot of imagination.
(=what someone thought something would be like, before they saw it or experienced it)· The office was not what he had imagined.
· The job interview proved to be much worse than I had imagined it would be.
· New technology has had a massive impact on our lives.
· This is an environmental disaster which will have implications for more than one country.
· This is an issue that has importance for all of us.
· Rosa had an impulse to tell Henry the truth.
· Companies have an incentive to maximize efficiency.
· Poor farmers have little incentive to grow crops for export.
(also receive an income formal)· We have an income of over $100,000 a year.
· I think you’ve got an infection, so you need to rest.
· His works have had an influence on many modern writers.
· Do you have any information about coach trips to Oxford?
· He had to have an injection to relieve the pain.
· Tom was OK, and had just a few minor injuries.
I had an inkling that she was pregnant. (=receive it)· We’ve already had a lot of inquiries about membership of the new sports centre.
(=suddenly have an idea)· He had an inspiration while he was taking a walk in the countryside.
· She had the instinct to see what made people unhappy.
(=have an insurance policy)· Do you have insurance on your yacht?
I have no intention of retiring just yet.· Steve has a keen interest in bird-watching.
· Andy had no interest in politics.
· She has an interview next week for a teaching job in Paris.
· The following week, I had an invitation to give a talk in Cambridge.
Scratch my back – I have an itch.· Mark doesn’t have a job right now.
The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures. I’ve only had an hour’s kip.· He seems to have a knack for getting people to agree with him.
I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I might have known (=I am annoyed but not surprised) you would take that attitude. I wouldn’t have come if I’d known you were so busy. those who have the know-how to exploit the technology to the fullest· The book assumes that you already have some knowledge of physics.
(=laugh about something)· The farmer had a good laugh at our attempts to catch the horse.
· He has a one-shot lead in the golf tournament.
· Who has the lease on the flat?
· How much annual leave do you get?
The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy. (=says that)· Legend has it that Rhodes was home to the sun god Helios.
· These leaves have a length of about 7 cm.
· I have swimming lessons on Friday.
· The parents of these children may have some liability.
· Café Metropole does not yet have a license to sell liquor.
I’m going upstairs to have a lie down. I always have a lie-in on a Sunday.· We had very different lifestyles.
Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other.· The system does have its limitations.
He knows he’s only got a few months to live.· The business lobby has warned the government against raising taxes.
· The business lobby have warned the government against raising taxes.
Let me have a look at that – I think it’s mine. Take a good look at the photo and see if you recognize anyone in it. also have/take a look round British English (=look at all the things in a particular place) I have a special interest in old houses. Do you mind if I take a look around?
I have a special interest in old houses. Do you mind if I take a look around? Have you had a chance to take a look at my proposal yet? The working class has nothing to lose but its chains (=disadvantages, restrictions etc). (=used to say that you could make your situation much worse) These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system.
These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system.· I’ve had a bit of bad luck.
· I hope you have more luck in the next competition.
(also not have much/any luck) (=not be lucky or successful)· I’d been looking for a job for weeks, but had had no luck.
· He had the good luck to meet a man who could help him.
· Have you had lunch?
· I usually have sandwiches for lunch.
· The Democratic party has a majority in the Senate.
(=be wearing make-up)· She had no make-up on.
· In Venezuela, Chavez said he had a mandate for reform.
· All their children have such good manners.
(=regularly not behave politely)· He has no manners and he eats like a pig.
· They have a happy marriage.
Why don’t you have a massage?· She has complete mastery of her instrument.
(=be scheduled to play a match)· Do we have a match on Sunday?
· Each submarine will have a maximum of 128 warheads.
(=eat a meal)· We usually have our evening meal fairly early.
· The same word may have several different meanings.
· There was no path, and they had no means of knowing where they were.
(=contain meat)· Does this stew have meat in it?
· I had a long meeting with my manager.
· All his songs have good melodies.
(=if you have a short memory, you soon forget things)· Voters have short memories.
(=if you have a long memory, you remember things for a long time)· He has a long memory for people who have let him down.
(=forget things very easily)· I'm sorry, I have a memory like a sieve. I forgot you were coming today!
(=remember/not remember something)· She had no memory of the accident.
· The new restaurant on Fifth Street has an excellent menu.
(=act in a kind or forgiving way - often used to express a hope or prayer)· ‘God have mercy on me!’ Miss Barton cried.
· Both suggestions had some merit.
(=have some good qualities)· Each idea has its merits.
· Brazil’s middle class has grown in number.
· Brazil’s middle class have grown in number.
I won’t be coming this evening – I’ve got a migraine. (=drink milk in your tea or coffee)· Do you take milk in your coffee?
It was a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we had in mind. He looked as though he had something on his mind. It had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house.· Candidates should have a minimum of five years’ work experience.
She had two miscarriages before she had her first child.· Last year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash.
(=used for emphasizing how bad something is)· He was the most arrogant man I'd ever had the misfortune of meeting.
· I had some misgivings about her marriage. She was very young.
· There’s been a misunderstanding about what I meant.
(=have a short time to use)· Can you come and see me when you have a moment?
· I didn’t have enough money to pay for it.
For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US. Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate.· They have a mortgage on a small house in North London.
· Who might have had a motive for killing him?
Get me a packet of crisps – I have the munchies. (=there is a myth that)· Myth had it that Mrs Thatcher only needed four hours sleep a night.
· All their children have French names.
· They have a name for good quality food.
· I took a nap after lunch.
· He was three and a half, so he didn't have a nappy on.
A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when her car left the road. We sat down and had a natter and a cup of tea.· I just didn't have the nerve to tell them the truth.
· My mother had a nervous breakdown after my father's death.
Never had she been so confused. (=used to say that something is strange because it has never happened before) Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.
Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.· I have never liked sports.
· I don’t enjoy football. I never have liked sports.
· Never had she been so confused.
· I could tell by his face that he had some news.
We’ve had the house on the market for a month and not even had a nibble yet.· She feels that she has her own niche in the company.
(=not sleep well, especially when you are ill)· I had a bad night last night.
We offered to pay our half of the cost but Charles would have none of it.· The immigrants I spoke to often had an intense nostalgia for their homeland.
· If I’d had more notice, I could have done a better job.
· He didn’t have a clear notion of what he had to do.
(=not know or understand something at all)· He had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to walk.
At least she had the nous to ring.· She felt she had to obey her father, even though she thought he was wrong.
· Does anyone have any objections to the proposal?
· Our main objective is to reduce road accidents.
· Citizens have an obligation to obey the law.
· The poet seems to have an obsession with death.
· The people in the region have a variety of occupations.
Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day. Canada has much to offer in terms of location and climate. He felt he had nothing to offer her that she wanted. All he had on was a pair of tattered shorts.· One of them has gone.
(=have drunk too much alcohol)
(=have one last alcoholic drink before you leave a place)
We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. (also undergo an operation formal)· Harris had a hip operation in October.· She has undergone 50 operations since birth.
· Everyone seemed to have a different opinion.· He holds strong opinions on these issues.
(=two people disagree)· He and Luke had a difference of opinion.
· I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel.
I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect.· At the moment, children have the option of leaving school at 16.· In a situation like this, you have two options.
(=have no other choice than to do something)· I had no option but to fire him.
· The soldiers had orders to shoot anyone on the streets after 10 o'clock.
women who have never had an orgasm (=begin to exist)· The ceremony has its origins in medieval times.
· This book does not have the originality and power of his first novel.
· The meeting had a very satisfactory outcome.
· He has quite a conventional outlook.
· We need someone who will have an overview of the whole system.
· I’ve got a terrible pain in my stomach.
· The panel has reached a decision.
· The panel have reached a decision.
· He had a small part in ‘Casino Royale’.
· We’re having a party on Saturday night.
· She had a passion for music.
· I have a Canadian passport.
· He didn't have the patience to listen to another point of view.
· I'm afraid I have little patience with bureaucrats and their official rules.
British English, take a pee American English not polite· Have I got time to go for a pee before we leave?
I’d had him pegged as a troublemaker. I’m going to have my hair permed.· They did not have permission to build on the land.
· Do you have a resident's parking permit?
· Everyone seems to have a different perspective on the issue.
· Do you have any pets?
Owen has a phobia about snakes. She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex. Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country. She always gets first pick of the videos.· They were having a picnic on the beach.
· I've never been there, but I have a picture of it in my mind.
· I need to have a piss.
(=feel sorry for someone and treat them with sympathy)· He was expecting a prison sentence but the judge took pity on him.
· I have no plans to retire yet.
· Don’t worry – I have a plan.
(=have made a good point)· Maybe she has a point.
(=have it)· My father had in his possession a letter written by Winston Churchill.
· When he saw I had some potential, he gave me extra coaching.
· People who have power never seem to use it to help others.
(=do practice)· I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.
(=praise them a lot, especially when they have had to deal with a difficult situation)· Passengers had nothing but praise for the pilot.
I had the same preconceptions about life in South Africa that many people have. As Liz had predicted, the rumours were soon forgotten.· Do you have a preference for red or white wine?
When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger. The group don’t have any pretensions to be pop stars. Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight.· I may have no money and no power but I have principles.
· Couples may have to decide whose career has priority.
Today, we have the privilege of listening to two very unusual men. I had the great privilege to play for Yorkshire.· We saw water rushing in and realised we had a serious problem.
· He's always had a weight problem.
The star has a high profile in Britain. (=they have promised you something)· ‘It’ll remain a secret?’ ‘Yes, you have my promise.’
· The newspaper claimed it had proof that I worked for the CIA.
He seems to have a propensity for breaking things. She was cycling home when she had a puncture.· A meeting should have a clear purpose.
(also hold a qualification formal)· You don't need to have any qualifications for this job.
The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well.· We had a terrible quarrel last night.
Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract. (=want to ask a question)· I just have one question: is the treatment effective?
· Let’s have a race!
an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics· I have rarely seen someone eat so much.
· Rarely has a film looked so striking.
· People who eat these products could have an allergic reaction.
I sat down to have a nice quiet read.· We had many reasons to celebrate.
(=have a secret reason for doing something)· ‘Why did he marry her?’ ‘He must have had his reasons.’
(also receive a warm etc reception formal)· As he came on, Rocky got a great reception from the crowd.
· The wedding reception will be held at The Grand Hotel.
(=not remember) I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark.
I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark. We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment. A tennis player needs to have very quick reflexes.· I had the highest regard for him.
· Some motorists have no regard for other road users.
formal:· The court must have particular regard to the factors listed in section 13.
· I have absolutely no regrets.
She had a relapse and died soon after.· We’ve always had a good relationship with our neighbours.
The collapse of the company had repercussions for the whole industry. (=receive one)· The police say they had reports of a gang shooting in East London.
· The law firm has an excellent reputation.
· People said he bore a striking resemblance to the president.
· We have a reservation for seven o'clock.
· I have reservations about her work.
a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century· Do the police have the resources they need?
· I have a lot of respect for my boss.
· These kids have no respect for authority.
· The Council has responsibility for maintaining the streetlights.
· I’m going upstairs to have a rest.
(=cause something to happen)· The campaign did have some positive results.
· One day I’ll have my revenge.
· Visitors can take a ride on a steam train.
· People have a right to know the truth.
I never know who has right of way at this junction. British English The law here says that pedestrians always have the right of way.· They saw I didn’t have a wedding ring on.
The increase had a ripple effect through the whole financial market.· He played a prominent role in the company’s success.
· His son has a small role in the series.
a young horse having a roll in the field My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity. Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US.· Have you and Peter had a row?
(=it is being said)· Rumour has it that they plan to get married.
We had the run of the house for the afternoon. Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police.· They have the satisfaction of knowing that the company needs them.
I have a sauna and massage every week.· He usually has something to say about just about everything.
The workers had no say in how the factory was run. The chairman has the final say (=has the right to make the final decision about something).· He had a small white scar under his left eye.
He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door.· Scarcely had they left the station than the train stopped.
He stretched and had a scratch. He had no scruples about selling faulty goods to people.· We had really good seats, just in front of the stage.
(=sit down)· Take a seat, please.
· The Liberals now hold 292 seats in Parliament.
· We have no secrets from each other.
The accommodation was so awful it had to be seen to be believed (=you would not believe it if you did not see it yourself). As we have seen in chapter four, women’s pay is generally less than men’s. ‘How long can you stay?’ ‘I’ll have to see. It depends (=used when you cannot make a decision immediately).’ You should get that tooth seen to by a dentist. He had an epileptic seizure. I had a senior moment and just couldn’t think of his name. I had 15 years seniority, and they couldn’t fire me.· He felt a tingling sensation down his left side.
· I felt a great sense of pride.
· She seems to have a great sense of the right thing to say.
· You have to have a good sense of hearing to play the violin.
Many children have a sensitivity to cow’s milk.· We had a special training session yesterday.
Tom and I had a bit of a set-to last night. They had sex in the back seat of his car. She no longer wanted to have sex with him.· A lot of the employees own shares in the company.
(=they speak in a very disapproving way which often upsets people)
British English I’ll just have a shave before we go.
I’ll just have a shave before we go.· I got a shock when I saw how thin he had become.
especially British English Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming.
Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming. These policy changes could have beneficial side effects for the whole economy. The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta.· It had all the signs of a crime of passion.
· A child's relationship to his parents has a lasting significance for his future relationships.
(=be similar)· The two towns have many similarities.
· I have liked him since we first met.
· She had been waiting since five o’clock.
I had a sinking feeling inside as I realized I was going to fail yet again. He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble.· He didn’t have the right skills for the job.
The article had an anti-union slant. (=to not sleep well)· Why do so many elderly people have trouble sleeping?
British English (=sleep for a short while)· Are you going to have a sleep after lunch today?
· The flowers had a lovely sweet smell.
· They all had broad smiles on their faces.
That kind of car has real snob appeal. We had a massive snowball fight. I had a good long soak in the bath. I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers (=is related to them in some way). Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades. Her second son had a special place in her heart. I’ve always had a weak spot for chocolate. I’ll have one more stab at it. (also employ staff formal)· The hotel has 145 staff.
He holds a 51% stake in the firm.· We’ve had a disappointing start but we are hoping to improve.
He has money stashed away in the Bahamas. (also enjoy high/low status)· Here, old people are respected and have high social status.
· We hope you have a pleasant stay.
British English (=play badly) In the last game he had a stinker.
In the last game he had a stinker. (=make someone laugh) Her jokes had us all in stitches.
Her jokes had us all in stitches. Just a few firms have a stranglehold on the market for this software.· He didn't even have the strength to sit up.
· This proved that he has the strength to cope with such a high-powered job.
· My father had a stroke.
You may not like her, but she certainly has style.· China has had considerable success in conserving water since 1983.
It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold.· I have a suggestion for you.
She’s having a sulk. We had supper in a small Italian place. I have a wife and two children to support.· The extreme right-wing parties don’t have much popular support.
· Leslie had surgery on her toe last year.
· We got a surprise when we got home and found him waiting for us.
(=be planning to give someone a surprise)· I think Jenny might have a surprise for you.
· Many of us had our suspicions, but we couldn't prove anything.
· I have a suspicion that he forgot to post the letter.
Don’t worry, I’ve got him sussed.· It’s hard not to feel sympathy for the losing team.
(=feel very sorry for someone - often used when you have had a similar experience yourself)· I have every sympathy for people who find it hard to give up smoking.
(=used when saying that you feel sorry for someone)· It must be difficult – you have my sympathy.
· Many people with the disease have no symptoms.
informal (=to have the qualities that are needed for success) Neil’s got what it takes to be a great footballer.
Neil’s got what it takes to be a great footballer.· Greg has a real talent for drawing.
· I must have a talk with Frank before I leave.
· He called on the rebels to hold talks with the government.
She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants.· He had the task of judging the competition.
· The soup had a funny taste.
· Josh and I have the same tastes.
(=like something)· She certainly has a taste for adventure.
I had a telephone call from George this morning. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight.· Grandad had quite a temper, so we usually tried to keep out of his way.
(also undergo a test formal) (=be tested)· She had to have a blood test.
· The think tank has suggested some major reforms.
· The think tank have suggested some major reforms.
· I just had a funny thought.
He had marriage thrust upon him. Dave’s had a tiff with his girlfriend. (=have enough time to do something)· I didn’t do it because I didn’t have time.
· We never get time to do anything together.
(=have time to do something unimportant while waiting for something)· I still had some time to kill, so I thought I’d make a couple of phone calls.
He has title to the land. If you keep getting throat infections you might have to have your tonsils out (=have them removed). British English, have a tooth pulled American English (=have a tooth removed)· He’s gone to the dentist to have a tooth out.
(=face a lot of difficult problems) The family has had a tough time of it these last few months.
The family has had a tough time of it these last few months.· A small group would receive intensive training, and then would train others.
· The supermarket offers a free bus service for customers who do not have their own transport.
· Two boys received treatment for gunshot wounds.
· He is having trouble getting his message across to the voters.
· We had no trouble finding her house.
· I decided to have one last try.
He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives.· The authorities don’t seem to have a clear understanding of the problem.
· He had a rather unsettled upbringing, moving with his father from town to town.
· I still sometimes feel an urge to have a cigarette.
· We have no vacancies for cleaners at present.
· We usually take a vacation once a year.
· People brought up in different times hold different social values.
Since he owns the strip of land, Cook has a vested interest in the project being approved. Shareholders have a vested right to 10% per annum. (=have an opinion)· He has very left-wing views.
· She had a clear view of the street from her window.
· I've just had a visit from Lou Stacey.
· By eighteen months of age, the girl had a vocabulary of around 300 words.
Jan has a vocation for teaching. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. They’ll have a long wait.· She took a walk through the town.
I had a bit of a wander round the shops. You really have a warped sense of humour (=think strange and unpleasant things are funny). I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out.· Do you have any way of finding out if that is true?
I have a real weakness for fashionable clothes.· We have had lovely weather all week.
· Does the company have its own website?
Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act? (=be determined enough to do it)· Do you have the will to win?
· We haven’t had a win for three games.
We’ll just have to wing it. (=get what you want)· She wanted him to leave, and she got her wish.
(=be ready to think quickly and do what is necessary in a difficult situation)
She had her husband with her. You’d better bring your passport with you.· It is not true that Eskimos have more than forty words for snow.
I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).· The working class has suffered a lot.
· The working class have suffered a lot.
He had a deep yearning to return to his home town. She’d always had a yen to write a book.PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► somebody had better/best do somethingPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have an ace up your sleeve► have no ambition to do something► have ants in your pants► somebody has arrived► have an axe to grind► have your back to/against the wall► not have a bad word to say about/against somebody► have/keep your beady eye(s) on somebody/something► not have a bean► have a bee in your bonnet (about something)► have had a bellyful of somebody/something► the bird has flown► somebody only has himself/herself to blame► have a bone to pick with somebody► somebody can’t have it both ways► have no business doing something/have no business to do something► have/take a butcher’s► have/get butterflies (in your stomach)► have first call on something► have another card up your sleeve► have a care!► not stand/have a cat in hell’s chance (of doing something)► have/make common cause (with/against somebody)► have a checkered history/career/past etc► somebody’s chickens have come home to roost► every cloud has a silver lining► have something in common (with somebody)► have something to your credit► (I) must dash/(I) have to dash► have designs on somebody► I nearly died/I could have died► it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it► not have a dog’s chance► every dog has its/his day► have a down on somebody► who would have dreamt that ...?► have something coming out (of) your ears► keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something► have eyes bigger than your belly► have a falling-out (with somebody)► have had your fill of something► have/keep your finger on the pulse (of something)► have a finger in every pie/ in many pies► have something at your/their etc fingertips► not have the first idea about something► have/give somebody first refusal on something► have fixed ideas/opinions► get/have/keep your foot in the door► have a foot in both camps► have two left feet► have a frog in your throat► have nothing/not much/a lot etc going for somebody/something► I’ll have somebody’s guts for garters► the have-nots► have eyes like a hawk► have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair► have your head in the clouds► have a (good) head for figures/facts/business etc► have you heard the one about ...► have/tan somebody’s hide► somebody has decided to honour us with their presence► have high/great hopes for somebody/something► have a hot temper► have/hold something in your hot little hand► more something than you’ve had hot dinners► Houston, we have a problem► you have no idea (how/what etc)► he/she had a good innings► have several irons in the fire► have issues (with somebody/something)► have a job doing something/have a job to do something► have the patience of Job► have kittens► you have to laugh► somebody has their own life to lead► somebody has learned their lesson► keep/have somebody on a leash► Elvis/somebody/something has left the building► have two left feet► have (got) something licked► have your name in lights► somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her► have you got a minute?► have a moan (about something)► be having a moment► (have) a mountain to climb► a must-have/must-see/must-read etc► have something to your name► have a nice day!► (have a) late/early night► have a nodding acquaintance (with something)► have a nodding acquaintance (with somebody)► have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper► have a nose around► have something on► you only have to read/look at/listen to etc something► have oversight of something► have no parallel/be without parallel► somebody has to pinch themselves► not have a pot to piss in► everyone has their price► have no problem (in) doing something► have your stomach pumped► have a quick temper► have something ready► not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc► have a right to be angry/concerned/suspicious etc► have a (good) root round► have a roving eye► not have two pennies/halfpennies/beans to rub together► have a (good) run for your money► what have you got to say for yourself?► have a lot to say for yourself► not have much to say for yourself► have it made in the shade► have/get the shits► have shot your bolt► have/get somebody by the short and curlies► you should have seen/heard something► have something on your side/something is on your side► have a skinful► have a smattering of something► have a sneaking feeling/suspicion/admiration► have the sniffles► not have a snowball’s chance in hell► no sooner had/did ... than► have/take a squint at something► shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted► have stars in your eyes► have sticky fingers► not have a stitch on► have more than one string to your bow► have a sure hold/footing► have a swollen head/be swollen-headed► only have yourself to thank (for something)► be having a thin time (of it)► you would have thought (that)► have your hands/fingers in the till► have a tinkle► not have much up top► have your nose/snout in the trough► something/somebody has their uses► walls have ears► have a whack at something► have a whale of a time► have the world at your feet► have worms► have something/be written all over your face► have something written all over it
1used with past participles to form perfect tenses: - Had we known they were going to build a road right there, we would never have bought the house.
- It is seen as an effective means of business communication where relevant staff have access to a computer network.
- I have nothing against people making lots of money.
- Anyone can claim to have all the answers.
- But I don't have all the answers.
- He was a modest and unassuming man who never gave the impression that he knew all the answers.
- In the current situation many issues as yet remain unresolved and we do not have all the answers.
- We are supposed to have all the answers.
- Will that have all the answers?
- That sister of yours has an awful lot to answer for.
- I've been around the block a few times, and I think I know when someone's trying to cheat me.
- When you've been around as long as I have you realize some things aren't worth getting upset about.
- Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.
- Demos have been around as long as computer games.
- Most of them have been around a lot longer.
- Neural networks used for robotics and control applications have been around for a relatively long time.
- Some have been around a long time, others are of more recent origins.
- The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
- They have been around, practically unchanged, for at least 200 million years.
- Though I must have been around just at that time, I think.
- I have it on good authority that the school board wants to fire the principal.
- The kids had a ball building sandcastles.
- A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities.
- Besides, to be really crass about it, the publicity people are going to have a ball with this.
- Have dinner, have a ball, then spend the night, provided you have reservations.
- He and I just have a ball.
- No matter where you go, what your interests, if you are into celebrating, you can have a ball.
- We have a ball in my bag.
- The actor has the studio over a barrel - if they want to keep him, they have to pay him more money.
- You have them over a barrel on this issue, with all the right on your side.
- Maybe nothing at all, but for the love of a good woman he was at least prepared to have a bash.
- The women all have bashed in noses and black eyes and the men have scars.
- There's something to have a bash at while you're relaxing over the Christmas hols!
- And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now.
- But the facts of the past seemed to have no bearing on the facts of the present.
- It has come to have a bearing on the larger questions of civilized survival.
- Party political factors, professionalism and the dispositions of key personalities all usually have some bearing on internal management structures.
- The availability of security may, however, have a bearing on whether or not a particular loan will be granted.
- The observations on immortality in Chapter Thirteen may be seen to have some bearing on this.
- The outside influences have no bearing on what you can do for your basketball team...
- This year's form will have a bearing on all future claims.
- Once you've had a few lessons under your belt, you're ready to buy your own ski equipment.
- It's difficult to get matches under your belt when you're like that.
- They had best be careful.
- All due, of course, to the fact that she had bested Travis McKenna.
- But pitchers had best take note as well.
- If so, we had best listen closely, since we will not get another chance.
- Meanwhile we had best prepare the way by showing that a medicine beyond verbal shamanism is an aching need.
- Perhaps we had best ask ourselves why our political institutions function as they do.
- Poets like Woodhouse had best go back to their jobs.
- The concept of differentiation is a key theme of our work, and we had best discuss it as the book unfolds.
- I'd better not go out tonight; I'm really tired.
- You'd better phone Julie to say you'll be late.
- After what he has now said about a referendum, he had better watch out.
- Any organisation dismissing that vision as science-fiction had better look out.
- But Walter is a poor shade of what we have had better done.
- He thought he had better reread that part of the book.
- I did not want to go, but Dana said we had better do as they asked.
- I realized I had better hustle him out of there before he was asked about his acting career.
- In April 1911, he seemingly had better luck.
- They told Weary that he and Billy had better find somebody to surrender to.
- Waller has big plans for her retirement.
- I have big plans for Selina.
- They have big plans for their life together.
- But I already have too much blood on my hands.
- Dad with blood on his hands.
- He hated to see her with blood on her hands.
- I want him to know he has my son's blood on his hands.
- Republicans spent eight years trying to prove President Clinton had blood on his hands.
- There's blood on my hands, mine or hers I don't know.
- There was blood on his hands and I thought he'd had an accident.
- It's unbelievable - you have sex on the brain 24 hours a day!
- You always have food on the brain.
- But the festering problem may have effects on the brain, just as it can elsewhere in the body.
- Must have maggots on the brain.
- A party of skylarks were taking a breather from their incessant high-rise singing to indulge in an early-morning splashing.
- Gilts, after four days of rising quotations, softened an eighth as the pound took a breather.
- He was not digging at all now but taking a breather, evidently.
- Main picture: The female takes a breather.
- Regroup and take a breather at midday.
- Take your skis off and have a breather.
- When the last Demon's dead, take a breather before the celebrations start.
- Do I look like I have a bun in the oven?
- First, is it an ethical investment policy to encourage people to try to have their cake and eat it?
- It appears the Ministry men can have their cake and eat it ... but only if we let them.
- It seems as though the council wants to have its cake and eat it.
- That way he could have his cake and eat it too.
- The benefits of standardization are coupled with the capacity to respond to change-a way to have your cake and eat it too.
- They don't imagine they can have their cake and eat it too.
- You can't have your cake and eat it.
- You can have your cake and eat it; the only trouble is, you get fat.
- But since its premier issue in January 1993, Wired has led a charmed life.
- By his own admission he has led a charmed life.
- It's been too easy for us; we've led charmed lives till now.
- No wonder that she and Charles felt that they led a charmed life, that the times were on their side.
- Is not this subject wholly appropriate for the Minister, because his Government have had their chips?
- The Doyle kid has had a chip on his shoulder ever since his mom and dad divorced.
- In some cases folks are just mad and have a chip on their shoulder.
- After nine years of marriage to her I did not have a clue myself.
- They later got cold feet and canceled the order.
- But the prince got cold feet and failed to turn up.
- He and his neighbors bought a fire truck to protect their area, but the neighbors got cold feet.
- He gets cold feet and phones his bank manager asking him to stop the cheque.
- I began to get cold feet, but these other two guys were totally positive and they were absolutely right.
- Juicy, tender and sinfully rich, I immodestly enjoyed every one when my companion got cold feet.
- Some are said to be getting cold feet.
- Unfortunately he, the lover, had got cold feet at the last minute.
- We are all tired, and have cold feet and hands.
- Both Microsoft and Apple have big updates coming this year, and you can expect a proportionate dose of hype.
- He added that to be accurate, the aircraft would have to risk coming under fire.
- If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
- People have been coming in and milling around to see if we actually have it.
- Walter: I have people coming up to me all the time and people are friendly, I like that.
- We have a guest coming, tomorrow evening.
- We have recruits coming in all the time.
- Computer technology has come a long way since the 1970s.
- Psychiatry has come a long way since the 1920s.
- Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information.
- There are still many gaps, but we have come a long way.
- They have come a long way, so they spend the first few hours greeting each other.
- We certainly have come a long way.
- We have come a long way since then, and one of the greatest stresses in the world today is loneliness.
- All these companies have one thing in common: they deal in small, inexpensive consumer items.
- The smaller boats actually have more in common with sailboards than with the huge yachts usually seen in marinas.
- Any other old drunk would have got a corner on the fourth page.
- Larry displayed the courage of his convictions by saying no to his supervisor.
- Pat had a cow because you didn't tell her about the party.
- His work isn't usually this bad - he must have had an off day.
- They must now get a result against free scoring Glenavon next Saturday and hope Bangor have an off day at Comrades.
- You will have off days when you are tired or a bit under the weather.
- Hurry up, we don't have all day!
- But Sally does not have all day here.
- Several developers have designs on the two-acre beachfront property.
- Did it have to do with space and time?
- Answer guide: Because the accounts are to do with measuring economic activity rather than the timing of receipts and payments. 7.
- It will have to do with Holy Week and Chimayo.
- Some equations, asserted in a certain context or on certain assumptions, have to do with parts of causal circumstances.
- The first two criteria have to do with setting agendas and the others with building networks.
- The reasons for this are various, but mostly have to do with interleague play and unbalanced schedules.
- The second issue is to do with other existing roles and job specifications.
- What did the secret have to do with?
- So what has Renault done with the latest version of its supermini?
- He used to boast to his friends that he often had the President's ear.
- She hasn't had an easy time of it since Jack left.
- Hu did not have an easy time of it at first.
- He's brilliant in job interviews -- he always manages to get the panel eating out of his hand.
- I introduced Mr Wilkinson to my mother, and within minutes she had him eating out of her hand.
- In a second or two a man might have these boys eating out of his hand.
- If we think they are easy meat we will end up with egg on our faces.
- Meanwhile, Hutcheson observed that in 1995 all the chip forecasters had varying degrees of egg on their face.
- People like me, who believed the firing squad had been assembled, were left with egg on our faces.
- I'd had enough of the neighbors' noise, so I called the police.
- But I think perhaps you have had enough lessons for one night.
- By Saturday, both parties appeared to have had enough.
- Eat what is on offer and enjoy it without guilt, but stop when you have had enough.
- If you have had enough, stop eating.
- Male speaker People have had enough of crime in rural areas.
- My guess is that many of you have had enough of life before modernity.
- Others, if they have had enough attention, will simply start to struggle and then leap down or move away.
- Whatever the explanation, many people in Hong Kong have had enough.
- Barry had everything going for him -- charm, looks, intelligence, but still he was unemployed.
- Dan seemed to have everything going for him in college.
- She was bright and pretty and had everything going for her.
- It seems to have everything going for it.
- The events have everything going for them.
- He wants his friends to have everything.
- I have everything that others packed on to trains, starving in camps, tortured, gassed, bludgeoned and shot do not.
- I want to have everything ready in good time.
- If he could have that, Kingsley believed, he could have everything.
- Insurers have everything to gain by supporting clinical trials.
- It is important to check this list ahead of time so that you have everything ready to complete the demonstration.
- It seemed they could have everything merely because they were boys, they would not have to sacrifice anything for anything else.
- Still, you can't have everything.
- Rodrigues has his eye on the major leagues.
- We have our eyes on a nice little house near the beach.
- A few years more and white men will be all around you. they have their eyes on this land.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He must have his eyes on a Ryder Cup spot.
- Greene has an eye for detail.
- Confidence men always have an eye for extra exits.
- She says women have an eye for minutiae, they see the curtain hasn't been drawn or the untied shoelace.
- They also have an eye for a catchy phrase.
- When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head.
- You need to have eyes in the back of your head to be a teacher.
- My mother had eyes like a hawk.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He kept his eyes on Ezra, surveying him.
- He kept his eyes on his father, who had betrayed him.
- His face had grown serious, and he kept his eyes on the road.
- I kept my eyes on it the whole time, he wrote.
- It was not only Percy Makepeace who kept his eyes on Hilary.
- Mulcahey kept his eyes on the circles that widened out from the pebbles he dropped into the water.
- We have to keep our eyes on the sandy path.
- Mark only had eyes for his wife.
- I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about.
- Tim's had more than his fair share of bad luck this year.
- Any guilt she many have felt for the loss of her son did not affect her longevity.
- Did you get a feel for that with those conversations and the two extremes, the shot-gun versus the follow-up?
- He was here to get a feel for the place.
- I can get a rhythm, get a feel for the offense.
- Playing the game itself is lots of fun, once you get a feel for the actual shot settings.
- Rather we get a feeling for the differences in the island societies through encounters with restaurant owners.
- Walk around the Tor and on the footpaths of the surrounding levels to get a feel for this legend-full land.
- Whenever possible I devoured local newspapers, trying to get a feel for the politics and social conditions of each place.
- As I contemplate the process of separation / individuation I may have feelings and sensations that I can not articulate.
- As soon as things are really good, I always have a feeling the rug is about to be pulled out from under me.
- But I have feeling in my hand back.
- Certainly, younger children show affection and have feelings of liking and disliking.
- I have a feeling he will win.
- I have a feeling that there is now more of my past life than my future.
- I have a feeling we may be wrong about the taxes.
- I have a feeling you won't need that radio.
- Ralph Nader may have had a few, but then again far, far too few to mention.
- Politicians and the media have had a field day with the incident.
- Any bacteria that may be in the food will have a field day and grow.
- In such situations, information biases have a field day...
- The court was agog and the journalists continued to scribble away, knowing they were about to have a field day.
- The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.
- The tabloid newspapers would have a field day.
- They'd have a field day.
- Well, the crackpots will have a field day with these revelations, Holmes!
- All children must have a fighting chance at a good education.
- And that has encouraged the Geordies to believe they still have a fighting chance of keeping him.
- Central defender Tony Mowbray believes his former team have a fighting chance at Old Trafford.
- And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.
- But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.
- I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.
- Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.
- So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.
- We should be finished with that in the next ten days.
- We were finished with training camp.
- You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them.
- And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.
- But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.
- I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.
- Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.
- So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.
- We should be finished with that in the next ten days.
- We were finished with training camp.
- You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them.
- I can't deal with this now - I've got other fish to fry.
- Mom's going to have a fit when she sees what you've done.
- But it was clear to all that the then Massachusetts governor would have fit snugly into the capital cocoon.
- He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.
- He would have fit in perfectly back in 1956, the last time they had a Subway Series.
- I have fitted the 31/10.15 tyres to 15 x 7 rims.
- It would definitely not have fitted those of Marthe and myself.
- She continued to have fits and suffered serious and permanent brain damage.
- The 2-year-old threw fits, but not just the normal toddler tantrums.
- There must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of sea anglers who have fitted a Decca-receiving navigator to their own boat.
- Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
- I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
- Go on, have a flick through.
- Marie's left a load of mags behind, so I pick one up and have a flick through it.
- Sometimes I'd have a flick through.
- The Senator from Wyoming has the floor.
- I'm not a heavy gambler, but I like to have a flutter from time to time.
- I had a little flutter on the Grand National and won £5.
- Journos are invited to have a flutter with the cash.
- She should never have fluttered the way she did.
- I don't have the foggiest idea what his address is.
- Before I go on, some of you may not have the foggiest what a fanzine is.
- He ought to have fond memories of the place.
- I have fond memories of Sussex-playing pool and, much more to the point, the excellent discussions on science.
- She would have been pleased that the youngsters who come and go will have fond memories of their day in hospital.
- "Look, we're doing our best to fix it." "Well, you could have fooled me."
- She's really creative, but she also has her feet firmly on the ground.
- So I guess inversely he taught me the need to be prepared and keep both feet on the ground.
- She sounded like she had one foot in the grave.
- Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
- He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
- I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
- The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
- But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
- We have friends in high places, they said.
- All school systems are going to have to make similar innovative arrangements if school-to-work programs are to have a future.
- And Bosnia might have a future.
- Broadly-based companies without differentiated products have no future, he says.
- But those ideologies now have no future except in the history books.
- If I take on an artist, for example, I need to think they will have a future.
- Nick Ellis, London Does the human race have a future longer than its past?
- Congress actually had the gall to vote for a pay raise for themselves.
- I can't believe he had the gall to ask you for money.
- Ruth was always on the phone and yet she had the gall to tell me off for making one call.
- Take a gander at this letter I just got from Janet.
- Ye take a gander at the engines.
- Kay's gone and lost the car keys!
- David kept saying she should simply not have gone up there ... but how could she not have gone, being Harriet?
- He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.
- Maybe he should have gone to work for a firm.
- Mrs James will certainly have gone home, but Gerard will still be up until after the last guest has gone.
- Presidential families have gone to great lengths before to preserve the privacy of their personal correspondence.
- Since then, scientists have gone back to the lab and improved it.
- So stay with me and have a go.
- The finish could have gone either way.
- With her brains and good looks, she certainly has a lot going for her.
- Human travel agents, paper guidebooks and newspaper ads still have a lot going for them.
- "I'm off to work." Alright, have a good one."
- And you have a good one.
- They've got a good thing going with that little business of theirs.
- But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me.
- The two detectives went undercover to get the goods on the Parducci family.
- It is get the goods on him.
- He had green fingers, my grandfather. He could grow anything.
- The flower show season is upon us, and whether you have a green thumb or not, you should take a look at your garden.
- Tonight these dames were going to have greener fingers than Percy Thrower.
- You really do have green fingers.
- Be careful not to annoy the boss. He has a habit of losing his temper.
- My teenage daughter has a habit of leaving home without her house key.
- We shouldn't rule out a Democrat victory yet. These things have a habit of changing just when you least expect it.
- Arizonans have a habit of embracing wealthy businessmen with virtually no elective experience.
- Here, the guards have a habit of touching the women.
- I have a habit of filling small sketchbooks with hour or day-long sequences of watercolours.
- I have a habit of turning it off as soon as I hear the first commercial.
- Low-confidence people have a habit of trying to accomplish the impossible.-Praise yourself when you do something well.
- Myths have a habit of ignoring the truth.
- Things have a habit of disappearing there.
- Things he predicts have a habit of coming true.
- He sat at his desk, not a hair out of place, and turning a pencil over in his hand.
- He seemed stern and austere and never had a hair out of place.
- Joel never has a hair out of place.
- I have half a mind to just go home.
- I have half a mind to tell her what I really think of her.
- I have half a mind to make you take this right back.
- Thorpe has had a hand in restoring the 21 houses.
- They also agreed that the participants themselves should have a hand in deciding what they would discuss.
- It is still instinctively held that those involved in engineering science should be useful handymen and will have oil on their hands.
- The Khedive is starting to realize that he might have trouble on his hands.
- They submitted lest they kill him; his death from the fast would have been on their hands.
- Diane has her hands full with housekeeping chores and a new baby.
- I'm sorry I can't help you -- I have my hands full right now.
- The Mexican government had its hands full fighting a war on three fronts.
- You must have your hands full with all this work to do and the children to look after.
- And Brooks would have his hands full.
- And you can bet we have our hands full.
- I know I am going to have my hands full when his session is over.
- So it looks as if the doctors and Osteopaths will continue to have their hands full.
- So when the shutdown finally ends, the agency will have its hands full.
- Steinbach will have his hands full with a pitching staff fresh out of the box.
- The parents and teachers of many of these youngsters have their hands full enough just looking after them.
- You guys have your hands full.
- You have to hand it to her. She's really made a success of that company.
- A lot of people are having a hard time making ends meet.
- Anyone calling the 202 area code this weekend had a hard time getting through.
- I'm still having a hard time getting the company to pay me.
- I tried to find the house but I had such a hard time, I decided to give up.
- Premature babies have a hard time even under the best of circumstances.
- By contrast, books such as Randi's have a hard time finding enthusiastic editors.
- Cynics will have a hard time taking this seriously.
- Even the birds have a hard time of it, and you and Mr.
- He may have a hard time persuading lawmakers.
- I have a hard time eating meals when I should.
- The innovation of Private Eye ensured that deference, if not quite dead, would henceforth have a hard time.
- We have a hard time pulling off one conference.
- Your boy have a hard time getting it across?
- Cloughie probably gets closest to it - not he himself but the No. 9 seems to have his head screwed on.
- She seemed to have her head screwed on right, even if she was a girl.
- Have you ever heard of a band called Big Star?
- I've heard of Louis de Bernieres, but I've never read anything by him.
- For the moment, none of them seems to have heard of it.
- From old Boston, in case you might have heard of it.
- I have heard of levels, of course.
- It would be incongruous to see her as an influence on later writers who may never have heard of her.
- She claimed never to have heard of Suzuki-san.
- The entire universe will have heard of her by then.
- There has been so much talk of saturated and unsaturated fats that most people have heard of them.
- You may have heard of his kid brother.
- I didn't have the heart to tell my daughter we couldn't keep the puppy.
- Have a heart! I'll never get all that done.
- Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack.
- I will surely give some one a heart attack ... I have varicose veins in my legs.
- That ought to give Francois a heart attack.
- She had the house to herself while her parents were gone.
- Helen used to have the house to herself.
- How could she have done this to herself?
- Jerry wanted to have the company all to himself.
- But he might just as well have been talking to himself.
- Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself?
- I wanted Seve to have the stage to himself - he'd earned it.
- If he can't have you all to himself, he won't want you at all.
- She had hoped Travis would have kept it to himself.
- I had long had a horror of alcohol.
- I have a horror of supermarkets.
- It showed itself to have a horror of socialism already in the nineteenth century.
- I think he's got the hots for you, Elaine.
- But my, what a great body - no wonder Luke's got the hots for you.
- Well, Big Breakfast's Donna Air seems to have the hots for him.
- The new superintendent has the right idea about attacking illiteracy, but the wrong method.
- Mrs Donaldson, in last month's letters page, certainly seems to have the right idea.
- The young lads have the right idea.
- But whenever I have an idea, I need to act on it as soon as possible.
- I have an idea of her.
- Now that we have an idea how hyperinflation gets started we can look at the causes of run-of-the-mill inflation.
- Some have ideas for lyrical language.
- This is because I have ideas.
- We can have ideas of things we have not experienced.
- We need to have an idea of what perceptions we are triggering. 141 selling Selling is one stage further than communication.
- We write the first two chapters together so we have an idea of the characters.
- I have no interest in continuing this conversation.
- He seemed to have no interest in doing anything.
- I have no interest in hating white people.
- I have no interest in high-tech commercial videos at all these days.
- I have no interest in the psychological interpretation of my sitters, I want to convey their physical appearance.
- Nor could they understand a young, good-looking man who appeared to have no interest in girls.
- Pound seems to have no interest in that.
- That is, leaders have no interest in proving themselves, but an abiding interest in expressing themselves.
- You might have no interest in building a fancy themed site or even learning anything about creating Web pages.
- I just have to get somewhere soon to sleep.
- My uncle said that now we ha-ha just have to do this.
- She would just have to get out and walk.
- Sometimes you just have to tell people what s best for them.
- That's the trouble with doing all these films and tellies - you just have to remember a little bit for a short take.
- We just have to do some more throat swabs.
- You can have it right back if you want it, you just have to ask.
- You don't just have to listen to stories.
- He can continue to appeal, or go to some other level, until he feels justice has been done.
- He has successfully persuaded the crowd that justice has been done.
- Mr Townsend says he feels justice has been done.
- Mrs Alliss' solicitor says justice has been done.
- Children have a knack of choosing the most inconvenient or embarrassing times for their Socratic dialogues.
- I have spent years using buses, and seem to have a knack of sitting next to some very odd people.
- Aid can have a knock-on effect in neighbouring countries which are also in great need.
- First, proposed increases in energy and payroll taxes could have a knock-on effect on wage demands and prices.
- It will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, and may have a knock-on effect.
- Persecuting Nonconformists could have a knock-on effect in a community, hitting those who were loyal to the established Church.
- There are inevitable disruptions to deliveries such as vehicle breakdowns which have knock-on effects to delivery schedules.
- This will have a knock-on effect throughout the economy, and will drive up interest rates generally.
- Boy did he have the last laugh.
- Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh.
- Yet women drivers have the last laugh.
- Billy got off his lounge chair now, went into the bathroom and took a leak.
- Cully goes off to take a leak.
- I'd gone behind the set to take a leak and I heard this sound like snapping wood.
- I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.
- She locked herself into a cubicle and took a leak.
- Tank owners are required to have leak detection equipment installed by December 1993.
- Well, rumors have leaked out.
- You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up.
- If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
- Mrs. Kramer really let him have it for spilling the paint.
- As for the Cub players they came out on the steps of their dugout and really let me have it.
- Do report recurring faults to the developers; that's why they let you have it free.
- He says that you just let them have it!
- I let him have it to get rid of him.
- Instead of saying no, they let the kids have it.
- Netscape hooked millions of web surfers on Navigator by letting them have it for free.
- They suggested she borrow the money until such time as they could let her have it.
- We should have let them have it.
- I hear that all the older boys are driving big expensive cars and living the life of Riley.
- I have my limits. You will not use that kind of nasty language in my class.
- Alternatively it was seen by some as a warning to the opposition that the process of democratization would have its limits.
- But those official data sources have their limits.
- Denial does have its limits, though, whiteout being one of them.
- Even saints, it seems, have their limits.
- In a broader context, however, these variations have their limits.
- Joey is just kidding, but even I have my limits.
- Powys & Jones have real promise but can't get a look-in.
- Torque-steer wouldn't get a look-in.
- When it comes to the 3,000 metres steeplechase, no other country gets a look-in.
- As the underdog here, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
- But you have nothing to lose - your life was being made a misery anyway.
- For a meeting or two, they have nothing to lose.
- If you are not sure whether you will be entitled to benefit, remember that you have nothing to lose by applying.
- The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
- You have nothing to lose but your monotony.
- You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court.
- You have nothing to lose by trying out possible futures for size-it just requires an imaginative leap.
- I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention, I have a lot on my mind at the moment.
- Since the divorce, Linda's had a lot on her mind.
- Stacy didn't go to the party on Saturday because she had a lot on her mind.
- He says he'll try and see you as soon as possible, but he has a lot going on this afternoon.
- Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
- Harris has a lot on his plate at the moment. Why don't we give the project to Melinda?
- Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
- As luck would have it, it rained the next day and the game was canceled.
- As luck would have it, there were two seats left on the last flight.
- This was the first time I had ever seen a panda, and as luck would have it, I had my camera with me.
- But, as luck would have it, for them anyway, no buses ran on Sunday.
- But, as luck would have it, I didn't have an opportunity to follow up my intention at the time.
- Somewhere in the Great Hall, as luck would have it, were two managing directors from Salomon Brothers.
- This particular shoe, as luck would have it, is a flip-flop.
- It costs a fortune to buy a Porsche - some people have all the luck.
- Defenders have the luxury of double-teaming Riley.
- In the criminal trial, the prosecution did not have the luxury of depositions.
- Is this what women became if afforded the luxury of turned tables?
- The human species can no longer afford the luxury of such long double-takes or the leisurely changes of heart of entrenched scientists.
- They couldn't afford the luxury of open-market values.
- They did have the luxury of hit and run.
- We do not have the luxury of thinking our problems will miraculously be solved by better times ahead.
- When I painted it was for myself, I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting.
- Nowadays, these people have got it made.
- Others chimed in, saying those who have it made are pulling up the ladder on those less fortunate.
- We've got the makings of a winning team.
- Ron looked like he'd had one too many.
- Booth and Rowntree were more concerned with getting the measure of poverty than with trying to devise a general theory about it.
- He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan, running from stall 15.
- Booth and Rowntree were more concerned with getting the measure of poverty than with trying to devise a general theory about it.
- He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan, running from stall 15.
- All those years I might have known her!
- Although I might have known you'd arrive just as drinks were being ordered!
- Dear little Papa, as I might have known!
- If you'd had a big fat bottom I might have guessed.
- It was nothing I might have guessed.
- Of course, I might have known that you'd have some clever way of dealing with everything, though.
- Ooh! I might have known it!
- Some years before, I might have guessed Bond's enigmatic presence in the scene.
- But Mansell has a mind of his own, and he was adamant he would make racing his career.
- Joey's only two, but he has a mind of his own.
- My hair seems to have a mind of its own today.
- She's a woman with a mind of her own, who says what she thinks.
- I have a mind of my own.
- They have minds of their own and will form their own views on what is put before them.
- But they're not saying if they have Bosnia in mind.
- Did she have Mr Gonzalez in mind?
- I have particularly in mind community nurseries and similar support.
- I still have it in mind that barbers take Mondays off.
- Socrates could not have had in mind the moral compromise peculiar to a nation like our own.
- Those seven heads, with their seven mouths and seven tongues, have other things in mind.
- What they both must have had in mind was a different future for Ameliaone much more lucrative than her past.
- You have to keep in mind the trains here are descending from the Continental Divide and move quickly and quietly.
- I didn't have it in mind to go looking for a four-piece group.
- I still have it in mind that barbers take Mondays off.
- I have half a mind to make you take this right back.
- The Saints had their moments, but they still lost.
- Because, Ishmael says, all men have their moments of greatness.
- But I can assure you I have my moments.
- Even a railway journey with a missed connection can have its moments.
- Those observations made, it should be said that the Herioter did have his moments in the lineout.
- Yet, the show does have its moments.
- Adventure expeditions are growing in popularity, particularly among older Americans with money to burn.
- Every time I see her she's wearing something new. She must have money to burn.
- People who buy expensive cars have money to burn, and they want you to know it.
- Unless you've got money to burn, these expensive guitars are not the instruments to get you started.
- In practice, this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted.
- Men appear to be no more willing to support women in their traditional roles than women are to assume them.
- I had a whole lane in the swimming pool to myself.
- I didn't have Mum to myself because all the others were around.
- I get home and I have no time to myself.
- I have a duty to myself and to my reader to express what follows with truth and dignity.
- I have an office to myself.
- I have been re-transformed to myself and this civilised gloom.
- I have said to myself that that is wrong.
- I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
- The bedroom upstairs is all ready for my brother, and I'd prefer to have that floor to myself anyway.
- If a washer has a brand name on it, make sure that the smooth side comes into contact with the seating.
- They say if it has your name on it ... But who can write on a virus?
- Gentlemen, we have no need of discretion to protect the life of Simon Cormack any more.
- I thought of leaving it to you, Cynthia, but you have no need of it.
- More straightforwardly, however, capitalism and technology have no need of religion.
- On Siporax, it is claimed, the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job.
- The rest of us find paracetamol an effective analgesic with no important side effects and have no need of an antidote.
- They appear to have no need of an anemone and usually ignore any placed in the aquarium with them.
- You have no need of a certificate.
- The Michael Steins of this world have nine lives.
- But Kaptan would have none of it.
- Kronecker would have none of this.
- Pott would have none of it and, with the aid of his old friend Nourse, successfully set it himself.
- Stark would have none of that.
- Surprised and shocked, the Soviet government would have none of it.
- The world was going crazy and, or so it seemed, Trumptonshire would have none of it.
- He must have a nose for money better than any hound for any fox.
- I have a nose for one thing.
- Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor.
- He realized she must have nothing on.
- She seemed to have nothing on underneath, which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion.
- When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.
- Where that girl is concerned I have nothing on my conscience.
- I have nothing against Jack personally, I just don't like his line of work.
- Atari and Psion, like most companies, have nothing against enthusiasts making one or two copies for personal back-ups.
- I have nothing against Mr Jack Neighbours, who sadly, I understand, was killed in the war.
- I have nothing against the Arabs ... They are the same as us.
- I have nothing against the Arabs.
- I have nothing against these resorts, but my own shortlist of best resorts would not include any of them.
- I have nothing against thorns and prickles so long as you can admire them from a safe distance.
- Now I want this distinctly understood, that I have nothing against Cleveland.
- But that smell might very well have nothing to do with it.
- Finally, he was publicly warned and barred from communion, and the people advised to have nothing to do with him.
- General Smuts will have nothing to do with you.
- He was nothing to do with her and Alan.
- I have nothing to do with the motel.
- These are things to be proud of, but they have nothing to do with rank or class.
- We have nothing to do with each other.
- You can tell Cara has his number. She knows exactly how to handle him when he's mad.
- As if you have so much to offer us!
- Citing security, officials have declined to offer specifics on how profiling would work.
- Coin inscriptions do indeed have much to offer.
- Librarians have expertise to offer here and teachers are capitalising on it, often incorporating these elements in their lesson plans.
- Professional counselors, psychiatrists, and psychiatric hospitals have great gifts to offer.
- Saalbach is the larger of the two, but both have excellent facilities to offer.
- So does feminism have anything to offer?
- The schools might not have been able to offer courses that would pass muster.
- That guy has a one-track mind.
- All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
- He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
- Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
- She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
- She's got the whole committee in the palm of her hand.
- Herrera, personally, took no part in this mild form of political persecution.
- Johnny played no part in this world.
- Of course, Laura took no part in such a major business decision; the empire builder was Bernard.
- Schuster insists his political connections played no part in the choice.
- The mostly white jurors who actually sat in the jury room, insisted that race had played no part in their decision.
- The very act of imagining Gods exempt from suffering ensures that humans take no part in the deity.
- They are evaluated and yet play no part in defining the criteria, determining the methods, or controlling the process.
- This is not to say that economic imperatives play no part in penal developments.
- All of us have a part to play.
- But literacy and the written word do have a part to play.
- However, the latter have a part to play from the period of nursery rhymes and finger and other basic-activity games.
- Look and Say does have a part to play.
- Might farm schools have a part to play?
- Models can be useful and have a part to play, if built on a sound theoretical basis.
- Now I think that the woman lawyer has been foregrounded as if the law actually does have a part to play.
- Now, many of the other items are also sound and have a part to play but they could be improved upon.
- Like most politicians he had all his answers off pat, but he didn't have anything particularly new or interesting to say.
- She only had to repeat the lines once or twice, and she'd have them down pat.
- First, be kind to yourself, so you will have patience.
- You have to have patience on the defensive end.
- After 20 years in jail, Murray feels he has paid his debt to society.
- At this point the penny dropped.
- I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny dropped.
- Suddenly the penny dropped, and Meredith knew why he'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion.
- Then the penny dropped and he realised that the man had meant a fan- bearer.
- You have a perfect right to say "no" if you don't want to do it.
- They have a perfect right to object to it.
- I am a female, mid-twenties and happen to have my nose pierced with one small silver ring.
- Exploitation and oppression will be concepts of history which have no place in the description of contemporary social reality.
- Honesty, decency, good will have no place in this business of selling or murdering an image.
- In a holy community Noyes thought that exclusiveness, jealousy, and quarreling should have no place.
- Personal opinion or preferences and speculative imaginings have no place in science.
- Religious celebrations have no place in public schools, although teaching about religion is acceptable.
- Some believe that values can not be taught apart from religion and therefore have no place in public schools.
- Some would argue that these enterprises have no place in a capitalist system, and should therefore be privatised as soon as possible.
- Therefore, the right of national self-determination could have no place in the party programme.
- Beckham may have enough on his plate attempting to recapture his early-season form without being burdened with any extra responsibilities.
- It looks like the team has a chance at the Aloha Bowl firmly in their pocket.
- After all, we have Vargas in our pocket.
- Shoppers will have more in their pockets and it will not cost companies vast sums to borrow for expansion.
- You have money in your pocket, a cheque-book on you and one or two credit cards as well.
- This place has a lot of possibilities, but it will need some work.
- The Seahawks don't have a prayer of winning the Superbowl.
- Boxing White Hopes like Cooney do not have a prayer of toppling Tyson.
- Because officials are so anxious to get good press, there is often tremendous pressure on the government press agent.
- Even Quayle is getting better press than me.
- Even testosterone, so often blamed for aggressive behavior in men, is getting better press.
- For now Harriet's keener on seeing chess get a better press.
- A runaway hamster called Sophie takes pride of place where the school rat once roamed.
- A Tudor Doll's House takes pride of place in a fine collection of houses and period dolls.
- Are they to take pride of place, as they should in ballets worthy of the name?
- At Maastricht next month, political, economic and monetary union will take pride of place.
- Glass would have pride of place, she said.
- The statue takes pride of place at Gerrards Cross station.
- There, pit latrines inside homes take pride of place, their arched entrances lavishly embellished with stone carvings.
- These were retrieved and now take pride of place in the library.
- "You're going to wear that dress?" "Do you have a problem with that?"
- When all they needed to do was lift up the phone and have a quiet word.
- Anyone attempting to invade the country will have to reckon with the peacekeeping force.
- You'll have the boss to reckon with if you go home this early.
- The hotel has little except price to recommend it.
- An alternative approach-optical fibre - has much to recommend it.
- As such, it has much to recommend it.
- But in terms of an effective solution the voting method has little to recommend it.
- In principle this format has much to recommend it, but in this case the practice has not been successful.
- It is plain that, in the long run, the gentle art of compromise has much to recommend it.
- Nevertheless, the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions.
- Such a way of proceeding has much to recommend it, but scant progress has been made in that direction.
- This cooperative family decision-making has much to recommend it.
- How have relations between fellow workers changed in the flexible workplace?
- You have no right to tell me what I can and can't do!
- But we have no right to force collection of child support for the kids.
- But you have no right to come in here meddling with my things.
- Finally, the relatives of patients have no right to make decisions on the patient's behalf.
- I have no right to be saying anything that goes against Church teaching.
- I have no right to intrude on their lives.
- The states have no rights to any money.
- You have no right to be here.
- Some findings will have a familiar ring in the West.
- The terrors which Mr Cash expresses about our future in the community have a familiar ring about them.
- These and other questions have a familiar ring because versions of these same questions are posted in various places on the walls.
- Lies by their nature have the ring of truth.
- Some stories have a ring of truth, if a little exaggerated: They do fit the known biography.
- Thinkers, like the aforementioned, gained status because they suggest answers that have the ring of truth.
- The play still has a few rough edges, but by next week it should be all right.
- Of course he deserves prison. Having said that, I don't think any good will come of locking him up forever.
- Anyway, having said that Wilko would be nuts to buy another Midfielder of any sort.
- But having said that, it's a sport that anybody can play.
- But having said that, it was wonderful and I wouldn't have missed that trip for anything.
- But having said that, there's nothing I particularly wanted to show or to hide.
- But having said that, this is a big game for us.
- But having said that, you have to close sites and obviously that does lead to hardship.
- I was unhappy with myself for having said that.
- Marx is oft-quoted as having said that people make history, but not under conditions of their own choosing.
- You'd better tell your dad about the dent in the car - I'm sure he'll have something to say about it.
- However, Trevor Francis' Birmingham will have something to say about that.
- I shall have something to say about original boards a little later.
- Jen looked at me as if I ought to have something to say about this.
- Jerome would have something to say about that..
- Mind you, Sunderland, of course, could have something to say about that at Hillsborough tomorrow afternoon.
- Rodman would have something to say about juvenile fantasies of self-reliance if I told him that one.
- At a public meeting yesterday, environmentalists were finally permitted to have their say about the future of the ancient forest.
- You've had your say -- now let someone else speak.
- But emotions don't like that; they love to have their say.
- Our advantage, however, was that we allowed the public to have their say on possible changes before proposals were published.
- Probably the best thing about his show was that he let people have their say.
- Talk too much, and not let others have their say.
- Tennis World would like you to have your say on the issue.
- The voters are entitled to have their say on Maastricht and should be given it.
- Whatever Kureishi may claim, minorities and special-interest groups have their say in his work.
- When the company finally makes a small offer to the widow, her lawyer will have his say, too.
- "Fernando can be really weird sometimes." "Yeah, he's got a screw loose, no question."
- Couples contemplating divorce often have second thoughts when they realize how it will affect their children.
- It was obvious that the company was having second thoughts about the whole project.
- But now, with the raft travelling more slowly than I had planned, I began to have second thoughts.
- But then various men on the race committee and some male members of the National Aeronautic Association began to have second thoughts.
- I hope Darlington Transport have second thoughts on the matter.
- Keep him laughing and he might have second thoughts about eating you!
- Perhaps Mr Harrison would have second thoughts if he walked in our neck of the woods.
- Somewhere between second helpings I began to have second thoughts.
- Such incidents might have caused Sir Bernard to have second thoughts about the system; but he defends it with passion.
- Then, before she could have second thoughts, she picked up the telephone and dialled his number.
- Ms. Davis's car had certainly seen better days.
- Virginia's car had definitely seen better days.
- We are working at Nanking University, in rather cramped and primitive conditions, for the buildings have seen better days.
- Teng is thought to have her sights set on the Board of Supervisors' presidency.
- But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
- If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
- Many of the Keishinkai parents have their hearts set on Keio.
- Movie sniper Jude Law and Rachel Weisz are covered in mud but still have their sights set on desire.
- IBM had the market for electric typewriters sewn up.
- For the lawyers have it all sewn up.
- The deal between the wholesaler and manufacturer will have been sewn up only minutes before Sanjay accepted his orders.
- To have lost a game against the local rivals that should have been sewn up was bad enough.
- Bring any player back and he does not perform and people have short memories.
- Manufacturers have short memories, you know.
- Other strategies might be more forgiving and have shorter memories.
- Girls today sure have short fuses.
- Mrs Popple had long been known to have a short temper.
- But if you think about it, they really do have nothing to show for it even with Banks popping Woodson.
- It always feels like an admission of failure to come back from the Continent and have nothing to show for it.
- So, what have I got to show for my time as a hostage?
- The country is beginning to have something to show for all the pain.
- They have little to show for their trouble, but they continue.
- You'd better remind him about the party - he's got a memory like a sieve!
- Some people have thick skins, others have thin ones and are more easily hurt.
- A bill that would have slashed child support payments for most divorced fathers failed in the state Assembly.
- A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.
- And some London pubs have slashed their prices from £1.70 a pint to less than a pound.
- Last year, Hayworth supported welfare-reform legislation that would have slashed federal spending by $ 66 billion over five years.
- The telecommunications giant joined a growing number of employers in growth industries that have slashed payrolls even as their profits soared.
- To woo customers, carpet stores have slashed prices, which cut into the bottom line of carpet manufacturers.
- We have slashed soot and dust emissions by nearly 90 percent.
- You have slashed costs and created an extensive new marketing campaign.
- Don't worry. He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
- A dozen cemetery companies have sniffed around Hollywood Memorial and then walked away.
- Although I have a soft spot for him after his super-game Hennessy win, he does not appeal greatly as 7-2 favourite.
- I do have a soft spot for Britain's best-selling car, the Ford Fiesta.
- The reason why I have a soft spot for this notebook, he wrote.
- At last I have something of Father's.
- Clearly a stranger had emptied it, hence obviously they thought she might have something of interest in it.
- It seems you already have something of the greater power.
- The gardens have something of interest to offer throughout the year.
- They must each have something of reality about them.
- We have something of value to offer you, but you in return have something to offer us.
- William Right-well, then we have something of an impasse.
- You really do have something of Zbigniew in you.
- And the more you borrow, the more the bank will have a stake in your success.
- Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.
- Dow Jones and Intel also have stakes in Sohu.
- Many have a stake in the present system.
- Pharmaceuticals and health-products firms, which have a stake in Medicaid and Medicare reforms, $ 1. 3 million.
- The decisions will be made at the appropriate level by those who have a stake in them.
- They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority, both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.
- We want all our people to share in growing prosperity and to have a stake in the country's future.
- It's a very violent film. You'll need a strong stomach to sit through it.
- You have to have a strong stomach to invest in today's bond market.
- They proved to have no stomach for a fight with only Steve Regeling showing any semblance of spirit.
- Lester claims to have several women on a string.
- All of which is very curious we could have sworn Colin Milburn went to good old Greencroft comprehensive.
- Athelstan could have sworn he was acting as if there was some one else there.
- Corbett could have sworn that momentarily he glimpsed another figure, shadow-like, but fled on.
- He could have sworn the pile of letters had been deeper, that there had been many more.
- No, he recalled other sightings, so real you could have sworn they were alive ... until they vanished.
- She could have sworn the light had been yellow - pure yellow.
- The friar could have sworn that Sir John was singing a hymn or a song under his breath.
- The Myrcans looked on with what he could have sworn was approval.
- Danny's always had a sweet tooth.
- If you have a sweet tooth, it is much better to make them part of a meal.
- And when several events air live simultaneously, some of them have to be taped.
- It should have been taped for a campaign training film; it was too perfect.
- Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks.
- And there were plenty left over for everyone else to have a taste, too.
- But the speculators have tasted blood and could yet force a devaluation of the franc.
- I guess you have a taste for the exotic though I was not exotic.
- I have tasted moose meat, though.
- I have tasted Vegemite and wretched.
- Now, people have tasted store food and they like it better, because it has sugar and salt in it.
- One taster remarked that it reminded him of what macaroni and cheese must have tasted like before Kraft.
- Since I came, I have tasted all I have been asked to.
- For example, a beaker of water may have a temperature of 50°C but it does not have heat.
- If you are feeling unwell, have a temperature or an infection, withdraw.
- Scaled to size. dinosaurs would have temperatures reaching from 38.5 to 40.6°C. which would imply severe heat stress.
- There was no improvement; she continued to have a temperature.
- Alas, no sooner had he started than he realised it was no longer what he wanted.
- But no sooner had Miriam gone than Harry suddenly returned looking more cheerful than one might have expected.
- No sooner had he gone than one of the cameramen approached.
- No sooner had it begun than the rain seemed to end.
- Do we have Lady Thatcher to thank for the improved state of the nation's teeth?
- I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters.
- I have you to thank for that.
- In fact, I always have remembered - and I have Monty Lee to thank for that.
- Perhaps we have Pat Buchanan to thank for at least some of this raising of consciousness.
- We have Alan Austin to thank for this character-building little outing - an experience you won't forget in a hurry!
- We have Sigmund Freud to thank for a rather curious state of affairs.
- Some people have thick skins, others have thin ones and are more easily hurt.
- Judith has a thing about people chewing gum.
- But, in this country, we used to have a thing about self-sufficiency.
- But who would have thought that a humble human could do these calculations?
- That's the only bait I didn't have but, who would have thought that with ice about?
- The girl was carrying a latchkey; she let herself into the cabin. ... who would have thought of that?
- Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes? he wrote.
- And marriage, I should have thought, is a false step you must have been well warned against.
- Any leader, I should have thought, would have demanded loyalty and support from a vice-president as a basic minimum.
- It's very important to me - and, I should have thought, to you too.
- She's a pretty child, but hardly his intellectual level, I should have thought.
- That is rather obvious, I should have thought.
- The royal crest is used on the front of the annual report, which I should have thought was improper.
- The scent of the tea as I poured it ... I should have thought.
- This seems an odd argument for smoking to me and, I should have thought, to smokers, too.
- Amelia, absorbed with her projects, must have thought it a momentary phenomenon.
- Consensus like this means people have thought about this issue.
- His features were regular, rather ordinary, though some might well have thought him handsome.
- Maybe somebody should have thought to ask the whale.
- Only a sentimental, middle-class idiot would have thought of it.
- This in turn enables Janssen's customers to start production or synthesis sooner than they might have thought possible.
- Was that a thing anyone would have thought?
- You'd have thought that re-creating it on stage would have the same effect on a modern-day director.
- Quite honestly I don't have a lot of time for any of them.
- Critics of the law say it has no teeth and will not prevent violent crime.
- Because after the Anna Climbie case, the social services wanted to show it does have teeth.
- Frankly, I'd rather have teeth extracted than sit through either again.
- Is it only a paper tiger, or does it really have teeth?
- It is important that it should also have teeth.
- The episode illustrates beyond doubt that the majority voting rules of the Treaty of Rome have teeth.
- The movement will have teeth to back its arguments.
- What can have teeth, of course, even if it is concealed by a friendly smile, is aid.
- But the agents have tricks of their own.
- But it does lead inevitably to ignorance, for you can not understand what you deliberately chose to have no truck with.
- Its radicals, who dominate the leadership, want no truck with Mr Gorbachev.
- Then the people who get penalised are the majority who want no truck with him.
- We in the Conservative Party have no truck with that style of gutter journalism which we were forced to endure last Sunday.
- A superior actor might have turned the corner on this film.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- I hope we have turned the corner.
- The economy may well have turned the corner by the next election.
- As we have seen, both the market and public policy have turned against work.
- At some point Solveig must have turned out the light.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- He says that they could have turned the company around. he feels they've been treated in a shabby way.
- In a structural sense we have turned our model on its side.
- In recent weeks, even his friends seemed to have turned against him.
- Logic machines have turned out to be poor at dealing with images and making analogies.
- This day with me, here, you have turned back to face your past.
- Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area.
- But slowly and surely the followers of Chaos gained the upper hand.
- If the two had been introduced simultaneously, the larger one would invariably have the upper hand.
- Now White gains the upper hand.
- Officials said they might reopen the freeway at 5 p. m. today, perhaps sooner if firefighters gain the upper hand overnight.
- The world can only pray that they do not gain the upper hand.
- Under the proposed law, she would have the upper hand.
- We must destroy them now, while we yet have the upper hand.
- When you have a gun you have the upper hand, it makes you feel big, bad.
- My company has no use for workers who are not motivated.
- Am I right in assuming that you have no use for it?
- For example, the business may be sold to some one else who decides they have no use for the present management.
- I have no use for second-hand books and unfashionable clothes and bits of ornament.
- I can remember nothing of them, but I have a vague feeling of having been well cared for.
- I have visions of some of these poor women who work all day long exposed to such seductive sounds becoming hypnotised.
- I think of it with loathing and dread; have visions of designing the no-need-to-clear-mask and then return to reality.
- It's either me or her. You can't have it both ways!
- Monica's so spoiled - she always gets her own way.
- Basilio still gets his way in the end because he marries his daughter to money.
- For two and a half years, the company can have its way.
- Our genes will take care of that, anyway, and it is natural to let them have their way.
- She mostly managed to get her own way with him.
- She remembered those days when they had played together as children, too, he always getting his own way.
- They both push you and have their own ways of motivating you.
- Under the genial exterior lay a considerable vanity, and a desire to have his own way.
- When some one or something stops them from getting their own way, their frustration can build up to explosion point.
- Don't worry too much. These problems usually have a way of working out.
- And we have ways of making sure that the escapade of that silly young man at Southend gets widely reported.
- But the Washington Wizards have a way of bringing out the best in their opponents.
- Evenings like this have a way of going on!
- If history has taught us anything about imaginary customers, it is that they have a way of doing unexpected things.
- So do Humpbacks have ways of expressing the same request for the repetition of a pleasurable sonic experience?
- The powerful have a way of establishing contracts that suit them.
- Things like this have a way of surprising you.
- Yet things have a way of evening ut, and I paid a heavy price for my hypocrisy.
- David seemed to have a way with children.
- If I had my way, there'd be a baseball game every day of the year.
- Well, I would ban them too if I had my way.
- But remember that this Last Best Place can disappear if corporate colonizers and their lackeys in Congress have it their way.
- Well, have it your own way.
- Without knowing what he'd got. I could have wept thinking what I'd missed.
- The shelves were crammed with books, documents, and what have you.
- With the advent of term limits in the state Legislature, Orange County will have the whip hand.
- It's Sally's birthday tomorrow. We'd better have a whip-round so we can get her a present.
- By February the local press had got wind of the affair.
- Certainly the last thing she wanted was for Max to get wind of it all.
- First it needs to boost its efforts to get wind of military-useful technology at an early stage.
- If she were to get wind of this.
- So, if she gets wind of Der Vampyr and wants to do it, you can believe it will get done.
- The extension director and the Wyoming dean of agriculture finally got wind of what I was up to.
- The notion of compulsion met a storm of controversy when mental health charities first got wind of the government's thoughts.
- When Johnny misbehaves, parents get wind of it by e-mail before he gets home.
- I have no wish to offend anybody.
- And believe me, I have no wish to keep score.
- I emphasize that I have no wish to come across here as the skunk at the process improvement garden party.
- I have no wish to attribute motives, but clearly finance intervenes.
- I have no wish to caddie for Brian Harley.
- I have no wish to change my nature over this matter and become a crusading journalist.
- I have no wish to create a posing pilots' paradise.
- I have no wish to get angry with my own invention, the so-named Miller.
- Mrs Hardman has grown used to her independence, and I have no wish to curtail her freedom.
- Thankfully, Reid had the wit to see what was wrong with the plan.
- He and Kemp pound down the stairway, exchanging words.
- I have words before my eyes, as you might imagine.
- I would hear the women exchange words with Miss Fingerstop.
- Linda buried herself in the crowd, exchanging words with this one and that and heading for the bar.
- Nurses busily went up and down, sometimes pausing to exchange words and careless laughter.
- Sometimes, Britten seems to have written more naturally when he didn't have words to set.
- They exchanged words, not all of which appeared to be in jest.
- Without it, you have words virtually sprinkled across the page, each project an exercise in speed and frustration.
- A word in the ear of the Weatherfield constabulary.
- His resolve ends when again he wakes at dawn with prophetic words in his ears.
- If I were you I'd drop a quiet word in her ear before it's too late.
- Mixed blessings' A word in your ear.
- Before I went, though, I managed to have a word on the side with the lass.
- Better have a word with her about the domestic arrangements.
- Eventually the managing director was forced to have a word with him.
- I really came to have a word with Charles Julian.
- I wanted to have a word with you about Yorick.
- The cruise industry would love to have a word with you.
- You know, they have words, you read them?-Smartass, he said.
- Election monitors will have their work cut out.
- So you have your work cut out for you.
- The home team has not beaten the Scarlets for some dozen matches and should still have their work cut out to win.
- They have their work cut out adapting themselves to it, and it to themselves.
- They have their work cut out for them.
- We have our work cut out for us.
- Whoever takes on the trout farm will have their work cut out.
- You really had me worried - I thought you didn't like the present.
- I should not have exasperated him for I always have the worst of it.
- Deion has yet to figure out how to throw to himself.
- Harland & Wolff has yet to show a profit, but the future looks good.
- His work retained a pronounced individuality and originality that has yet to be properly acknowledged.
- However, he said he has yet to consider his circumstances.
- However, the site this year has yet to be determined.
- If there is a success formula in that it has yet to be demonstrated.
- The savagery of our retaliation against the virus has yet to be played out.
- Whether it allows the exercise of force to be more controlled and effective has yet to be seen.
- Do you feel like you don't have any time to yourself?
Our guests have arrived. Has anyone phoned? We’ve been spending too much money. I hadn’t seen him for 15 years. ‘I hope you’ve read the instructions.’ ‘Yes, of course I have.’ You haven’t done much, have you?2 somebody had better/best do something used to say that someone should do something: You’d better phone to say you’ll be late. We’d better not tell Jim about our plans just yet.3 had somebody done something formal if someone had done something: Had we known about it earlier, we could have warned people of the danger.have1 auxiliary verbhave2 verbhave3 verb
havehave2 /hæv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
have
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | have |
| he, she, it | has | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have had |
| he, she, it | has had | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had had |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have had |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am having |
| he, she, it | is having | |
| you, we, they | are having | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was having |
| you, we, they | were having | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been having |
| he, she, it | has been having | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been having |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be having |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been having |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "Do you have a phone here?'' "Yes sir, we do.''
- "Have you got a garden in your new place?'' "Yes, we have.''
- Have you ever had pneumonia?
- Have you got a pen I could borrow?
- Have you got your own computer at home?
- Have you had lunch?
- Ahmad has five employees under him.
- Although she's eighty she has an excellent memory.
- Beth has an awful cold.
- Can I have a drink of water, please?
- Chris has a friend who knows Randy Travis.
- Do you have your purse?
- Don't worry, I had a shower this morning.
- Excuse me, do you have change for a dollar?
- He said it was interesting, so I had a look.
- Here, I have a map.
- Here, Tina, have some popcorn.
- How many of your students have a computer?
- How many pages does it have?
THESAURUS
to stop speaking or stop doing something for a very short time before starting again. Pause is used especially in written descriptions. In everyday spoken English, people usually just say stop: · She paused at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at the clock.· He paused, waiting for Larry to say something.
to stop for a moment and wait before doing something, because you feel unsure or nervous about it: · She hesitated for a moment before replying.
to stop working for a short time in order to rest, eat etc: · We’re all getting tired. Let’s take a break for ten minutes.
formal if a meeting or court adjourns or is adjourned, it stops for a short time: · If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning.· The trial was adjourned because one of the defendants was ill.
especially American English informal to stop for a short time in order to rest: · Let’s take five and get some coffee.
to suddenly stop speaking, especially because you see, hear, or think of something: · He broke off his conversation when he saw Mary running towards him.· She broke off and looked embarrassed, then said, ‘I’ll explain later.’
if you own something, it legally belongs to you: · They live in a flat but they don’t own it.· The land is owned by farmers.· a privately owned plane
[not in passive] to own something – used when focussing on the fact that someone has the use of something, rather than the fact that they legally own it: · How many students have a cell phone?· I wish I had a sports car.
[not in passive] formal to own something: · It is illegal to possess a firearm in Britain.· I don’t even possess a smart suit!
[not in passive] if something belongs to you, you own it: · The ring belonged to my grandmother.
to own shares in a company: · One man holds a third of the company’s shares.
formal to be owned by someone – written on signs, labels etc: · This camera is the property of the BBC.
to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow it: · Experts recommend eating plenty of fruit and vegetables.
to eat a particular food: · ‘What do you usually have for breakfast?’ ‘I usually just have coffee and toast.’· We had the set meal.
to eat a particular kind of food – used when talking about animals: · Foxes feed on a wide range of foods including mice, birds, insects, and fruit.
written to eat or drink something – used especially in scientific or technical contexts: · Babies consume large amounts relative to their body weight.
to eat something with big continuous movements of your mouth, especially when you are enjoying your food: · He was munching on an apple.· They were sitting on a bench munching their sandwiches.
to eat something by biting off very small pieces: · If you want a healthy snack, why not just nibble on a carrot?
to eat only a small amount of your food because you are not hungry or do not like the food: · Lisa was so upset that she could only pick at her food.
to eat so much food that you cannot eat anything else: · He’s always stuffing himself with cakes.· We gorged ourselves on my mother’s delicious apple tart.
to eat soup, noodles etc with a noisy sucking sound: · In England it’s considered rude to slurp your soup, but in some countries it’s seen as a sign of enjoyment.
Longman Language Activatorto have something such as a television, car, house etc also have got especially British · Most families in England have a car, and over 25% of them have two cars.· "Have you got a garden in your new place?'' "Yes, we have.''· They have a houseboat out on the lake.· "Do you have a phone here?'' "Yes sir, we do.''· Have you got your own computer at home?
someone with something has that thing: · There aren't many people with cars in this part of town -- they're too poor.· Taking the bus across the country appeals to people with more time than money.· Anybody with shares in the company is urged to contact the receivers to register a claim.
if you own something, especially something valuable such as a car, a house, or a company, it belongs to you legally: · Andy and his wife own a vacation home near the beach.· The company was previously owned by the French government.· American newspapers in different cities are often owned by the same company.
formal to have or own something, especially something valuable or important: · The number of nations that possess nuclear weapons has risen.· Hamly admitted illegally possessing a handgun.· The caller claimed to possess valuable information about the boy's whereabouts.
to have something with you also have got especially British · Excuse me, do you have change for a dollar?· Have you got a pen I could borrow?· Here, I have a map.· I think you've got my tickets.· The dancers had elaborate costumes with long embroidered skirts.
someone with something has that thing now: · There's a man at the door with a parcel for you.· A woman with a baby in a stroller was looking at clothes.· Rob is the guy with the blue jacket.
to be carrying something in your pocket, bag etc: · I don't have enough change on me for the parking meter.· Jim is the only guy I know who always has a handkerchief on him.
to have something in your pocket, bag, hand etc: · Her address is in my diary but I haven't got it with me.· She had her camera with her on the hike.· You should have your identity card with you at all times.
also have/keep something to hand to have something near you, especially because you might need to use it: have something handy/have something to hand: · When you call, have your credit card handy.· Before you begin make sure you have all the tools you need to hand.keep something handy/keep something to hand: · Keep a fire extinguisher handy in the kitchen.· Keep important telephone numbers to hand by the telephone.
formal to have something in your hand, pocket, bag etc, especially something illegal: · The man who was arrested had an illegal firearm in his possession.· The drugs he had in his possession had an estimated street value of $15,000.
to have something that you do not want · It's only a rented house, so we're stuck with the decor.· As a result of the financial collapse many people are stuck with worthless investments.
to have a particular feature, quality, or ability also have got especially British · Although she's eighty she has an excellent memory.· Kids have wonderful imaginations, and it is natural for them to create imaginary friends.· The hotel only had two double rooms and they were both occupied.· The jacket has two side pockets and two more pockets inside.· Her brother's got long dark hair and blue eyes.
use this after a noun to describe the qualities or features that someone or something has: · We booked a room with a sea view.· The company needs more people with marketing experience.· Katrina's over there in front of that man with red hair.
use this to describe the things that a place has: · It's a big house - there are five bedrooms.· There are lots of old temples and gardens to visit in Kyoto.· There's an Olympic-sized swimming pool on campus.
formal to have a particular ability, feature, or quality: · He possessed an unusual ability to learn languages quickly.· Like all towns and villages on Trinidad, it possessed a cricket ground.· The Western Highlands possess a beauty and a majesty found nowhere else in Britain.
especially written if someone or something is of a particular feature, quality, or ability, they have that feature etc, especially if it is something good: · Father was a man of great integrity and honesty.· an area of outstanding beauty· She was an actress of great skill.
formal to have special advantages, conditions, abilities etc that are better than the ones that other people or things have: · Some of the workers enjoy a relatively high degree of job security.· When first introduced on the market, these products enjoyed great success.
to have something such as a useful ability, a good feature, or an important advantage - used formally or humorously: · Londoners are blessed with some of the very best Thai restaurants in the country.· Justine was unfortunately not blessed with a sense of humour.· Few gardens are blessed with an ideal site.
formal to have something good, especially a natural ability or social advantage: · Hugh was young, handsome, and endowed with the privileges of class and education.· Jefferson wrote that all citizens were endowed with "the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
if something such as a place, organization, or object boasts a good feature, it has that feature - used especially in advertisements and literature: · The golf course is surrounded by hills and boasts some of the finest scenery in the country.· Each luxury home boasts an indoor pool and three-car garage.
to not have something also haven't got especially British · I don't have any brothers or sisters.· My parents haven't got a television.· The store didn't have the right type of glue in stock.· She hasn't got anything to wear for her interview.· Haven't we got any more tomatoes? I need some for the salad.not have something with you (=not have brought something with you) · I'm sorry, I don't seem to have my credit card with me -- can I pay by cheque?
if you do something without something, you do not have or own that thing: · Billy came to class without his school books.· You can't get a passport without a birth certificate.· There are so many people without jobs that companies receive hundreds of applications to each advertisement.· The schools are having to provide programs without adequate funding.
if something is missing , you do not have it because it has been lost, removed, or stolen: · Two of her front teeth were missing.· When I put my hand inside my pocket I discovered that my wallet was missing.have something missing: · The dog has part of his left ear missing.what's missing is/all that's missing is: · It's such a romantic setting -- all that's missing is the candles.
to not have any more of something · That was my last one -- I don't have any more.· I didn't have any time left to finish.· The theatre didn't have any seats left when I went to get tickets.· He didn't have any more questions.
to not have something that you usually have or that you regularly use, because you have used or sold all of it: · Looks like we're out of milk again -- can you go to the store for me?· The store was out of the paint I wanted.· In the end she ran out of patience and started yelling.· Better take plenty of water -- we don't want to run out.
to not have something you need to not have something that you need, especially something that you need in order to do something: · Tom lacks confidence and needs a lot of encouragement.· They lived in appalling conditions, lacking even the most primitive sanitation.
if someone is without food, water, clothes, or other important things that they need, they do not have them: · Over a million people in the Sudan have been without supplies of food and water for several months.· Some towns are still without electricity after last week's storms.
to not have something that you usually have, for example food or sleep: · Lucas's soldiers had to go without food or water for several days.· New parents go without much sleep for at least the first few months. · There wasn't enough water to go around, and some people went without.
to live your life or do something you want to do without having something you need or without someone's help: · For three years I managed without pain-killing drugs.· From May to November it is very hot, but the schools do without air-conditioning.· Many of the young people here had never before had to do without.
if something happens through lack of a particular thing, it happens because there is not enough of that thing available or because there is none at all: · Crops and animals died through lack of rain.· The case was abandoned for lack of evidence.· We haven't yet quite succeeded, but not for want of trying.
to not allow yourself to have something you need to choose or decide not to have something, especially because there is not enough of it, because you need to save money, or for religious reasons: · His parents often did without lunch or supper so that he could have more.· During the month of Ramadan, Muslims go without food and drink between the hours of sunrise and sunset.· Meat was expensive and a lot of people went without.· Cuts have to be made, and city residents need to think about what services they can do without.
to not do or have things you enjoy because you think this will be good for you: · Girls who constantly deny themselves food in order to get thin rarely do well at school.· I worked hard, lived frugally, and denied myself material goods in order to achieve financial security.
to not do something that you usually do or that you want to do, especially for health or moral reasons: · The sex education program encourages teens to abstain.abstain from: · Catholics are supposed to abstain from meat on Good Friday.abstain from doing something: · Trial volunteers are told to abstain from watching TV for a month.
also forego formal to not have or do something good or something you enjoy, especially for moral reasons, because of your principles etc: · Senior board members have offered to forgo their annual bonuses this year.· Novices were expected to forgo all earthly pleasures and concentrate on the hereafter.
to not have a particular substance, quality, feature etc also haven't got especially British · He doesn't have much of a sense of humor.· Her little girl doesn't seem to have any fear at all.· It doesn't really have any practical use.· She said she hasn't got as much pain in her leg as she used to.
if someone or something lacks a particular substance, quality, feature, or ability, they have never had it: · He lacked the energy to argue with him.· Many people lack adequate pension arrangements.· Glenn has the discipline that Forman lacks.
not having or containing a particular substance, feature etc: · "With or without sugar?'' "Without, please!''· "Gourmet Food without Salt" is aimed at people with high-blood pressure.· He was without any sense whatsoever.
use this to describe the things that a place or thing does not have: · There aren't enough ladies' rooms at the stadium.· There wasn't a decent restaurant for miles.
if a product, food, or drink is free from a substance, especially one that is harmful, it does not contain that substance: · The new shampoo uses only natural products and is completely free from artificial colouring and preservatives.· Organic produce is free from harmful chemicals.
: sugar-free/fat-free/lead-free etc not containing sugar, fat, lead etc - use this especially about things that have been deliberately made this way: · a sugar-free soft drink· It looks like wine and tastes like wine, but it's almost alcohol-free.
to no longer have something important to no longer have something important or valuable, such as your job or your home, because it has been destroyed or taken away from you: · I'll lose my job if the factory closes.· We lost our home and all our belongings in the fire.lose your sight/hearing etc (=lose the ability to see/hear etc): · Professor Wilkes lost his sight in an accident three years ago.
if a mistake, accident etc costs you something important such as your job or your health, you lose that important thing because of it: cost somebody something: · Another mistake like that could cost you your job.· All this delay has cost the company an important contract.cost somebody his/her life: · Larry's years of hard drinking and living almost cost him his life.
if you achieve something at the cost of something else, you lose something of great importance or value as a result of what you achieve: · An increase in profits was achieved, but only at the cost of hundreds of jobs.
if something is a high price to pay , losing or damaging it is so bad that the advantage you gain as a result is not worth it: be a high price to pay for: · The pollution of our rivers is a high price to pay for agricultural development· Most people know now that getting sunburnt is a high price to pay for a quick tan.be too high a price to pay (for): · The new road has made life easier for commuters, but some say it is too high a price to pay.
to not like someone because of something they have done to dislike someone for a particular reason, although the reason is not clear: · Sam has something against me.· Your brother's got something against me. God knows what.· She probably has something against men.
informal if someone has it in for you, they dislike you and are always looking for ways to hurt you, especially because of something you have done in the past: · I don't know why anybody would have it in for Eddy. He's a really nice guy.· Sometimes I think my supervisor has it in for me.
to continue to dislike someone and feel angry with them, because you believe they harmed you in the past and you have not forgiven them: · She bore a grudge for a long time.· It isn't in that woman's nature to bear grudges.bear a grudge against: · He bore a grudge against my father for years.
if there is no love lost between two people, they dislike each other and do not have a friendly relationship: · Sounds like there's not a lot of love lost between the two of you.· It is clear from these letters that there was no love lost between the Princess and her stepmother.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We were just having a look around. Are you going to have a swim? I usually have breakfast at about seven o'clock. Thanks for everything – we had a great time. I had my eyes half-closed. Janice likes to have the window open. She had her back to the door. Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping. Jimmy had nothing on but his socks. I have nothing against foreigners (=have no reason to dislike them).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She decided to have an abortion. Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water. Bart had a deep affection for the old man. You have a long trip ahead of you. I have an allergy to cats. The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals. We had a barbecue on the beach. Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game? You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea). She picked up the sandwich and took a bite. Can I have a bite of your apple? We had a blast at the fair. The couple later had their marriage blessed in their local parish church. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme. Kirby had a sudden brainstorm. I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon. I’m sure the company has a bright future now. She had to have a caesarean. She was told last year that she had cancer. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children. I have to hurry – I have a bus to catch. Nomes slept badly, and had to take catnaps during the day. It’s important to have regular checkups. I had a clear-out and got rid of a lot of old toys. Few companies have the clout to handle such large deals. It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time. McKellen’s performance had much to commend it (=was very good). I found I had a lot in common with these people. The two games have much in common. Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime? He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs. I had a concussion, a broken leg and some minor injuries. He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better. The rescue team also had bad weather conditions to contend with. Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post. Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. They had a short conversation in German and seemed to be disagreeing about something. The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race. He already had a criminal record. I feel sorry for you, but we all have our crosses to bear. She had a huge crush on her geography teacher. I’m taking a few days off before the wedding. We’ve had dealings with him in the past. Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish. If they’re going to charge people a fee, they ought to at least have the decency to tell them in advance. I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday. I demand to know what’s going on. After the operation her condition was described as comfortable. The youth is described as being 18 to 19 years old. His remarks had the desired effect. Freshmen have first dibs on dormitory rooms. Here was a chance to have a dig at trade unionists. Let’s take a dip in the lake. We have had discussions about her legal situation. Neither side shows the slightest disposition to compromise. You should have your cat doctored. The King held dominion over a vast area. I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it. Brian has got tremendous drive. The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th family to lose their home in the fire. You can have an easy time of it now that the kids have all left home. The tree is estimated to be at least 700 years old. I think we have an even chance of winning. Mrs Evans had a fall (=fell to the ground) and broke her leg. I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist. I may have my faults, but ingratitude is not one of them. Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy. Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today. She used to have fits as a baby. Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories. Jo has a flair for languages. Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash. Are you sure the dog has fleas? They had a brief fling a few years ago. She had a brief flirtation with Tim. I couldn’t go because I had flu. ‘Is it midnight already?’ ‘Well, you know what they say – time flies when you’re having fun!’ Luckily I’d had the foresight to get in plenty of food. No one had the forethought to bring a map. I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed. That woman has a genius for organization. The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12. He’s never had a girlfriend. The rope has quite a bit of give in it. I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). ‘I can’t open this drawer.’ ‘Here, let me have a go.’ On the tour, everyone can have a go at making a pot. I had a good go (=tried hard) at cleaning the silver. Can I have a go on your guitar? He has at least two other projects on the go. Did you have a good vacation? She sat down and had a good cry. No one had a good word to say for her. Much of the groundwork has already been done. At least she had the gumption to phone me. I could see he was carrying a gun. I haven’t had a haircut for months! The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. Do you have a piece of paper handy? I had a terrible hangover the next day. Vegetarians still often have a hard time of it when it comes to eating out. She had hardly sat down when the phone rang. a country where the have-nots far outnumber the haves Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. His opponent had him in a headlock. Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems? I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane. Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen. She had no illusions about her physical attractiveness. I had an inkling that she was pregnant. I have no intention of retiring just yet. Scratch my back – I have an itch. The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures. I’ve only had an hour’s kip. I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I might have known (=I am annoyed but not surprised) you would take that attitude. I wouldn’t have come if I’d known you were so busy. those who have the know-how to exploit the technology to the fullest The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy. I’m going upstairs to have a lie down. I always have a lie-in on a Sunday. Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other. He knows he’s only got a few months to live. Let me have a look at that – I think it’s mine. Take a good look at the photo and see if you recognize anyone in it. Have you had a chance to take a look at my proposal yet? The working class has nothing to lose but its chains (=disadvantages, restrictions etc). Why don’t you have a massage? I won’t be coming this evening – I’ve got a migraine. It was a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we had in mind. He looked as though he had something on his mind. It had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house. She had two miscarriages before she had her first child. For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US. Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate. Get me a packet of crisps – I have the munchies. A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when her car left the road. We sat down and had a natter and a cup of tea. Never had she been so confused. We’ve had the house on the market for a month and not even had a nibble yet. We offered to pay our half of the cost but Charles would have none of it. At least she had the nous to ring. Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day. Canada has much to offer in terms of location and climate. He felt he had nothing to offer her that she wanted. All he had on was a pair of tattered shorts. We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect. women who have never had an orgasm I’d had him pegged as a troublemaker. I’m going to have my hair permed. Owen has a phobia about snakes. She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex. Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country. She always gets first pick of the videos. I had the same preconceptions about life in South Africa that many people have. As Liz had predicted, the rumours were soon forgotten. When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger. The group don’t have any pretensions to be pop stars. Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight. Today, we have the privilege of listening to two very unusual men. I had the great privilege to play for Yorkshire. The star has a high profile in Britain. He seems to have a propensity for breaking things. She was cycling home when she had a puncture. The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well. Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract. an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics I sat down to have a nice quiet read. We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment. A tennis player needs to have very quick reflexes. She had a relapse and died soon after. The collapse of the company had repercussions for the whole industry. a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century I never know who has right of way at this junction. British English The law here says that pedestrians always have the right of way. The increase had a ripple effect through the whole financial market. a young horse having a roll in the field My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity. Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US. We had the run of the house for the afternoon. Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police. I have a sauna and massage every week. The workers had no say in how the factory was run. The chairman has the final say (=has the right to make the final decision about something). He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door. He stretched and had a scratch. He had no scruples about selling faulty goods to people. The accommodation was so awful it had to be seen to be believed (=you would not believe it if you did not see it yourself). As we have seen in chapter four, women’s pay is generally less than men’s. ‘How long can you stay?’ ‘I’ll have to see. It depends (=used when you cannot make a decision immediately).’ You should get that tooth seen to by a dentist. He had an epileptic seizure. I had a senior moment and just couldn’t think of his name. I had 15 years seniority, and they couldn’t fire me. Many children have a sensitivity to cow’s milk. Tom and I had a bit of a set-to last night. They had sex in the back seat of his car. She no longer wanted to have sex with him. These policy changes could have beneficial side effects for the whole economy. The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta. I had a sinking feeling inside as I realized I was going to fail yet again. He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble. The article had an anti-union slant. That kind of car has real snob appeal. We had a massive snowball fight. I had a good long soak in the bath. I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers (=is related to them in some way). Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades. Her second son had a special place in her heart. I’ve always had a weak spot for chocolate. I’ll have one more stab at it. He holds a 51% stake in the firm. He has money stashed away in the Bahamas. Just a few firms have a stranglehold on the market for this software. You may not like her, but she certainly has style. It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold. She’s having a sulk. We had supper in a small Italian place. I have a wife and two children to support. Don’t worry, I’ve got him sussed. She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants. I had a telephone call from George this morning. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight. He had marriage thrust upon him. Dave’s had a tiff with his girlfriend. He has title to the land. If you keep getting throat infections you might have to have your tonsils out (=have them removed). He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives. Since he owns the strip of land, Cook has a vested interest in the project being approved. Shareholders have a vested right to 10% per annum. Jan has a vocation for teaching. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. They’ll have a long wait. I had a bit of a wander round the shops. You really have a warped sense of humour (=think strange and unpleasant things are funny). I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out. I have a real weakness for fashionable clothes. Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act? We’ll just have to wing it. She had her husband with her. You’d better bring your passport with you. I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans). He had a deep yearning to return to his home town. She’d always had a yen to write a book.
(=have the skill or special quality needed to do something) You should have seen the way Dad was dancing – I didn’t know he had it in him!
You should have seen the way Dad was dancing – I didn’t know he had it in him! We were just having a look around. Are you going to have a swim? I usually have breakfast at about seven o'clock. Thanks for everything – we had a great time. I had my eyes half-closed. Janice likes to have the window open. She had her back to the door. Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping. Jimmy had nothing on but his socks. I have nothing against foreigners (=have no reason to dislike them). (also possess the ability to do something formal)· She has the ability to make people feel relaxed.
She decided to have an abortion.· The man had a Spanish accent.
Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water.· Young drivers are more likely to have accidents than older drivers.
(=have only slight knowledge or experience of something) He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.
He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.· Do you know Helen’s address?· No one seems to have his address.
(=have a lot of admiration for someone)· I have nothing but admiration for his work.
· She always had great admiration for people who could speak so many languages.
· In the end, he had to admit I was right.
(also enjoy an advantage formal)· Our parents didn’t have all the advantages that we have.· Western countries enjoyed considerable advantages in terms of technology.
Bart had a deep affection for the old man.· Brown has an agenda for the university’s future.
· They have an agreement that all workers should be union members.
You have a long trip ahead of you.· His trip to Milan, his third in two weeks, had a precise aim.
I have an allergy to cats.· She has almost decided.
· You have a few alternatives to choose from.
· He had no alternative but to resign.
· I have always loved Japan.
· I had a great time in Tokyo. I always have loved Japan.
· He had an ambition to be a top cello player.
· Many of the students lack ambition.
· Doctors are supposed to have all the answers.
· The young girl had a pleasing appearance.
· There’s lots of food – I hope you have a good appetite.
· She has an appointment with the dentist at 5 o'clock.
· In the US they have a somewhat different approach.
· I could hear my parents having an argument downstairs.
(=do something very well) I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.
I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.· Not everyone takes a positive attitude towards modern art.
(=someone is not helpful or pleasant to be with)· Some of the male students have a real attitude problem.
· The programme has a massive audience, ranging from children to grandparents.
· Teachers should have the authority to discipline their students.· He has no authority over us anymore.
approving (=look like you have authority, in a way that makes people obey you)· The commander had an unmistakeable air of authority.
(=used to say that most people in a meeting have voted in favour of something)
· She had the baby at home.· Sue gave birth to a baby boy.
· We are looking for someone who has a background in science.
The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals. We had a barbecue on the beach.· Permanent staff have a better base from which to plan their career development.
· Our constitution has a democratic basis.
(=be not true)· Many of these rumours have no basis in fact.
especially British English, take a bath especially American English· She usually has a bath in the evening.
· You must always have the belief that you can succeed.
· All the hotel rooms have the benefit of a balcony.
· Are you going to have a bet on the race?
Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game? You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea).· Did you have a nice birthday?
She picked up the sandwich and took a bite. Can I have a bite of your apple? We had a blast at the fair. The couple later had their marriage blessed in their local parish church. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme.· He gave up his seat on the board after 40 years' service.
· Twins often have a very close bond.
· We have both worked there.
· You should have more brains than to smoke.
Kirby had a sudden brainstorm. I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon.· After two hours, she took a break and switched on the radio.
· Paul got up, washed and had breakfast.
· What do you usually have for breakfast?
· In high altitudes some people have trouble breathing.
I’m sure the company has a bright future now. (=be attractive to many different types of people)· Their music has a very broad appeal.
· Hospital caterers have a budget of about £20 per person per week.
· Two of us had a nasty bug on holiday.
· Nick owned a software business in Boston.
· His favourite shirt had lost a button.
· A new cadre of leaders has emerged.
· A new cadre of leaders have emerged.
She had to have a caesarean. (also receive a call formal)· At 11 in the evening we got a call from the police.
· These yoghurts have approximately 90 calories per pot.
She was told last year that she had cancer.· It’s a small microwave which has a capacity of 0.6 cubic feet.
· Do you have a car?
· All my sons had careers in education.
She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children.· The play had a cast of almost unknown actors.
· We always had a cat when I was young.
I have to hurry – I have a bus to catch. Nomes slept badly, and had to take catnaps during the day.· The villagers were having a celebration of some kind.
(=it is possible you will do it)· I think you have a good chance of getting the job.
· I’d like a job in which I get the chance to travel.
(also possess a characteristic formal)· He has all the characteristics of a great husband.
· Richard was clever and he had a lot of charm.
· We were just having a chat.
British English· Always have a final check to make sure you’ve got your ticket and passport.
It’s important to have regular checkups.· I wish I'd had a happy childhood like yours.
· Students have a choice between German and Spanish.
· The men had no choice but to obey.
· The village people had no choice in the matter.
· No one wants to spend Christmas alone.
· She was beautiful and had a wide circle of admirers.
especially American English (=as a student or teacher)· What classes do you have this morning?
I had a clear-out and got rid of a lot of old toys. Few companies have the clout to handle such large deals.· Most professional organizations have a code of ethics.
· She stopped in a café to have a quick coffee.
· She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.
· She has an extensive collection of Chinese vases.
(=write one)· Lynch had a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper.
(=used when something has not happened yet but will happen) The most exciting part is yet to come.
The most exciting part is yet to come. It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time.· Athens had command of the oceans.
McKellen’s performance had much to commend it (=was very good). (=want to make a comment)· Do you have any comments on that, David?
I found I had a lot in common with these people. The two games have much in common.· Some people are brilliant thinkers, but they have no common sense.
(=not be alone)· ‘Come in,’ she said, pleased to have some company.
Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime?· Older people often feel that they don't have any competence with computers.
· Each year the school holds a painting competition.
· You have the right to complain if you’re not satisfied with the service you’re getting.
· We felt we had good reason to complain about the food at the hotel.
· The school is good and parents have little reason to complain.
· Patients sometimes have cause to complain about the hospital treatment they receive.
(=want to complain about something)· Please let us know if you have any complaints about our service.
He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs.· Animals have no concept of their own mortality.
I had a concussion, a broken leg and some minor injuries.· The baby has a rare skin condition.
(=used when admitting something you feel slightly embarrassed about) I must confess I don’t visit my parents as often as I should.
I must confess I don’t visit my parents as often as I should. (=used humorously when you want to admit to doing something)· I have a confession to make – I’ve eaten all the chocolates.
· The people no longer have any confidence in their government.
· A manager must be able to have complete confidence in his staff.
· Young teenagers often don’t have a lot of confidence.
· A lot of social problems have a direct connection to alcohol or drug use.
· Does he have a guilty conscience about his role in the crime?
· He claimed to have the consent of the car’s owner.
· Taking financial risks can have serious consequences.
He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better.· I haven’t had any contact with her for at least two years.
(also feel contempt for somebody/something)· He had a deep contempt for authority.
· The public should have nothing but contempt for bad journalism.
The rescue team also had bad weather conditions to contend with. Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post.· My college holds an athletics contest once a year.
· The company had a contract to build a new hotel there.
Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. They had a short conversation in German and seemed to be disagreeing about something.· You must declare whether you have any convictions.
· I’ve had a cough for weeks now.
· She certainly has a lot of courage.
· I didn’t have the courage to say what I really thought.
· The exhibition has received extensive coverage in the press.
The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race. (also be involved in a crash) (=in a car)· I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.
· By then the president had ceased to have any credibility.
He already had a criminal record. (=used to tell someone you have thought of the thing they are suggesting, or have never thought of it)
I feel sorry for you, but we all have our crosses to bear. She had a huge crush on her geography teacher.· Bright children often have a lot of curiosity.
· For dinner we had curry and rice.
· Anna has custody of their six-year-old daughter.
· He had a cut on his forehead.
· Simon looked as if he’d had a bad day at the office.
spoken (=used when saying goodbye to someone in a friendly way)· Bye Sam! Have a good day!
I’m taking a few days off before the wedding.· It's easier to work hard if you have a deadline.
informal (=have made or agreed on a deal)· Do we have a deal?
We’ve had dealings with him in the past. Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish.· I think we should have a public debate on this issue.
· Fortunately, I have no debts.
If they’re going to charge people a fee, they ought to at least have the decency to tell them in advance.· The old system had some serious defects.
· We had a trade deficit of more than $4 billion.
· You will earn more if you have a college degree.
I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday.· We've just had a delivery of tiles from Italy.
I demand to know what’s going on. After the operation her condition was described as comfortable. The youth is described as being 18 to 19 years old.· Milly had a sudden strong desire to laugh.
(=used to emphasize that you do not want to do something)· It was raining outside and I had no desire to go out.
His remarks had the desired effect.· To become a professional musician, you need to have a lot of determination.
Freshmen have first dibs on dormitory rooms.· People in Mediterranean areas generally have a very good diet.
· By the age of eight, Robbie was having difficulties at school.
Here was a chance to have a dig at trade unionists.· Learning a language has an important cultural dimension.
· Why don't you come and have dinner with us?
· I thought we might have pasta for dinner tonight.
· We're having a few friends round to dinner.
Let’s take a dip in the lake. British English (=think about sex a lot)
· Cheap air travel has considerable environmental disadvantages.
· The only disagreements we have are about money.
We have had discussions about her legal situation.· How long have you had the disease?
· The singer admitted she had an eating disorder.
(=have a happy character)
Neither side shows the slightest disposition to compromise. You should have your cat doctored. (=keep one as a pet)· We have one dog and two cats.
The King held dominion over a vast area.· Scientists still have some doubts about the theory.
(=have some doubts)· Everyone else thinks it’s a good idea, but I have my doubts.
· I have no doubt that you are right.
· I had a dream about you last night.
· I had dreams of becoming a doctor.
I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it. (=drink something, especially an alcoholic drink)· Let’s go and have a drink.
Brian has got tremendous drive. The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th family to lose their home in the fire.· Parents have a duty to make sure that their children receive an education.
· A tenant owes a duty to the landlord to keep the house in reasonable condition.
· Each of these people has some useful talent or experience.
(=have a hole put into the skin, so that you can wear an earring)· I had my ears pierced when I was quite young.
You can have an easy time of it now that the kids have all left home. (=eat something/nothing)· We’ll leave after we’ve had something to eat.
· Have you had enough to eat?
(=not have enough food)· The refugees had very little to eat and no clean water.
(=to be slightly better than someone or something else)· We believe our products have the edge over the competition.
· The women have had little education.
· Eating junk food will eventually have an effect on your health.
· The news had the effect of making everyone feel better.
· The government plans to hold an election in November.
· The Birmingham-based company has over 200 employees.
· He always has plenty of energy!
· I don't have any engagements tomorrow.
· The jazz ensemble has played all over Europe.
· The jazz ensemble have played all over Europe.
· He never had much enthusiasm for work.
· This institution has no equivalent in any other European country.
· If the data contains errors, the results will be wrong.
(=to only just avoid danger or difficulties)· The team had a narrow escape from relegation last season.
· We had a lucky escape when a tree crashed through the ceiling.
(=be extremely lucky to escape)· Ellie had miraculous escape after a firework exploded in her hand.
The tree is estimated to be at least 700 years old.· He has even offered to buy me a drink.
I think we have an even chance of winning. (=organize an event in the evening)· The college is holding an open evening on May 6th for year 9 to 11 pupils.
· Do the police have any evidence against him?
· He was examined by Dr Bower yesterday and will have another examination today.
· Companies have no excuse for breaking the law.
· The college is having an exhibition of the students’ work in April.
(also hold expectations formal)· Many migrant workers had high expectations when they arrived, but not anymore.
· Applicants must have experience of working with children.
· Each scientist had expertise in either mammals, insects, birds, or plants.
· Does the hospital have any explanation for why he died?
· His face had a puzzled expression.
· He had a very serious expression on his face.
(=be watching something with all your attention)· Ted sat with his eyes glued to the television.
(=used to say that someone was very angry, surprised etc)· You should have seen his face when I told him that I was resigning.
· The public no longer has faith in the government’s policies.
(=trust them completely)· We have every faith in your ability to solve the problem.
Mrs Evans had a fall (=fell to the ground) and broke her leg. I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist.· The family owned a small farm in Suffolk.
I may have my faults, but ingratitude is not one of them.· He had no fear of death.
· We decided to have a feast to celebrate the victory.
(=have both positive and negative feelings)· Her parents had mixed feelings about the marriage.
· Tucson had a film festival last month.
Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy. Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today.· I didn’t want to have a fight with him.
She used to have fits as a baby. Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories. Jo has a flair for languages. Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash.· These biscuits have a very distinctive flavour.
Are you sure the dog has fleas? They had a brief fling a few years ago. She had a brief flirtation with Tim. I couldn’t go because I had flu. ‘Is it midnight already?’ ‘Well, you know what they say – time flies when you’re having fun!’· The family hadn’t had any food for days.
Luckily I’d had the foresight to get in plenty of food. No one had the forethought to bring a map.· We have the freedom to travel nearly anywhere in the world.
· Suzie has plenty of friends.
I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed.· Did you have fun at the party?
British English· They were having a game of pool.
· Identical twins have the same genes.
That woman has a genius for organization. The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12. (=laugh in a way that is difficult to control)· The girls had the giggles, and couldn’t stop laughing.
He’s never had a girlfriend. The rope has quite a bit of give in it. I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). ‘I can’t open this drawer.’ ‘Here, let me have a go.’ On the tour, everyone can have a go at making a pot. I had a good go (=tried hard) at cleaning the silver. Can I have a go on your guitar? He has at least two other projects on the go.· She had one goal in life: to accumulate a huge fortune.
Did you have a good vacation? She sat down and had a good cry. No one had a good word to say for her.· I had no grievance against him.
· You need to have a good grip on your tennis racket.
Much of the groundwork has already been done.· The police asked if anyone might have had a grudge against the victim.
· All our boots have a one-year guarantee for being waterproof.
British English, take a guess American English:· Go on, have a guess at how much it cost.· Take a guess. How many people do you think showed up?
· I had a lot of guilt about what had happened.
At least she had the gumption to phone me. I could see he was carrying a gun.· He has a habit of being late.
(=do something that makes other people feel embarrassed or offended)· Teenage girls have the unfortunate habit of laughing too loudly.
· She has beautiful blonde hair.
(also get your hair cut etc) (=by a hairdresser)· I need to get my hair cut.
I haven’t had a haircut for months! The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.· Yu Yin has tiny handwriting.
Do you have a piece of paper handy? I had a terrible hangover the next day. (=be difficult for someone to do something) You’ll have a hard time proving that. I had a hard time persuading him to accept the offer.
You’ll have a hard time proving that. I had a hard time persuading him to accept the offer. Vegetarians still often have a hard time of it when it comes to eating out. She had hardly sat down when the phone rang.· Hardly had the rain stopped, when the sun came out.
(=experience problems)· If we book now, we won’t have the hassle of picking up the tickets at the box office.
(=hate someone or something very much)· Gang members have a hatred of the police.
a country where the have-nots far outnumber the haves Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. (also have got a headache spoken)· She’s not coming – she says she’s got a headache.
· The Times carried the headline ‘7.4 Earthquake hits Los Angeles.’
His opponent had him in a headlock.· Dogs have excellent hearing.
Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems?· The house didn't have any heating when we moved in.
(=use the heating)· It's getting colder, but we haven't had the heating on yet.
(=not be afraid of heights)
British English, get/have the hiccups American English Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups.
Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups. I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. (=be holding something)· Nathan had hold of her hand again.
· Teachers cannot take holidays during term time.
formal· As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill.
· The situation looked bad, but we still had hope that things would get better soon.
I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane. British English informal (=look for something) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk.
I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk. Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen. British English (=be extremely upset or angry) Mum’d have hysterics if she knew what you’d done.
Mum’d have hysterics if she knew what you’d done.· I’ve had an idea. Why don’t we walk into town?
· When did you first find out that you had the illness?
She had no illusions about her physical attractiveness.· The product has a rather downmarket image.
· Her poems show that she has a lot of imagination.
(=what someone thought something would be like, before they saw it or experienced it)· The office was not what he had imagined.
· The job interview proved to be much worse than I had imagined it would be.
· New technology has had a massive impact on our lives.
· This is an environmental disaster which will have implications for more than one country.
· This is an issue that has importance for all of us.
· Rosa had an impulse to tell Henry the truth.
· Companies have an incentive to maximize efficiency.
· Poor farmers have little incentive to grow crops for export.
(also receive an income formal)· We have an income of over $100,000 a year.
· I think you’ve got an infection, so you need to rest.
· His works have had an influence on many modern writers.
· Do you have any information about coach trips to Oxford?
· He had to have an injection to relieve the pain.
· Tom was OK, and had just a few minor injuries.
I had an inkling that she was pregnant. (=receive it)· We’ve already had a lot of inquiries about membership of the new sports centre.
(=suddenly have an idea)· He had an inspiration while he was taking a walk in the countryside.
· She had the instinct to see what made people unhappy.
(=have an insurance policy)· Do you have insurance on your yacht?
I have no intention of retiring just yet.· Steve has a keen interest in bird-watching.
· Andy had no interest in politics.
· She has an interview next week for a teaching job in Paris.
· The following week, I had an invitation to give a talk in Cambridge.
Scratch my back – I have an itch.· Mark doesn’t have a job right now.
The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures. I’ve only had an hour’s kip.· He seems to have a knack for getting people to agree with him.
I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I might have known (=I am annoyed but not surprised) you would take that attitude. I wouldn’t have come if I’d known you were so busy. those who have the know-how to exploit the technology to the fullest· The book assumes that you already have some knowledge of physics.
(=laugh about something)· The farmer had a good laugh at our attempts to catch the horse.
· He has a one-shot lead in the golf tournament.
· Who has the lease on the flat?
· How much annual leave do you get?
The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy. (=says that)· Legend has it that Rhodes was home to the sun god Helios.
· These leaves have a length of about 7 cm.
· I have swimming lessons on Friday.
· The parents of these children may have some liability.
· Café Metropole does not yet have a license to sell liquor.
I’m going upstairs to have a lie down. I always have a lie-in on a Sunday.· We had very different lifestyles.
Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other.· The system does have its limitations.
He knows he’s only got a few months to live.· The business lobby has warned the government against raising taxes.
· The business lobby have warned the government against raising taxes.
Let me have a look at that – I think it’s mine. Take a good look at the photo and see if you recognize anyone in it. also have/take a look round British English (=look at all the things in a particular place) I have a special interest in old houses. Do you mind if I take a look around?
I have a special interest in old houses. Do you mind if I take a look around? Have you had a chance to take a look at my proposal yet? The working class has nothing to lose but its chains (=disadvantages, restrictions etc). (=used to say that you could make your situation much worse) These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system.
These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system.· I’ve had a bit of bad luck.
· I hope you have more luck in the next competition.
(also not have much/any luck) (=not be lucky or successful)· I’d been looking for a job for weeks, but had had no luck.
· He had the good luck to meet a man who could help him.
· Have you had lunch?
· I usually have sandwiches for lunch.
· The Democratic party has a majority in the Senate.
(=be wearing make-up)· She had no make-up on.
· In Venezuela, Chavez said he had a mandate for reform.
· All their children have such good manners.
(=regularly not behave politely)· He has no manners and he eats like a pig.
· They have a happy marriage.
Why don’t you have a massage?· She has complete mastery of her instrument.
(=be scheduled to play a match)· Do we have a match on Sunday?
· Each submarine will have a maximum of 128 warheads.
(=eat a meal)· We usually have our evening meal fairly early.
· The same word may have several different meanings.
· There was no path, and they had no means of knowing where they were.
(=contain meat)· Does this stew have meat in it?
· I had a long meeting with my manager.
· All his songs have good melodies.
(=if you have a short memory, you soon forget things)· Voters have short memories.
(=if you have a long memory, you remember things for a long time)· He has a long memory for people who have let him down.
(=forget things very easily)· I'm sorry, I have a memory like a sieve. I forgot you were coming today!
(=remember/not remember something)· She had no memory of the accident.
· The new restaurant on Fifth Street has an excellent menu.
(=act in a kind or forgiving way - often used to express a hope or prayer)· ‘God have mercy on me!’ Miss Barton cried.
· Both suggestions had some merit.
(=have some good qualities)· Each idea has its merits.
· Brazil’s middle class has grown in number.
· Brazil’s middle class have grown in number.
I won’t be coming this evening – I’ve got a migraine. (=drink milk in your tea or coffee)· Do you take milk in your coffee?
It was a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we had in mind. He looked as though he had something on his mind. It had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house.· Candidates should have a minimum of five years’ work experience.
She had two miscarriages before she had her first child.· Last year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash.
(=used for emphasizing how bad something is)· He was the most arrogant man I'd ever had the misfortune of meeting.
· I had some misgivings about her marriage. She was very young.
· There’s been a misunderstanding about what I meant.
(=have a short time to use)· Can you come and see me when you have a moment?
· I didn’t have enough money to pay for it.
For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US. Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate.· They have a mortgage on a small house in North London.
· Who might have had a motive for killing him?
Get me a packet of crisps – I have the munchies. (=there is a myth that)· Myth had it that Mrs Thatcher only needed four hours sleep a night.
· All their children have French names.
· They have a name for good quality food.
· I took a nap after lunch.
· He was three and a half, so he didn't have a nappy on.
A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when her car left the road. We sat down and had a natter and a cup of tea.· I just didn't have the nerve to tell them the truth.
· My mother had a nervous breakdown after my father's death.
Never had she been so confused. (=used to say that something is strange because it has never happened before) Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.
Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.· I have never liked sports.
· I don’t enjoy football. I never have liked sports.
· Never had she been so confused.
· I could tell by his face that he had some news.
We’ve had the house on the market for a month and not even had a nibble yet.· She feels that she has her own niche in the company.
(=not sleep well, especially when you are ill)· I had a bad night last night.
We offered to pay our half of the cost but Charles would have none of it.· The immigrants I spoke to often had an intense nostalgia for their homeland.
· If I’d had more notice, I could have done a better job.
· He didn’t have a clear notion of what he had to do.
(=not know or understand something at all)· He had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to walk.
At least she had the nous to ring.· She felt she had to obey her father, even though she thought he was wrong.
· Does anyone have any objections to the proposal?
· Our main objective is to reduce road accidents.
· Citizens have an obligation to obey the law.
· The poet seems to have an obsession with death.
· The people in the region have a variety of occupations.
Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day. Canada has much to offer in terms of location and climate. He felt he had nothing to offer her that she wanted. All he had on was a pair of tattered shorts.· One of them has gone.
(=have drunk too much alcohol)
(=have one last alcoholic drink before you leave a place)
We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. (also undergo an operation formal)· Harris had a hip operation in October.· She has undergone 50 operations since birth.
· Everyone seemed to have a different opinion.· He holds strong opinions on these issues.
(=two people disagree)· He and Luke had a difference of opinion.
· I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel.
I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect.· At the moment, children have the option of leaving school at 16.· In a situation like this, you have two options.
(=have no other choice than to do something)· I had no option but to fire him.
· The soldiers had orders to shoot anyone on the streets after 10 o'clock.
women who have never had an orgasm (=begin to exist)· The ceremony has its origins in medieval times.
· This book does not have the originality and power of his first novel.
· The meeting had a very satisfactory outcome.
· He has quite a conventional outlook.
· We need someone who will have an overview of the whole system.
· I’ve got a terrible pain in my stomach.
· The panel has reached a decision.
· The panel have reached a decision.
· He had a small part in ‘Casino Royale’.
· We’re having a party on Saturday night.
· She had a passion for music.
· I have a Canadian passport.
· He didn't have the patience to listen to another point of view.
· I'm afraid I have little patience with bureaucrats and their official rules.
British English, take a pee American English not polite· Have I got time to go for a pee before we leave?
I’d had him pegged as a troublemaker. I’m going to have my hair permed.· They did not have permission to build on the land.
· Do you have a resident's parking permit?
· Everyone seems to have a different perspective on the issue.
· Do you have any pets?
Owen has a phobia about snakes. She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex. Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country. She always gets first pick of the videos.· They were having a picnic on the beach.
· I've never been there, but I have a picture of it in my mind.
· I need to have a piss.
(=feel sorry for someone and treat them with sympathy)· He was expecting a prison sentence but the judge took pity on him.
· I have no plans to retire yet.
· Don’t worry – I have a plan.
(=have made a good point)· Maybe she has a point.
(=have it)· My father had in his possession a letter written by Winston Churchill.
· When he saw I had some potential, he gave me extra coaching.
· People who have power never seem to use it to help others.
(=do practice)· I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.
(=praise them a lot, especially when they have had to deal with a difficult situation)· Passengers had nothing but praise for the pilot.
I had the same preconceptions about life in South Africa that many people have. As Liz had predicted, the rumours were soon forgotten.· Do you have a preference for red or white wine?
When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger. The group don’t have any pretensions to be pop stars. Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight.· I may have no money and no power but I have principles.
· Couples may have to decide whose career has priority.
Today, we have the privilege of listening to two very unusual men. I had the great privilege to play for Yorkshire.· We saw water rushing in and realised we had a serious problem.
· He's always had a weight problem.
The star has a high profile in Britain. (=they have promised you something)· ‘It’ll remain a secret?’ ‘Yes, you have my promise.’
· The newspaper claimed it had proof that I worked for the CIA.
He seems to have a propensity for breaking things. She was cycling home when she had a puncture.· A meeting should have a clear purpose.
(also hold a qualification formal)· You don't need to have any qualifications for this job.
The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well.· We had a terrible quarrel last night.
Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract. (=want to ask a question)· I just have one question: is the treatment effective?
· Let’s have a race!
an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics· I have rarely seen someone eat so much.
· Rarely has a film looked so striking.
· People who eat these products could have an allergic reaction.
I sat down to have a nice quiet read.· We had many reasons to celebrate.
(=have a secret reason for doing something)· ‘Why did he marry her?’ ‘He must have had his reasons.’
(also receive a warm etc reception formal)· As he came on, Rocky got a great reception from the crowd.
· The wedding reception will be held at The Grand Hotel.
(=not remember) I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark.
I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark. We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment. A tennis player needs to have very quick reflexes.· I had the highest regard for him.
· Some motorists have no regard for other road users.
formal:· The court must have particular regard to the factors listed in section 13.
· I have absolutely no regrets.
She had a relapse and died soon after.· We’ve always had a good relationship with our neighbours.
The collapse of the company had repercussions for the whole industry. (=receive one)· The police say they had reports of a gang shooting in East London.
· The law firm has an excellent reputation.
· People said he bore a striking resemblance to the president.
· We have a reservation for seven o'clock.
· I have reservations about her work.
a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century· Do the police have the resources they need?
· I have a lot of respect for my boss.
· These kids have no respect for authority.
· The Council has responsibility for maintaining the streetlights.
· I’m going upstairs to have a rest.
(=cause something to happen)· The campaign did have some positive results.
· One day I’ll have my revenge.
· Visitors can take a ride on a steam train.
· People have a right to know the truth.
I never know who has right of way at this junction. British English The law here says that pedestrians always have the right of way.· They saw I didn’t have a wedding ring on.
The increase had a ripple effect through the whole financial market.· He played a prominent role in the company’s success.
· His son has a small role in the series.
a young horse having a roll in the field My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity. Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US.· Have you and Peter had a row?
(=it is being said)· Rumour has it that they plan to get married.
We had the run of the house for the afternoon. Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police.· They have the satisfaction of knowing that the company needs them.
I have a sauna and massage every week.· He usually has something to say about just about everything.
The workers had no say in how the factory was run. The chairman has the final say (=has the right to make the final decision about something).· He had a small white scar under his left eye.
He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door.· Scarcely had they left the station than the train stopped.
He stretched and had a scratch. He had no scruples about selling faulty goods to people.· We had really good seats, just in front of the stage.
(=sit down)· Take a seat, please.
· The Liberals now hold 292 seats in Parliament.
· We have no secrets from each other.
The accommodation was so awful it had to be seen to be believed (=you would not believe it if you did not see it yourself). As we have seen in chapter four, women’s pay is generally less than men’s. ‘How long can you stay?’ ‘I’ll have to see. It depends (=used when you cannot make a decision immediately).’ You should get that tooth seen to by a dentist. He had an epileptic seizure. I had a senior moment and just couldn’t think of his name. I had 15 years seniority, and they couldn’t fire me.· He felt a tingling sensation down his left side.
· I felt a great sense of pride.
· She seems to have a great sense of the right thing to say.
· You have to have a good sense of hearing to play the violin.
Many children have a sensitivity to cow’s milk.· We had a special training session yesterday.
Tom and I had a bit of a set-to last night. They had sex in the back seat of his car. She no longer wanted to have sex with him.· A lot of the employees own shares in the company.
(=they speak in a very disapproving way which often upsets people)
British English I’ll just have a shave before we go.
I’ll just have a shave before we go.· I got a shock when I saw how thin he had become.
especially British English Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming.
Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming. These policy changes could have beneficial side effects for the whole economy. The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta.· It had all the signs of a crime of passion.
· A child's relationship to his parents has a lasting significance for his future relationships.
(=be similar)· The two towns have many similarities.
· I have liked him since we first met.
· She had been waiting since five o’clock.
I had a sinking feeling inside as I realized I was going to fail yet again. He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble.· He didn’t have the right skills for the job.
The article had an anti-union slant. (=to not sleep well)· Why do so many elderly people have trouble sleeping?
British English (=sleep for a short while)· Are you going to have a sleep after lunch today?
· The flowers had a lovely sweet smell.
· They all had broad smiles on their faces.
That kind of car has real snob appeal. We had a massive snowball fight. I had a good long soak in the bath. I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers (=is related to them in some way). Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades. Her second son had a special place in her heart. I’ve always had a weak spot for chocolate. I’ll have one more stab at it. (also employ staff formal)· The hotel has 145 staff.
He holds a 51% stake in the firm.· We’ve had a disappointing start but we are hoping to improve.
He has money stashed away in the Bahamas. (also enjoy high/low status)· Here, old people are respected and have high social status.
· We hope you have a pleasant stay.
British English (=play badly) In the last game he had a stinker.
In the last game he had a stinker. (=make someone laugh) Her jokes had us all in stitches.
Her jokes had us all in stitches. Just a few firms have a stranglehold on the market for this software.· He didn't even have the strength to sit up.
· This proved that he has the strength to cope with such a high-powered job.
· My father had a stroke.
You may not like her, but she certainly has style.· China has had considerable success in conserving water since 1983.
It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold.· I have a suggestion for you.
She’s having a sulk. We had supper in a small Italian place. I have a wife and two children to support.· The extreme right-wing parties don’t have much popular support.
· Leslie had surgery on her toe last year.
· We got a surprise when we got home and found him waiting for us.
(=be planning to give someone a surprise)· I think Jenny might have a surprise for you.
· Many of us had our suspicions, but we couldn't prove anything.
· I have a suspicion that he forgot to post the letter.
Don’t worry, I’ve got him sussed.· It’s hard not to feel sympathy for the losing team.
(=feel very sorry for someone - often used when you have had a similar experience yourself)· I have every sympathy for people who find it hard to give up smoking.
(=used when saying that you feel sorry for someone)· It must be difficult – you have my sympathy.
· Many people with the disease have no symptoms.
informal (=to have the qualities that are needed for success) Neil’s got what it takes to be a great footballer.
Neil’s got what it takes to be a great footballer.· Greg has a real talent for drawing.
· I must have a talk with Frank before I leave.
· He called on the rebels to hold talks with the government.
She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants.· He had the task of judging the competition.
· The soup had a funny taste.
· Josh and I have the same tastes.
(=like something)· She certainly has a taste for adventure.
I had a telephone call from George this morning. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight.· Grandad had quite a temper, so we usually tried to keep out of his way.
(also undergo a test formal) (=be tested)· She had to have a blood test.
· The think tank has suggested some major reforms.
· The think tank have suggested some major reforms.
· I just had a funny thought.
He had marriage thrust upon him. Dave’s had a tiff with his girlfriend. (=have enough time to do something)· I didn’t do it because I didn’t have time.
· We never get time to do anything together.
(=have time to do something unimportant while waiting for something)· I still had some time to kill, so I thought I’d make a couple of phone calls.
He has title to the land. If you keep getting throat infections you might have to have your tonsils out (=have them removed). British English, have a tooth pulled American English (=have a tooth removed)· He’s gone to the dentist to have a tooth out.
(=face a lot of difficult problems) The family has had a tough time of it these last few months.
The family has had a tough time of it these last few months.· A small group would receive intensive training, and then would train others.
· The supermarket offers a free bus service for customers who do not have their own transport.
· Two boys received treatment for gunshot wounds.
· He is having trouble getting his message across to the voters.
· We had no trouble finding her house.
· I decided to have one last try.
He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives.· The authorities don’t seem to have a clear understanding of the problem.
· He had a rather unsettled upbringing, moving with his father from town to town.
· I still sometimes feel an urge to have a cigarette.
· We have no vacancies for cleaners at present.
· We usually take a vacation once a year.
· People brought up in different times hold different social values.
Since he owns the strip of land, Cook has a vested interest in the project being approved. Shareholders have a vested right to 10% per annum. (=have an opinion)· He has very left-wing views.
· She had a clear view of the street from her window.
· I've just had a visit from Lou Stacey.
· By eighteen months of age, the girl had a vocabulary of around 300 words.
Jan has a vocation for teaching. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. They’ll have a long wait.· She took a walk through the town.
I had a bit of a wander round the shops. You really have a warped sense of humour (=think strange and unpleasant things are funny). I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out.· Do you have any way of finding out if that is true?
I have a real weakness for fashionable clothes.· We have had lovely weather all week.
· Does the company have its own website?
Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act? (=be determined enough to do it)· Do you have the will to win?
· We haven’t had a win for three games.
We’ll just have to wing it. (=get what you want)· She wanted him to leave, and she got her wish.
(=be ready to think quickly and do what is necessary in a difficult situation)
She had her husband with her. You’d better bring your passport with you.· It is not true that Eskimos have more than forty words for snow.
I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).· The working class has suffered a lot.
· The working class have suffered a lot.
He had a deep yearning to return to his home town. She’d always had a yen to write a book.PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► have your hair cut/your house painted etc► have something stolen/broken/taken etc► have something ready/done/finished etc► I’ll have/we’ll have► won’t/can’t have something► I’ve got it► you have me there► somebody has been had► have (got) the TV/radio/washing machine etc onPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have an ace up your sleeve► have no ambition to do something► have ants in your pants► somebody has arrived► have an axe to grind► have your back to/against the wall► not have a bad word to say about/against somebody► have/keep your beady eye(s) on somebody/something► not have a bean► have a bee in your bonnet (about something)► have had a bellyful of somebody/something► the bird has flown► somebody only has himself/herself to blame► have a bone to pick with somebody► somebody can’t have it both ways► have no business doing something/have no business to do something► have/take a butcher’s► have/get butterflies (in your stomach)► have first call on something► have another card up your sleeve► have a care!► not stand/have a cat in hell’s chance (of doing something)► have/make common cause (with/against somebody)► have a checkered history/career/past etc► somebody’s chickens have come home to roost► every cloud has a silver lining► have something in common (with somebody)► have something to your credit► (I) must dash/(I) have to dash► have designs on somebody► I nearly died/I could have died► it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it► not have a dog’s chance► every dog has its/his day► have a down on somebody► who would have dreamt that ...?► have something coming out (of) your ears► keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something► have eyes bigger than your belly► have a falling-out (with somebody)► have had your fill of something► have/keep your finger on the pulse (of something)► have a finger in every pie/ in many pies► have something at your/their etc fingertips► not have the first idea about something► have/give somebody first refusal on something► have fixed ideas/opinions► get/have/keep your foot in the door► have a foot in both camps► have two left feet► have a frog in your throat► have nothing/not much/a lot etc going for somebody/something► I’ll have somebody’s guts for garters► the have-nots► have eyes like a hawk► have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair► have your head in the clouds► have a (good) head for figures/facts/business etc► have you heard the one about ...► have/tan somebody’s hide► somebody has decided to honour us with their presence► have high/great hopes for somebody/something► have a hot temper► have/hold something in your hot little hand► more something than you’ve had hot dinners► Houston, we have a problem► you have no idea (how/what etc)► he/she had a good innings► have several irons in the fire► have issues (with somebody/something)► have a job doing something/have a job to do something► have the patience of Job► have kittens► you have to laugh► somebody has their own life to lead► somebody has learned their lesson► keep/have somebody on a leash► Elvis/somebody/something has left the building► have two left feet► have (got) something licked► have your name in lights► somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her► have you got a minute?► have a moan (about something)► be having a moment► (have) a mountain to climb► a must-have/must-see/must-read etc► have something to your name► have a nice day!► (have a) late/early night► have a nodding acquaintance (with something)► have a nodding acquaintance (with somebody)► have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper► have a nose around► have something on► you only have to read/look at/listen to etc something► have oversight of something► have no parallel/be without parallel► somebody has to pinch themselves► not have a pot to piss in► everyone has their price► have no problem (in) doing something► have your stomach pumped► have a quick temper► have something ready► not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc► have a right to be angry/concerned/suspicious etc► have a (good) root round► have a roving eye► not have two pennies/halfpennies/beans to rub together► have a (good) run for your money► what have you got to say for yourself?► have a lot to say for yourself► not have much to say for yourself► have it made in the shade► have/get the shits► have shot your bolt► have/get somebody by the short and curlies► you should have seen/heard something► have something on your side/something is on your side► have a skinful► have a smattering of something► have a sneaking feeling/suspicion/admiration► have the sniffles► not have a snowball’s chance in hell► no sooner had/did ... than► have/take a squint at something► shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted► have stars in your eyes► have sticky fingers► not have a stitch on► have more than one string to your bow► have a sure hold/footing► have a swollen head/be swollen-headed► only have yourself to thank (for something)► be having a thin time (of it)► you would have thought (that)► have your hands/fingers in the till► have a tinkle► not have much up top► have your nose/snout in the trough► something/somebody has their uses► walls have ears► have a whack at something► have a whale of a time► have the world at your feet► have worms► have something/be written all over your face► have something written all over it
1quality/feature (also have got especially British English) used to say what someone or something looks like, what qualities or features they possess etc: - Additionally, many students have brought with them to school the chaos that surrounds their life outside school.
- And then, suddenly, she sees Dieter going off on his own, and decides to have it out with him.
- She'd have a natter with him if he were, something she often did on her half-days.
- To have played with them then, and still to be in contact, is a great privilege and pleasure.
- We would have to deal with it then.
- What he would have done with it had not other events intruded is problematical.
- Workers have tinkered with it for nearly 18 months to no avail.
- You could have come with me as my husband.
- I wonder what Grandmother would have done with such a husband?
- If they had, what would they have done with the bird's skull?
- She felt for Karen, but she had no idea what she would have done with her on the roster next year.
- This was something they could not have done with any other embassy.
- What Leapor would have done with the money can be surmised.
- What would they have done with all the money we drop every night at Convito Italiano?
- Why don't we just call it New Mancunian Express and have done with it?
- Why don't we just give Napoleon the keys to Berlin and have done with it?
- After all, stranger things have happened: legend has it that the hooked burrs of plants inspired the invention of Velcro.
- And rumour has it that the big-name band will be outrageous rockers Guns N' Roses.
- But word has it that the Tucson Symphony is taking over the building sometime in mid-December.
- His name is cited in the four gospels. Legend has it that he obtained the holy grail from the last supper.
- It started with a cross placed along the railroad tracks, where legend has it that he was lynched.
- Pass the spliff, mon. Word has it the band is compelling as hell in person.
- This was initiated, so legend has it, when the lavatories were out of order.
- Turn right to the Cerne Giant viewing point. Legend has it that a real giant terrorised the locals.
- Helen used to have the house to herself.
- I have said to myself that that is wrong.
- I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
- Most of the people in the boardinghouse would go home, and he and I would have the house to ourselves.
- Mummy stopped the car at once, even though the pizza parlour was so crowded that they couldn't have a table to themselves.
- Of course, the Little Sprouts and the Plumpsters could have kept to themselves.
- She regrets she is so much in the way of the young people, who really should have some time to themselves.
- They could; and should have won this match and the players have to look to themselves.
- Also I don't want him to try to have it off with some one else.
- Dave Mellor did not have it away with that repellent tart.
- Rush round here every Wednesday afternoon, have it off with Angy and rush back.
- Was I going to have it off with this woman and a couple of goats?
- Are you saying that you're refusing to do that? ... Could I have your number?
- How can I have a death certificate?
- How could I have been anything but evil to her?
- How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously?
- How else could I have known about it unless I was your son?
- It seemed a dream come true-what more could I have asked for?
- My question is, how can I have problems like other fishkeepers?
- What could I have paid for it?
- He had it coming, and I did him in.
- Put like that and you might think they had it coming.
- That pair obviously just had it coming.
- I'll have you know I speak six languages.
- I've never taken the easy way out, I 'll have you know.
- I 'll have you know this is the very latest design.
- But then, Riley, why should I have it in for the nuns?
- They will have it in for us in a big way.
- If it works, Mr Major has had it.
- Well, Arum has had it.
- As a result, they need to be used on a daily basis, even though you are not having any symptoms.
- But she wasn't having any, and he really wasn't handling that.
- But the bloke next to him wasn't having any of that.
- But they weren't having any of it.
- He'd come and visit, but I wasn't having any trouble with him and life was pleasanter.
- I told her to bring Maggie up to the house to stay, but she wasn't having any of that.
- Lizzy, though, was not having any of it.
- She is not having any success.
- All we have to go on is what other societies do.
- Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
- Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
- It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
- Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
- Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
- The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
- We have been on a very high state of alert.
- All this is having an effect on advertisers.
- At any rate Joan and I were having no problems on that score.
- Carlisle Flint are having problems on the test circuit.
- Gary Johnson to an array of liberals, and they are having an impact on public opinion.
- New technology is having an impact on aerial photography in different ways.
- Once again, it appears that the nature of the available remedies is having some effect on the character of the diagnosis.
- Once again, Orlando is having trouble winning on the road.
- Our 1985-6 pilot study suggested that coordinators were having to take on more roles than they could cope with.
- All we have to go on is what other societies do.
- Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
- Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
- It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
- Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
- Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
- The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
- We have been on a very high state of alert.
- All we have to go on is what other societies do.
- Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
- Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
- It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
- Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
- Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
- The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
- We have been on a very high state of alert.
- Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor.
- He realized she must have nothing on.
- She seemed to have nothing on underneath, which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion.
- When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.
- Where that girl is concerned I have nothing on my conscience.
- And then, suddenly, she sees Dieter going off on his own, and decides to have it out with him.
- Fretting, he thought of hurrying round to have it out with him, whatever it was.
- In a flash she was off her bed and on her way to have it out with the one man responsible.
- She would give Susan a little time to simmer down and then she'd go up and have it out with her.
- It is seen as an effective means of business communication where relevant staff have access to a computer network.
- I have nothing against people making lots of money.
- Anyone can claim to have all the answers.
- But I don't have all the answers.
- He was a modest and unassuming man who never gave the impression that he knew all the answers.
- In the current situation many issues as yet remain unresolved and we do not have all the answers.
- We are supposed to have all the answers.
- Will that have all the answers?
- That sister of yours has an awful lot to answer for.
- I've been around the block a few times, and I think I know when someone's trying to cheat me.
- When you've been around as long as I have you realize some things aren't worth getting upset about.
- Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.
- Demos have been around as long as computer games.
- Most of them have been around a lot longer.
- Neural networks used for robotics and control applications have been around for a relatively long time.
- Some have been around a long time, others are of more recent origins.
- The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
- They have been around, practically unchanged, for at least 200 million years.
- Though I must have been around just at that time, I think.
- I have it on good authority that the school board wants to fire the principal.
- The kids had a ball building sandcastles.
- A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities.
- Besides, to be really crass about it, the publicity people are going to have a ball with this.
- Have dinner, have a ball, then spend the night, provided you have reservations.
- He and I just have a ball.
- No matter where you go, what your interests, if you are into celebrating, you can have a ball.
- We have a ball in my bag.
- The actor has the studio over a barrel - if they want to keep him, they have to pay him more money.
- You have them over a barrel on this issue, with all the right on your side.
- Maybe nothing at all, but for the love of a good woman he was at least prepared to have a bash.
- The women all have bashed in noses and black eyes and the men have scars.
- There's something to have a bash at while you're relaxing over the Christmas hols!
- And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now.
- But the facts of the past seemed to have no bearing on the facts of the present.
- It has come to have a bearing on the larger questions of civilized survival.
- Party political factors, professionalism and the dispositions of key personalities all usually have some bearing on internal management structures.
- The availability of security may, however, have a bearing on whether or not a particular loan will be granted.
- The observations on immortality in Chapter Thirteen may be seen to have some bearing on this.
- The outside influences have no bearing on what you can do for your basketball team...
- This year's form will have a bearing on all future claims.
- Once you've had a few lessons under your belt, you're ready to buy your own ski equipment.
- It's difficult to get matches under your belt when you're like that.
- They had best be careful.
- All due, of course, to the fact that she had bested Travis McKenna.
- But pitchers had best take note as well.
- If so, we had best listen closely, since we will not get another chance.
- Meanwhile we had best prepare the way by showing that a medicine beyond verbal shamanism is an aching need.
- Perhaps we had best ask ourselves why our political institutions function as they do.
- Poets like Woodhouse had best go back to their jobs.
- The concept of differentiation is a key theme of our work, and we had best discuss it as the book unfolds.
- I'd better not go out tonight; I'm really tired.
- You'd better phone Julie to say you'll be late.
- After what he has now said about a referendum, he had better watch out.
- Any organisation dismissing that vision as science-fiction had better look out.
- But Walter is a poor shade of what we have had better done.
- He thought he had better reread that part of the book.
- I did not want to go, but Dana said we had better do as they asked.
- I realized I had better hustle him out of there before he was asked about his acting career.
- In April 1911, he seemingly had better luck.
- They told Weary that he and Billy had better find somebody to surrender to.
- Waller has big plans for her retirement.
- I have big plans for Selina.
- They have big plans for their life together.
- But I already have too much blood on my hands.
- Dad with blood on his hands.
- He hated to see her with blood on her hands.
- I want him to know he has my son's blood on his hands.
- Republicans spent eight years trying to prove President Clinton had blood on his hands.
- There's blood on my hands, mine or hers I don't know.
- There was blood on his hands and I thought he'd had an accident.
- It's unbelievable - you have sex on the brain 24 hours a day!
- You always have food on the brain.
- But the festering problem may have effects on the brain, just as it can elsewhere in the body.
- Must have maggots on the brain.
- A party of skylarks were taking a breather from their incessant high-rise singing to indulge in an early-morning splashing.
- Gilts, after four days of rising quotations, softened an eighth as the pound took a breather.
- He was not digging at all now but taking a breather, evidently.
- Main picture: The female takes a breather.
- Regroup and take a breather at midday.
- Take your skis off and have a breather.
- When the last Demon's dead, take a breather before the celebrations start.
- Do I look like I have a bun in the oven?
- First, is it an ethical investment policy to encourage people to try to have their cake and eat it?
- It appears the Ministry men can have their cake and eat it ... but only if we let them.
- It seems as though the council wants to have its cake and eat it.
- That way he could have his cake and eat it too.
- The benefits of standardization are coupled with the capacity to respond to change-a way to have your cake and eat it too.
- They don't imagine they can have their cake and eat it too.
- You can't have your cake and eat it.
- You can have your cake and eat it; the only trouble is, you get fat.
- But since its premier issue in January 1993, Wired has led a charmed life.
- By his own admission he has led a charmed life.
- It's been too easy for us; we've led charmed lives till now.
- No wonder that she and Charles felt that they led a charmed life, that the times were on their side.
- Is not this subject wholly appropriate for the Minister, because his Government have had their chips?
- The Doyle kid has had a chip on his shoulder ever since his mom and dad divorced.
- In some cases folks are just mad and have a chip on their shoulder.
- After nine years of marriage to her I did not have a clue myself.
- They later got cold feet and canceled the order.
- But the prince got cold feet and failed to turn up.
- He and his neighbors bought a fire truck to protect their area, but the neighbors got cold feet.
- He gets cold feet and phones his bank manager asking him to stop the cheque.
- I began to get cold feet, but these other two guys were totally positive and they were absolutely right.
- Juicy, tender and sinfully rich, I immodestly enjoyed every one when my companion got cold feet.
- Some are said to be getting cold feet.
- Unfortunately he, the lover, had got cold feet at the last minute.
- We are all tired, and have cold feet and hands.
- Both Microsoft and Apple have big updates coming this year, and you can expect a proportionate dose of hype.
- He added that to be accurate, the aircraft would have to risk coming under fire.
- If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
- People have been coming in and milling around to see if we actually have it.
- Walter: I have people coming up to me all the time and people are friendly, I like that.
- We have a guest coming, tomorrow evening.
- We have recruits coming in all the time.
- Computer technology has come a long way since the 1970s.
- Psychiatry has come a long way since the 1920s.
- Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information.
- There are still many gaps, but we have come a long way.
- They have come a long way, so they spend the first few hours greeting each other.
- We certainly have come a long way.
- We have come a long way since then, and one of the greatest stresses in the world today is loneliness.
- All these companies have one thing in common: they deal in small, inexpensive consumer items.
- The smaller boats actually have more in common with sailboards than with the huge yachts usually seen in marinas.
- Any other old drunk would have got a corner on the fourth page.
- Larry displayed the courage of his convictions by saying no to his supervisor.
- Pat had a cow because you didn't tell her about the party.
- His work isn't usually this bad - he must have had an off day.
- They must now get a result against free scoring Glenavon next Saturday and hope Bangor have an off day at Comrades.
- You will have off days when you are tired or a bit under the weather.
- Hurry up, we don't have all day!
- But Sally does not have all day here.
- Several developers have designs on the two-acre beachfront property.
- Did it have to do with space and time?
- Answer guide: Because the accounts are to do with measuring economic activity rather than the timing of receipts and payments. 7.
- It will have to do with Holy Week and Chimayo.
- Some equations, asserted in a certain context or on certain assumptions, have to do with parts of causal circumstances.
- The first two criteria have to do with setting agendas and the others with building networks.
- The reasons for this are various, but mostly have to do with interleague play and unbalanced schedules.
- The second issue is to do with other existing roles and job specifications.
- What did the secret have to do with?
- So what has Renault done with the latest version of its supermini?
- He used to boast to his friends that he often had the President's ear.
- She hasn't had an easy time of it since Jack left.
- Hu did not have an easy time of it at first.
- He's brilliant in job interviews -- he always manages to get the panel eating out of his hand.
- I introduced Mr Wilkinson to my mother, and within minutes she had him eating out of her hand.
- In a second or two a man might have these boys eating out of his hand.
- If we think they are easy meat we will end up with egg on our faces.
- Meanwhile, Hutcheson observed that in 1995 all the chip forecasters had varying degrees of egg on their face.
- People like me, who believed the firing squad had been assembled, were left with egg on our faces.
- I'd had enough of the neighbors' noise, so I called the police.
- But I think perhaps you have had enough lessons for one night.
- By Saturday, both parties appeared to have had enough.
- Eat what is on offer and enjoy it without guilt, but stop when you have had enough.
- If you have had enough, stop eating.
- Male speaker People have had enough of crime in rural areas.
- My guess is that many of you have had enough of life before modernity.
- Others, if they have had enough attention, will simply start to struggle and then leap down or move away.
- Whatever the explanation, many people in Hong Kong have had enough.
- Barry had everything going for him -- charm, looks, intelligence, but still he was unemployed.
- Dan seemed to have everything going for him in college.
- She was bright and pretty and had everything going for her.
- It seems to have everything going for it.
- The events have everything going for them.
- He wants his friends to have everything.
- I have everything that others packed on to trains, starving in camps, tortured, gassed, bludgeoned and shot do not.
- I want to have everything ready in good time.
- If he could have that, Kingsley believed, he could have everything.
- Insurers have everything to gain by supporting clinical trials.
- It is important to check this list ahead of time so that you have everything ready to complete the demonstration.
- It seemed they could have everything merely because they were boys, they would not have to sacrifice anything for anything else.
- Still, you can't have everything.
- Rodrigues has his eye on the major leagues.
- We have our eyes on a nice little house near the beach.
- A few years more and white men will be all around you. they have their eyes on this land.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He must have his eyes on a Ryder Cup spot.
- Greene has an eye for detail.
- Confidence men always have an eye for extra exits.
- She says women have an eye for minutiae, they see the curtain hasn't been drawn or the untied shoelace.
- They also have an eye for a catchy phrase.
- When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head.
- You need to have eyes in the back of your head to be a teacher.
- My mother had eyes like a hawk.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He kept his eyes on Ezra, surveying him.
- He kept his eyes on his father, who had betrayed him.
- His face had grown serious, and he kept his eyes on the road.
- I kept my eyes on it the whole time, he wrote.
- It was not only Percy Makepeace who kept his eyes on Hilary.
- Mulcahey kept his eyes on the circles that widened out from the pebbles he dropped into the water.
- We have to keep our eyes on the sandy path.
- Mark only had eyes for his wife.
- I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about.
- Tim's had more than his fair share of bad luck this year.
- Any guilt she many have felt for the loss of her son did not affect her longevity.
- Did you get a feel for that with those conversations and the two extremes, the shot-gun versus the follow-up?
- He was here to get a feel for the place.
- I can get a rhythm, get a feel for the offense.
- Playing the game itself is lots of fun, once you get a feel for the actual shot settings.
- Rather we get a feeling for the differences in the island societies through encounters with restaurant owners.
- Walk around the Tor and on the footpaths of the surrounding levels to get a feel for this legend-full land.
- Whenever possible I devoured local newspapers, trying to get a feel for the politics and social conditions of each place.
- As I contemplate the process of separation / individuation I may have feelings and sensations that I can not articulate.
- As soon as things are really good, I always have a feeling the rug is about to be pulled out from under me.
- But I have feeling in my hand back.
- Certainly, younger children show affection and have feelings of liking and disliking.
- I have a feeling he will win.
- I have a feeling that there is now more of my past life than my future.
- I have a feeling we may be wrong about the taxes.
- I have a feeling you won't need that radio.
- Ralph Nader may have had a few, but then again far, far too few to mention.
- Politicians and the media have had a field day with the incident.
- Any bacteria that may be in the food will have a field day and grow.
- In such situations, information biases have a field day...
- The court was agog and the journalists continued to scribble away, knowing they were about to have a field day.
- The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.
- The tabloid newspapers would have a field day.
- They'd have a field day.
- Well, the crackpots will have a field day with these revelations, Holmes!
- All children must have a fighting chance at a good education.
- And that has encouraged the Geordies to believe they still have a fighting chance of keeping him.
- Central defender Tony Mowbray believes his former team have a fighting chance at Old Trafford.
- And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.
- But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.
- I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.
- Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.
- So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.
- We should be finished with that in the next ten days.
- We were finished with training camp.
- You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them.
- And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.
- But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.
- I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.
- Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.
- So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.
- We should be finished with that in the next ten days.
- We were finished with training camp.
- You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them.
- I can't deal with this now - I've got other fish to fry.
- Mom's going to have a fit when she sees what you've done.
- But it was clear to all that the then Massachusetts governor would have fit snugly into the capital cocoon.
- He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.
- He would have fit in perfectly back in 1956, the last time they had a Subway Series.
- I have fitted the 31/10.15 tyres to 15 x 7 rims.
- It would definitely not have fitted those of Marthe and myself.
- She continued to have fits and suffered serious and permanent brain damage.
- The 2-year-old threw fits, but not just the normal toddler tantrums.
- There must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of sea anglers who have fitted a Decca-receiving navigator to their own boat.
- Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
- I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
- Go on, have a flick through.
- Marie's left a load of mags behind, so I pick one up and have a flick through it.
- Sometimes I'd have a flick through.
- The Senator from Wyoming has the floor.
- I'm not a heavy gambler, but I like to have a flutter from time to time.
- I had a little flutter on the Grand National and won £5.
- Journos are invited to have a flutter with the cash.
- She should never have fluttered the way she did.
- I don't have the foggiest idea what his address is.
- Before I go on, some of you may not have the foggiest what a fanzine is.
- He ought to have fond memories of the place.
- I have fond memories of Sussex-playing pool and, much more to the point, the excellent discussions on science.
- She would have been pleased that the youngsters who come and go will have fond memories of their day in hospital.
- "Look, we're doing our best to fix it." "Well, you could have fooled me."
- She's really creative, but she also has her feet firmly on the ground.
- So I guess inversely he taught me the need to be prepared and keep both feet on the ground.
- She sounded like she had one foot in the grave.
- Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
- He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
- I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
- The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
- But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
- We have friends in high places, they said.
- All school systems are going to have to make similar innovative arrangements if school-to-work programs are to have a future.
- And Bosnia might have a future.
- Broadly-based companies without differentiated products have no future, he says.
- But those ideologies now have no future except in the history books.
- If I take on an artist, for example, I need to think they will have a future.
- Nick Ellis, London Does the human race have a future longer than its past?
- Congress actually had the gall to vote for a pay raise for themselves.
- I can't believe he had the gall to ask you for money.
- Ruth was always on the phone and yet she had the gall to tell me off for making one call.
- Take a gander at this letter I just got from Janet.
- Ye take a gander at the engines.
- Kay's gone and lost the car keys!
- David kept saying she should simply not have gone up there ... but how could she not have gone, being Harriet?
- He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.
- Maybe he should have gone to work for a firm.
- Mrs James will certainly have gone home, but Gerard will still be up until after the last guest has gone.
- Presidential families have gone to great lengths before to preserve the privacy of their personal correspondence.
- Since then, scientists have gone back to the lab and improved it.
- So stay with me and have a go.
- The finish could have gone either way.
- With her brains and good looks, she certainly has a lot going for her.
- Human travel agents, paper guidebooks and newspaper ads still have a lot going for them.
- "I'm off to work." Alright, have a good one."
- And you have a good one.
- They've got a good thing going with that little business of theirs.
- But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me.
- The two detectives went undercover to get the goods on the Parducci family.
- It is get the goods on him.
- He had green fingers, my grandfather. He could grow anything.
- The flower show season is upon us, and whether you have a green thumb or not, you should take a look at your garden.
- Tonight these dames were going to have greener fingers than Percy Thrower.
- You really do have green fingers.
- Be careful not to annoy the boss. He has a habit of losing his temper.
- My teenage daughter has a habit of leaving home without her house key.
- We shouldn't rule out a Democrat victory yet. These things have a habit of changing just when you least expect it.
- Arizonans have a habit of embracing wealthy businessmen with virtually no elective experience.
- Here, the guards have a habit of touching the women.
- I have a habit of filling small sketchbooks with hour or day-long sequences of watercolours.
- I have a habit of turning it off as soon as I hear the first commercial.
- Low-confidence people have a habit of trying to accomplish the impossible.-Praise yourself when you do something well.
- Myths have a habit of ignoring the truth.
- Things have a habit of disappearing there.
- Things he predicts have a habit of coming true.
- He sat at his desk, not a hair out of place, and turning a pencil over in his hand.
- He seemed stern and austere and never had a hair out of place.
- Joel never has a hair out of place.
- I have half a mind to just go home.
- I have half a mind to tell her what I really think of her.
- I have half a mind to make you take this right back.
- Thorpe has had a hand in restoring the 21 houses.
- They also agreed that the participants themselves should have a hand in deciding what they would discuss.
- It is still instinctively held that those involved in engineering science should be useful handymen and will have oil on their hands.
- The Khedive is starting to realize that he might have trouble on his hands.
- They submitted lest they kill him; his death from the fast would have been on their hands.
- Diane has her hands full with housekeeping chores and a new baby.
- I'm sorry I can't help you -- I have my hands full right now.
- The Mexican government had its hands full fighting a war on three fronts.
- You must have your hands full with all this work to do and the children to look after.
- And Brooks would have his hands full.
- And you can bet we have our hands full.
- I know I am going to have my hands full when his session is over.
- So it looks as if the doctors and Osteopaths will continue to have their hands full.
- So when the shutdown finally ends, the agency will have its hands full.
- Steinbach will have his hands full with a pitching staff fresh out of the box.
- The parents and teachers of many of these youngsters have their hands full enough just looking after them.
- You guys have your hands full.
- You have to hand it to her. She's really made a success of that company.
- A lot of people are having a hard time making ends meet.
- Anyone calling the 202 area code this weekend had a hard time getting through.
- I'm still having a hard time getting the company to pay me.
- I tried to find the house but I had such a hard time, I decided to give up.
- Premature babies have a hard time even under the best of circumstances.
- By contrast, books such as Randi's have a hard time finding enthusiastic editors.
- Cynics will have a hard time taking this seriously.
- Even the birds have a hard time of it, and you and Mr.
- He may have a hard time persuading lawmakers.
- I have a hard time eating meals when I should.
- The innovation of Private Eye ensured that deference, if not quite dead, would henceforth have a hard time.
- We have a hard time pulling off one conference.
- Your boy have a hard time getting it across?
- Cloughie probably gets closest to it - not he himself but the No. 9 seems to have his head screwed on.
- She seemed to have her head screwed on right, even if she was a girl.
- Have you ever heard of a band called Big Star?
- I've heard of Louis de Bernieres, but I've never read anything by him.
- For the moment, none of them seems to have heard of it.
- From old Boston, in case you might have heard of it.
- I have heard of levels, of course.
- It would be incongruous to see her as an influence on later writers who may never have heard of her.
- She claimed never to have heard of Suzuki-san.
- The entire universe will have heard of her by then.
- There has been so much talk of saturated and unsaturated fats that most people have heard of them.
- You may have heard of his kid brother.
- I didn't have the heart to tell my daughter we couldn't keep the puppy.
- Have a heart! I'll never get all that done.
- Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack.
- I will surely give some one a heart attack ... I have varicose veins in my legs.
- That ought to give Francois a heart attack.
- She had the house to herself while her parents were gone.
- Helen used to have the house to herself.
- How could she have done this to herself?
- Jerry wanted to have the company all to himself.
- But he might just as well have been talking to himself.
- Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself?
- I wanted Seve to have the stage to himself - he'd earned it.
- If he can't have you all to himself, he won't want you at all.
- She had hoped Travis would have kept it to himself.
- I had long had a horror of alcohol.
- I have a horror of supermarkets.
- It showed itself to have a horror of socialism already in the nineteenth century.
- I think he's got the hots for you, Elaine.
- But my, what a great body - no wonder Luke's got the hots for you.
- Well, Big Breakfast's Donna Air seems to have the hots for him.
- The new superintendent has the right idea about attacking illiteracy, but the wrong method.
- Mrs Donaldson, in last month's letters page, certainly seems to have the right idea.
- The young lads have the right idea.
- But whenever I have an idea, I need to act on it as soon as possible.
- I have an idea of her.
- Now that we have an idea how hyperinflation gets started we can look at the causes of run-of-the-mill inflation.
- Some have ideas for lyrical language.
- This is because I have ideas.
- We can have ideas of things we have not experienced.
- We need to have an idea of what perceptions we are triggering. 141 selling Selling is one stage further than communication.
- We write the first two chapters together so we have an idea of the characters.
- I have no interest in continuing this conversation.
- He seemed to have no interest in doing anything.
- I have no interest in hating white people.
- I have no interest in high-tech commercial videos at all these days.
- I have no interest in the psychological interpretation of my sitters, I want to convey their physical appearance.
- Nor could they understand a young, good-looking man who appeared to have no interest in girls.
- Pound seems to have no interest in that.
- That is, leaders have no interest in proving themselves, but an abiding interest in expressing themselves.
- You might have no interest in building a fancy themed site or even learning anything about creating Web pages.
- I just have to get somewhere soon to sleep.
- My uncle said that now we ha-ha just have to do this.
- She would just have to get out and walk.
- Sometimes you just have to tell people what s best for them.
- That's the trouble with doing all these films and tellies - you just have to remember a little bit for a short take.
- We just have to do some more throat swabs.
- You can have it right back if you want it, you just have to ask.
- You don't just have to listen to stories.
- He can continue to appeal, or go to some other level, until he feels justice has been done.
- He has successfully persuaded the crowd that justice has been done.
- Mr Townsend says he feels justice has been done.
- Mrs Alliss' solicitor says justice has been done.
- Children have a knack of choosing the most inconvenient or embarrassing times for their Socratic dialogues.
- I have spent years using buses, and seem to have a knack of sitting next to some very odd people.
- Aid can have a knock-on effect in neighbouring countries which are also in great need.
- First, proposed increases in energy and payroll taxes could have a knock-on effect on wage demands and prices.
- It will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, and may have a knock-on effect.
- Persecuting Nonconformists could have a knock-on effect in a community, hitting those who were loyal to the established Church.
- There are inevitable disruptions to deliveries such as vehicle breakdowns which have knock-on effects to delivery schedules.
- This will have a knock-on effect throughout the economy, and will drive up interest rates generally.
- Boy did he have the last laugh.
- Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh.
- Yet women drivers have the last laugh.
- Billy got off his lounge chair now, went into the bathroom and took a leak.
- Cully goes off to take a leak.
- I'd gone behind the set to take a leak and I heard this sound like snapping wood.
- I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.
- She locked herself into a cubicle and took a leak.
- Tank owners are required to have leak detection equipment installed by December 1993.
- Well, rumors have leaked out.
- You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up.
- If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
- Mrs. Kramer really let him have it for spilling the paint.
- As for the Cub players they came out on the steps of their dugout and really let me have it.
- Do report recurring faults to the developers; that's why they let you have it free.
- He says that you just let them have it!
- I let him have it to get rid of him.
- Instead of saying no, they let the kids have it.
- Netscape hooked millions of web surfers on Navigator by letting them have it for free.
- They suggested she borrow the money until such time as they could let her have it.
- We should have let them have it.
- I hear that all the older boys are driving big expensive cars and living the life of Riley.
- I have my limits. You will not use that kind of nasty language in my class.
- Alternatively it was seen by some as a warning to the opposition that the process of democratization would have its limits.
- But those official data sources have their limits.
- Denial does have its limits, though, whiteout being one of them.
- Even saints, it seems, have their limits.
- In a broader context, however, these variations have their limits.
- Joey is just kidding, but even I have my limits.
- Powys & Jones have real promise but can't get a look-in.
- Torque-steer wouldn't get a look-in.
- When it comes to the 3,000 metres steeplechase, no other country gets a look-in.
- As the underdog here, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
- But you have nothing to lose - your life was being made a misery anyway.
- For a meeting or two, they have nothing to lose.
- If you are not sure whether you will be entitled to benefit, remember that you have nothing to lose by applying.
- The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
- You have nothing to lose but your monotony.
- You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court.
- You have nothing to lose by trying out possible futures for size-it just requires an imaginative leap.
- I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention, I have a lot on my mind at the moment.
- Since the divorce, Linda's had a lot on her mind.
- Stacy didn't go to the party on Saturday because she had a lot on her mind.
- He says he'll try and see you as soon as possible, but he has a lot going on this afternoon.
- Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
- Harris has a lot on his plate at the moment. Why don't we give the project to Melinda?
- Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
- As luck would have it, it rained the next day and the game was canceled.
- As luck would have it, there were two seats left on the last flight.
- This was the first time I had ever seen a panda, and as luck would have it, I had my camera with me.
- But, as luck would have it, for them anyway, no buses ran on Sunday.
- But, as luck would have it, I didn't have an opportunity to follow up my intention at the time.
- Somewhere in the Great Hall, as luck would have it, were two managing directors from Salomon Brothers.
- This particular shoe, as luck would have it, is a flip-flop.
- It costs a fortune to buy a Porsche - some people have all the luck.
- Defenders have the luxury of double-teaming Riley.
- In the criminal trial, the prosecution did not have the luxury of depositions.
- Is this what women became if afforded the luxury of turned tables?
- The human species can no longer afford the luxury of such long double-takes or the leisurely changes of heart of entrenched scientists.
- They couldn't afford the luxury of open-market values.
- They did have the luxury of hit and run.
- We do not have the luxury of thinking our problems will miraculously be solved by better times ahead.
- When I painted it was for myself, I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting.
- Nowadays, these people have got it made.
- Others chimed in, saying those who have it made are pulling up the ladder on those less fortunate.
- We've got the makings of a winning team.
- Ron looked like he'd had one too many.
- Booth and Rowntree were more concerned with getting the measure of poverty than with trying to devise a general theory about it.
- He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan, running from stall 15.
- Booth and Rowntree were more concerned with getting the measure of poverty than with trying to devise a general theory about it.
- He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan, running from stall 15.
- All those years I might have known her!
- Although I might have known you'd arrive just as drinks were being ordered!
- Dear little Papa, as I might have known!
- If you'd had a big fat bottom I might have guessed.
- It was nothing I might have guessed.
- Of course, I might have known that you'd have some clever way of dealing with everything, though.
- Ooh! I might have known it!
- Some years before, I might have guessed Bond's enigmatic presence in the scene.
- But Mansell has a mind of his own, and he was adamant he would make racing his career.
- Joey's only two, but he has a mind of his own.
- My hair seems to have a mind of its own today.
- She's a woman with a mind of her own, who says what she thinks.
- I have a mind of my own.
- They have minds of their own and will form their own views on what is put before them.
- But they're not saying if they have Bosnia in mind.
- Did she have Mr Gonzalez in mind?
- I have particularly in mind community nurseries and similar support.
- I still have it in mind that barbers take Mondays off.
- Socrates could not have had in mind the moral compromise peculiar to a nation like our own.
- Those seven heads, with their seven mouths and seven tongues, have other things in mind.
- What they both must have had in mind was a different future for Ameliaone much more lucrative than her past.
- You have to keep in mind the trains here are descending from the Continental Divide and move quickly and quietly.
- I didn't have it in mind to go looking for a four-piece group.
- I still have it in mind that barbers take Mondays off.
- I have half a mind to make you take this right back.
- The Saints had their moments, but they still lost.
- Because, Ishmael says, all men have their moments of greatness.
- But I can assure you I have my moments.
- Even a railway journey with a missed connection can have its moments.
- Those observations made, it should be said that the Herioter did have his moments in the lineout.
- Yet, the show does have its moments.
- Adventure expeditions are growing in popularity, particularly among older Americans with money to burn.
- Every time I see her she's wearing something new. She must have money to burn.
- People who buy expensive cars have money to burn, and they want you to know it.
- Unless you've got money to burn, these expensive guitars are not the instruments to get you started.
- In practice, this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted.
- Men appear to be no more willing to support women in their traditional roles than women are to assume them.
- I had a whole lane in the swimming pool to myself.
- I didn't have Mum to myself because all the others were around.
- I get home and I have no time to myself.
- I have a duty to myself and to my reader to express what follows with truth and dignity.
- I have an office to myself.
- I have been re-transformed to myself and this civilised gloom.
- I have said to myself that that is wrong.
- I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
- The bedroom upstairs is all ready for my brother, and I'd prefer to have that floor to myself anyway.
- If a washer has a brand name on it, make sure that the smooth side comes into contact with the seating.
- They say if it has your name on it ... But who can write on a virus?
- Gentlemen, we have no need of discretion to protect the life of Simon Cormack any more.
- I thought of leaving it to you, Cynthia, but you have no need of it.
- More straightforwardly, however, capitalism and technology have no need of religion.
- On Siporax, it is claimed, the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job.
- The rest of us find paracetamol an effective analgesic with no important side effects and have no need of an antidote.
- They appear to have no need of an anemone and usually ignore any placed in the aquarium with them.
- You have no need of a certificate.
- The Michael Steins of this world have nine lives.
- But Kaptan would have none of it.
- Kronecker would have none of this.
- Pott would have none of it and, with the aid of his old friend Nourse, successfully set it himself.
- Stark would have none of that.
- Surprised and shocked, the Soviet government would have none of it.
- The world was going crazy and, or so it seemed, Trumptonshire would have none of it.
- He must have a nose for money better than any hound for any fox.
- I have a nose for one thing.
- Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor.
- He realized she must have nothing on.
- She seemed to have nothing on underneath, which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion.
- When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.
- Where that girl is concerned I have nothing on my conscience.
- I have nothing against Jack personally, I just don't like his line of work.
- Atari and Psion, like most companies, have nothing against enthusiasts making one or two copies for personal back-ups.
- I have nothing against Mr Jack Neighbours, who sadly, I understand, was killed in the war.
- I have nothing against the Arabs ... They are the same as us.
- I have nothing against the Arabs.
- I have nothing against these resorts, but my own shortlist of best resorts would not include any of them.
- I have nothing against thorns and prickles so long as you can admire them from a safe distance.
- Now I want this distinctly understood, that I have nothing against Cleveland.
- But that smell might very well have nothing to do with it.
- Finally, he was publicly warned and barred from communion, and the people advised to have nothing to do with him.
- General Smuts will have nothing to do with you.
- He was nothing to do with her and Alan.
- I have nothing to do with the motel.
- These are things to be proud of, but they have nothing to do with rank or class.
- We have nothing to do with each other.
- You can tell Cara has his number. She knows exactly how to handle him when he's mad.
- As if you have so much to offer us!
- Citing security, officials have declined to offer specifics on how profiling would work.
- Coin inscriptions do indeed have much to offer.
- Librarians have expertise to offer here and teachers are capitalising on it, often incorporating these elements in their lesson plans.
- Professional counselors, psychiatrists, and psychiatric hospitals have great gifts to offer.
- Saalbach is the larger of the two, but both have excellent facilities to offer.
- So does feminism have anything to offer?
- The schools might not have been able to offer courses that would pass muster.
- That guy has a one-track mind.
- All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
- He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
- Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
- She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
- She's got the whole committee in the palm of her hand.
- Herrera, personally, took no part in this mild form of political persecution.
- Johnny played no part in this world.
- Of course, Laura took no part in such a major business decision; the empire builder was Bernard.
- Schuster insists his political connections played no part in the choice.
- The mostly white jurors who actually sat in the jury room, insisted that race had played no part in their decision.
- The very act of imagining Gods exempt from suffering ensures that humans take no part in the deity.
- They are evaluated and yet play no part in defining the criteria, determining the methods, or controlling the process.
- This is not to say that economic imperatives play no part in penal developments.
- All of us have a part to play.
- But literacy and the written word do have a part to play.
- However, the latter have a part to play from the period of nursery rhymes and finger and other basic-activity games.
- Look and Say does have a part to play.
- Might farm schools have a part to play?
- Models can be useful and have a part to play, if built on a sound theoretical basis.
- Now I think that the woman lawyer has been foregrounded as if the law actually does have a part to play.
- Now, many of the other items are also sound and have a part to play but they could be improved upon.
- Like most politicians he had all his answers off pat, but he didn't have anything particularly new or interesting to say.
- She only had to repeat the lines once or twice, and she'd have them down pat.
- First, be kind to yourself, so you will have patience.
- You have to have patience on the defensive end.
- After 20 years in jail, Murray feels he has paid his debt to society.
- At this point the penny dropped.
- I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny dropped.
- Suddenly the penny dropped, and Meredith knew why he'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion.
- Then the penny dropped and he realised that the man had meant a fan- bearer.
- You have a perfect right to say "no" if you don't want to do it.
- They have a perfect right to object to it.
- I am a female, mid-twenties and happen to have my nose pierced with one small silver ring.
- Exploitation and oppression will be concepts of history which have no place in the description of contemporary social reality.
- Honesty, decency, good will have no place in this business of selling or murdering an image.
- In a holy community Noyes thought that exclusiveness, jealousy, and quarreling should have no place.
- Personal opinion or preferences and speculative imaginings have no place in science.
- Religious celebrations have no place in public schools, although teaching about religion is acceptable.
- Some believe that values can not be taught apart from religion and therefore have no place in public schools.
- Some would argue that these enterprises have no place in a capitalist system, and should therefore be privatised as soon as possible.
- Therefore, the right of national self-determination could have no place in the party programme.
- Beckham may have enough on his plate attempting to recapture his early-season form without being burdened with any extra responsibilities.
- It looks like the team has a chance at the Aloha Bowl firmly in their pocket.
- After all, we have Vargas in our pocket.
- Shoppers will have more in their pockets and it will not cost companies vast sums to borrow for expansion.
- You have money in your pocket, a cheque-book on you and one or two credit cards as well.
- This place has a lot of possibilities, but it will need some work.
- The Seahawks don't have a prayer of winning the Superbowl.
- Boxing White Hopes like Cooney do not have a prayer of toppling Tyson.
- Because officials are so anxious to get good press, there is often tremendous pressure on the government press agent.
- Even Quayle is getting better press than me.
- Even testosterone, so often blamed for aggressive behavior in men, is getting better press.
- For now Harriet's keener on seeing chess get a better press.
- A runaway hamster called Sophie takes pride of place where the school rat once roamed.
- A Tudor Doll's House takes pride of place in a fine collection of houses and period dolls.
- Are they to take pride of place, as they should in ballets worthy of the name?
- At Maastricht next month, political, economic and monetary union will take pride of place.
- Glass would have pride of place, she said.
- The statue takes pride of place at Gerrards Cross station.
- There, pit latrines inside homes take pride of place, their arched entrances lavishly embellished with stone carvings.
- These were retrieved and now take pride of place in the library.
- "You're going to wear that dress?" "Do you have a problem with that?"
- When all they needed to do was lift up the phone and have a quiet word.
- Anyone attempting to invade the country will have to reckon with the peacekeeping force.
- You'll have the boss to reckon with if you go home this early.
- The hotel has little except price to recommend it.
- An alternative approach-optical fibre - has much to recommend it.
- As such, it has much to recommend it.
- But in terms of an effective solution the voting method has little to recommend it.
- In principle this format has much to recommend it, but in this case the practice has not been successful.
- It is plain that, in the long run, the gentle art of compromise has much to recommend it.
- Nevertheless, the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions.
- Such a way of proceeding has much to recommend it, but scant progress has been made in that direction.
- This cooperative family decision-making has much to recommend it.
- How have relations between fellow workers changed in the flexible workplace?
- You have no right to tell me what I can and can't do!
- But we have no right to force collection of child support for the kids.
- But you have no right to come in here meddling with my things.
- Finally, the relatives of patients have no right to make decisions on the patient's behalf.
- I have no right to be saying anything that goes against Church teaching.
- I have no right to intrude on their lives.
- The states have no rights to any money.
- You have no right to be here.
- Some findings will have a familiar ring in the West.
- The terrors which Mr Cash expresses about our future in the community have a familiar ring about them.
- These and other questions have a familiar ring because versions of these same questions are posted in various places on the walls.
- Lies by their nature have the ring of truth.
- Some stories have a ring of truth, if a little exaggerated: They do fit the known biography.
- Thinkers, like the aforementioned, gained status because they suggest answers that have the ring of truth.
- The play still has a few rough edges, but by next week it should be all right.
- Of course he deserves prison. Having said that, I don't think any good will come of locking him up forever.
- Anyway, having said that Wilko would be nuts to buy another Midfielder of any sort.
- But having said that, it's a sport that anybody can play.
- But having said that, it was wonderful and I wouldn't have missed that trip for anything.
- But having said that, there's nothing I particularly wanted to show or to hide.
- But having said that, this is a big game for us.
- But having said that, you have to close sites and obviously that does lead to hardship.
- I was unhappy with myself for having said that.
- Marx is oft-quoted as having said that people make history, but not under conditions of their own choosing.
- You'd better tell your dad about the dent in the car - I'm sure he'll have something to say about it.
- However, Trevor Francis' Birmingham will have something to say about that.
- I shall have something to say about original boards a little later.
- Jen looked at me as if I ought to have something to say about this.
- Jerome would have something to say about that..
- Mind you, Sunderland, of course, could have something to say about that at Hillsborough tomorrow afternoon.
- Rodman would have something to say about juvenile fantasies of self-reliance if I told him that one.
- At a public meeting yesterday, environmentalists were finally permitted to have their say about the future of the ancient forest.
- You've had your say -- now let someone else speak.
- But emotions don't like that; they love to have their say.
- Our advantage, however, was that we allowed the public to have their say on possible changes before proposals were published.
- Probably the best thing about his show was that he let people have their say.
- Talk too much, and not let others have their say.
- Tennis World would like you to have your say on the issue.
- The voters are entitled to have their say on Maastricht and should be given it.
- Whatever Kureishi may claim, minorities and special-interest groups have their say in his work.
- When the company finally makes a small offer to the widow, her lawyer will have his say, too.
- "Fernando can be really weird sometimes." "Yeah, he's got a screw loose, no question."
- Couples contemplating divorce often have second thoughts when they realize how it will affect their children.
- It was obvious that the company was having second thoughts about the whole project.
- But now, with the raft travelling more slowly than I had planned, I began to have second thoughts.
- But then various men on the race committee and some male members of the National Aeronautic Association began to have second thoughts.
- I hope Darlington Transport have second thoughts on the matter.
- Keep him laughing and he might have second thoughts about eating you!
- Perhaps Mr Harrison would have second thoughts if he walked in our neck of the woods.
- Somewhere between second helpings I began to have second thoughts.
- Such incidents might have caused Sir Bernard to have second thoughts about the system; but he defends it with passion.
- Then, before she could have second thoughts, she picked up the telephone and dialled his number.
- Ms. Davis's car had certainly seen better days.
- Virginia's car had definitely seen better days.
- We are working at Nanking University, in rather cramped and primitive conditions, for the buildings have seen better days.
- Teng is thought to have her sights set on the Board of Supervisors' presidency.
- But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
- If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
- Many of the Keishinkai parents have their hearts set on Keio.
- Movie sniper Jude Law and Rachel Weisz are covered in mud but still have their sights set on desire.
- IBM had the market for electric typewriters sewn up.
- For the lawyers have it all sewn up.
- The deal between the wholesaler and manufacturer will have been sewn up only minutes before Sanjay accepted his orders.
- To have lost a game against the local rivals that should have been sewn up was bad enough.
- Bring any player back and he does not perform and people have short memories.
- Manufacturers have short memories, you know.
- Other strategies might be more forgiving and have shorter memories.
- Girls today sure have short fuses.
- Mrs Popple had long been known to have a short temper.
- But if you think about it, they really do have nothing to show for it even with Banks popping Woodson.
- It always feels like an admission of failure to come back from the Continent and have nothing to show for it.
- So, what have I got to show for my time as a hostage?
- The country is beginning to have something to show for all the pain.
- They have little to show for their trouble, but they continue.
- You'd better remind him about the party - he's got a memory like a sieve!
- Some people have thick skins, others have thin ones and are more easily hurt.
- A bill that would have slashed child support payments for most divorced fathers failed in the state Assembly.
- A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.
- And some London pubs have slashed their prices from £1.70 a pint to less than a pound.
- Last year, Hayworth supported welfare-reform legislation that would have slashed federal spending by $ 66 billion over five years.
- The telecommunications giant joined a growing number of employers in growth industries that have slashed payrolls even as their profits soared.
- To woo customers, carpet stores have slashed prices, which cut into the bottom line of carpet manufacturers.
- We have slashed soot and dust emissions by nearly 90 percent.
- You have slashed costs and created an extensive new marketing campaign.
- Don't worry. He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
- A dozen cemetery companies have sniffed around Hollywood Memorial and then walked away.
- Although I have a soft spot for him after his super-game Hennessy win, he does not appeal greatly as 7-2 favourite.
- I do have a soft spot for Britain's best-selling car, the Ford Fiesta.
- The reason why I have a soft spot for this notebook, he wrote.
- At last I have something of Father's.
- Clearly a stranger had emptied it, hence obviously they thought she might have something of interest in it.
- It seems you already have something of the greater power.
- The gardens have something of interest to offer throughout the year.
- They must each have something of reality about them.
- We have something of value to offer you, but you in return have something to offer us.
- William Right-well, then we have something of an impasse.
- You really do have something of Zbigniew in you.
- And the more you borrow, the more the bank will have a stake in your success.
- Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.
- Dow Jones and Intel also have stakes in Sohu.
- Many have a stake in the present system.
- Pharmaceuticals and health-products firms, which have a stake in Medicaid and Medicare reforms, $ 1. 3 million.
- The decisions will be made at the appropriate level by those who have a stake in them.
- They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority, both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.
- We want all our people to share in growing prosperity and to have a stake in the country's future.
- It's a very violent film. You'll need a strong stomach to sit through it.
- You have to have a strong stomach to invest in today's bond market.
- They proved to have no stomach for a fight with only Steve Regeling showing any semblance of spirit.
- Lester claims to have several women on a string.
- All of which is very curious we could have sworn Colin Milburn went to good old Greencroft comprehensive.
- Athelstan could have sworn he was acting as if there was some one else there.
- Corbett could have sworn that momentarily he glimpsed another figure, shadow-like, but fled on.
- He could have sworn the pile of letters had been deeper, that there had been many more.
- No, he recalled other sightings, so real you could have sworn they were alive ... until they vanished.
- She could have sworn the light had been yellow - pure yellow.
- The friar could have sworn that Sir John was singing a hymn or a song under his breath.
- The Myrcans looked on with what he could have sworn was approval.
- Danny's always had a sweet tooth.
- If you have a sweet tooth, it is much better to make them part of a meal.
- And when several events air live simultaneously, some of them have to be taped.
- It should have been taped for a campaign training film; it was too perfect.
- Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks.
- And there were plenty left over for everyone else to have a taste, too.
- But the speculators have tasted blood and could yet force a devaluation of the franc.
- I guess you have a taste for the exotic though I was not exotic.
- I have tasted moose meat, though.
- I have tasted Vegemite and wretched.
- Now, people have tasted store food and they like it better, because it has sugar and salt in it.
- One taster remarked that it reminded him of what macaroni and cheese must have tasted like before Kraft.
- Since I came, I have tasted all I have been asked to.
- For example, a beaker of water may have a temperature of 50°C but it does not have heat.
- If you are feeling unwell, have a temperature or an infection, withdraw.
- Scaled to size. dinosaurs would have temperatures reaching from 38.5 to 40.6°C. which would imply severe heat stress.
- There was no improvement; she continued to have a temperature.
- Alas, no sooner had he started than he realised it was no longer what he wanted.
- But no sooner had Miriam gone than Harry suddenly returned looking more cheerful than one might have expected.
- No sooner had he gone than one of the cameramen approached.
- No sooner had it begun than the rain seemed to end.
- Do we have Lady Thatcher to thank for the improved state of the nation's teeth?
- I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters.
- I have you to thank for that.
- In fact, I always have remembered - and I have Monty Lee to thank for that.
- Perhaps we have Pat Buchanan to thank for at least some of this raising of consciousness.
- We have Alan Austin to thank for this character-building little outing - an experience you won't forget in a hurry!
- We have Sigmund Freud to thank for a rather curious state of affairs.
- Some people have thick skins, others have thin ones and are more easily hurt.
- Judith has a thing about people chewing gum.
- But, in this country, we used to have a thing about self-sufficiency.
- But who would have thought that a humble human could do these calculations?
- That's the only bait I didn't have but, who would have thought that with ice about?
- The girl was carrying a latchkey; she let herself into the cabin. ... who would have thought of that?
- Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes? he wrote.
- And marriage, I should have thought, is a false step you must have been well warned against.
- Any leader, I should have thought, would have demanded loyalty and support from a vice-president as a basic minimum.
- It's very important to me - and, I should have thought, to you too.
- She's a pretty child, but hardly his intellectual level, I should have thought.
- That is rather obvious, I should have thought.
- The royal crest is used on the front of the annual report, which I should have thought was improper.
- The scent of the tea as I poured it ... I should have thought.
- This seems an odd argument for smoking to me and, I should have thought, to smokers, too.
- Amelia, absorbed with her projects, must have thought it a momentary phenomenon.
- Consensus like this means people have thought about this issue.
- His features were regular, rather ordinary, though some might well have thought him handsome.
- Maybe somebody should have thought to ask the whale.
- Only a sentimental, middle-class idiot would have thought of it.
- This in turn enables Janssen's customers to start production or synthesis sooner than they might have thought possible.
- Was that a thing anyone would have thought?
- You'd have thought that re-creating it on stage would have the same effect on a modern-day director.
- Quite honestly I don't have a lot of time for any of them.
- Critics of the law say it has no teeth and will not prevent violent crime.
- Because after the Anna Climbie case, the social services wanted to show it does have teeth.
- Frankly, I'd rather have teeth extracted than sit through either again.
- Is it only a paper tiger, or does it really have teeth?
- It is important that it should also have teeth.
- The episode illustrates beyond doubt that the majority voting rules of the Treaty of Rome have teeth.
- The movement will have teeth to back its arguments.
- What can have teeth, of course, even if it is concealed by a friendly smile, is aid.
- But the agents have tricks of their own.
- But it does lead inevitably to ignorance, for you can not understand what you deliberately chose to have no truck with.
- Its radicals, who dominate the leadership, want no truck with Mr Gorbachev.
- Then the people who get penalised are the majority who want no truck with him.
- We in the Conservative Party have no truck with that style of gutter journalism which we were forced to endure last Sunday.
- A superior actor might have turned the corner on this film.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- I hope we have turned the corner.
- The economy may well have turned the corner by the next election.
- As we have seen, both the market and public policy have turned against work.
- At some point Solveig must have turned out the light.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- He says that they could have turned the company around. he feels they've been treated in a shabby way.
- In a structural sense we have turned our model on its side.
- In recent weeks, even his friends seemed to have turned against him.
- Logic machines have turned out to be poor at dealing with images and making analogies.
- This day with me, here, you have turned back to face your past.
- Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area.
- But slowly and surely the followers of Chaos gained the upper hand.
- If the two had been introduced simultaneously, the larger one would invariably have the upper hand.
- Now White gains the upper hand.
- Officials said they might reopen the freeway at 5 p. m. today, perhaps sooner if firefighters gain the upper hand overnight.
- The world can only pray that they do not gain the upper hand.
- Under the proposed law, she would have the upper hand.
- We must destroy them now, while we yet have the upper hand.
- When you have a gun you have the upper hand, it makes you feel big, bad.
- My company has no use for workers who are not motivated.
- Am I right in assuming that you have no use for it?
- For example, the business may be sold to some one else who decides they have no use for the present management.
- I have no use for second-hand books and unfashionable clothes and bits of ornament.
- I can remember nothing of them, but I have a vague feeling of having been well cared for.
- I have visions of some of these poor women who work all day long exposed to such seductive sounds becoming hypnotised.
- I think of it with loathing and dread; have visions of designing the no-need-to-clear-mask and then return to reality.
- It's either me or her. You can't have it both ways!
- Monica's so spoiled - she always gets her own way.
- Basilio still gets his way in the end because he marries his daughter to money.
- For two and a half years, the company can have its way.
- Our genes will take care of that, anyway, and it is natural to let them have their way.
- She mostly managed to get her own way with him.
- She remembered those days when they had played together as children, too, he always getting his own way.
- They both push you and have their own ways of motivating you.
- Under the genial exterior lay a considerable vanity, and a desire to have his own way.
- When some one or something stops them from getting their own way, their frustration can build up to explosion point.
- Don't worry too much. These problems usually have a way of working out.
- And we have ways of making sure that the escapade of that silly young man at Southend gets widely reported.
- But the Washington Wizards have a way of bringing out the best in their opponents.
- Evenings like this have a way of going on!
- If history has taught us anything about imaginary customers, it is that they have a way of doing unexpected things.
- So do Humpbacks have ways of expressing the same request for the repetition of a pleasurable sonic experience?
- The powerful have a way of establishing contracts that suit them.
- Things like this have a way of surprising you.
- Yet things have a way of evening ut, and I paid a heavy price for my hypocrisy.
- David seemed to have a way with children.
- If I had my way, there'd be a baseball game every day of the year.
- Well, I would ban them too if I had my way.
- But remember that this Last Best Place can disappear if corporate colonizers and their lackeys in Congress have it their way.
- Well, have it your own way.
- Without knowing what he'd got. I could have wept thinking what I'd missed.
- The shelves were crammed with books, documents, and what have you.
- With the advent of term limits in the state Legislature, Orange County will have the whip hand.
- It's Sally's birthday tomorrow. We'd better have a whip-round so we can get her a present.
- By February the local press had got wind of the affair.
- Certainly the last thing she wanted was for Max to get wind of it all.
- First it needs to boost its efforts to get wind of military-useful technology at an early stage.
- If she were to get wind of this.
- So, if she gets wind of Der Vampyr and wants to do it, you can believe it will get done.
- The extension director and the Wyoming dean of agriculture finally got wind of what I was up to.
- The notion of compulsion met a storm of controversy when mental health charities first got wind of the government's thoughts.
- When Johnny misbehaves, parents get wind of it by e-mail before he gets home.
- I have no wish to offend anybody.
- And believe me, I have no wish to keep score.
- I emphasize that I have no wish to come across here as the skunk at the process improvement garden party.
- I have no wish to attribute motives, but clearly finance intervenes.
- I have no wish to caddie for Brian Harley.
- I have no wish to change my nature over this matter and become a crusading journalist.
- I have no wish to create a posing pilots' paradise.
- I have no wish to get angry with my own invention, the so-named Miller.
- Mrs Hardman has grown used to her independence, and I have no wish to curtail her freedom.
- Thankfully, Reid had the wit to see what was wrong with the plan.
- He and Kemp pound down the stairway, exchanging words.
- I have words before my eyes, as you might imagine.
- I would hear the women exchange words with Miss Fingerstop.
- Linda buried herself in the crowd, exchanging words with this one and that and heading for the bar.
- Nurses busily went up and down, sometimes pausing to exchange words and careless laughter.
- Sometimes, Britten seems to have written more naturally when he didn't have words to set.
- They exchanged words, not all of which appeared to be in jest.
- Without it, you have words virtually sprinkled across the page, each project an exercise in speed and frustration.
- A word in the ear of the Weatherfield constabulary.
- His resolve ends when again he wakes at dawn with prophetic words in his ears.
- If I were you I'd drop a quiet word in her ear before it's too late.
- Mixed blessings' A word in your ear.
- Before I went, though, I managed to have a word on the side with the lass.
- Better have a word with her about the domestic arrangements.
- Eventually the managing director was forced to have a word with him.
- I really came to have a word with Charles Julian.
- I wanted to have a word with you about Yorick.
- The cruise industry would love to have a word with you.
- You know, they have words, you read them?-Smartass, he said.
- Election monitors will have their work cut out.
- So you have your work cut out for you.
- The home team has not beaten the Scarlets for some dozen matches and should still have their work cut out to win.
- They have their work cut out adapting themselves to it, and it to themselves.
- They have their work cut out for them.
- We have our work cut out for us.
- Whoever takes on the trout farm will have their work cut out.
- You really had me worried - I thought you didn't like the present.
- I should not have exasperated him for I always have the worst of it.
- Deion has yet to figure out how to throw to himself.
- Harland & Wolff has yet to show a profit, but the future looks good.
- His work retained a pronounced individuality and originality that has yet to be properly acknowledged.
- However, he said he has yet to consider his circumstances.
- However, the site this year has yet to be determined.
- If there is a success formula in that it has yet to be demonstrated.
- The savagery of our retaliation against the virus has yet to be played out.
- Whether it allows the exercise of force to be more controlled and effective has yet to be seen.
- Do you feel like you don't have any time to yourself?
She has dark hair and brown eyes. Sullivan’s music does have a certain charm. You need to have a lot of patience to be a teacher. Wild rice has a very nutty flavour. He didn’t even have the courtesy to answer my letter.have it in you (=have the skill or special quality needed to do something) You should have seen the way Dad was dancing – I didn’t know he had it in him!2include/contain (also have got especially British English) to include or contain something or a particular number of things or people: Japan has a population of over 120 million. How many pages has it got?have something in it/them The tank still has water in it.3own (also have got especially British English) spoken used to say that someone owns something or that it is available for them to use: They used to have a Mercedes Benz. Has your secretary got a fax machine? Have you ever had your own business? He’s a lovely dog – how long have you had him? Can I have the car tonight, Dad?► see thesaurus at own4carry/hold (also have got especially British English) to be holding something or carrying it with you: Have you got a match? Look out! He’s got a gun.have something on/with you Have you got any money on you? I’m afraid I don’t have my address book with me.GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveSenses 1-4 of have are not used in the progressive. ✗Don’t say: I am having ... | It is having ...5do something British English to do somethinghave a look/walk/sleep/talk/think etc We were just having a look around. Are you going to have a swim?6eat/drink/smoke to eat, drink, or smoke something: She sat down and had another drink. Someone had been having a cigarette in the toilet.have lunch/a meal etc I usually have breakfast at about seven o'clock.► see thesaurus at eat7experience to experience something or be affected by something: We’ve been having a lot of difficulties with our new computer system. I’m afraid your son has had a serious accident. He is in hospital having treatment for a knee injury. I hope you have a good holiday.have a good/terrible etc time Thanks for everything – we had a great time.have somebody doing something He found it quite natural to have people fussing over him.8idea/feeling (also have got especially British English) to think of something or to experience a particular feeling: If you have any good ideas for presents, let me know. I have lots of happy memories of my time in Japan. He had an awful feeling of guilt.9disease/injury/pain (also have got especially British English) to suffer from a disease, injury, or pain: Sarah’s got a cold. One of the victims had a broken leg.10amount of time (also have got especially British English) if you have a particular amount of time, it is available for you to do something: You have just 30 seconds to answer the question.have time (to do something) I haven’t time to stop and talk just now.11receive (also have got especially British English) to receive something: I had lots of phone calls.have something from somebody Have you had any news yet from Graham? I expect he had some help from his father.12have your hair cut/your house painted etc to pay a professional person to cut your hair etc for you: Where do you normally have your hair done? We’d only just had a new engine put in.13have something stolen/broken/taken etc if you have something stolen, broken etc, someone steals, breaks etc something that belongs to you: She had all her jewellery stolen. Mullins had his nose broken in a fight.14have something ready/done/finished etc to have made something ready to be used, or have finished doing something: I should have the car ready by Monday.15in a position or state (also have got especially British English) used to say that your body or something else is in a particular position or state, because you moved or did somethinghave something open/closed/on etc I had my eyes half-closed. Janice likes to have the window open. She had her back to the door.have something doing something He’s always got the stereo playing.16family/friends (also have got especially British English) used to say that there is someone who is your relation or friend: She has an uncle in Wisconsin. It was nice for Alice to have friends of her own age.17job/duty (also have got especially British English) to be employed in a particular job or to be responsible for doing something: Her boyfriend has a well-paid job. The headteacher has responsibility for the management of the school.have something to do I can’t stand here talking – I have work to do (=there is work that I must do).18employ/be in charge of (also have got especially British English) to employ or be in charge of a group of workers: Margaret Gillies currently has a team of 20 volunteers working for her.19goods/rooms available (also have got especially British English) if a shop or a hotel has goods or rooms, they are available for you to buy or use: Do you have any single rooms? They didn’t have any sweaters in my size.20have (got) somebody with you if you have someone with you, they are present with you: Luckily I had a friend with me who spoke German.21hold somebody (also have got especially British English) to hold someone violently by a part of their body: They had him by the throat.22visitors/guests if you have visitors or guests, they have come to your home, office etc: Sorry, I didn’t realize you had visitors. We had friends to stay over the weekend.23event if you have an event such as a meeting, party, or concert, it happens because you have organized it: We’re having a party on Saturday – you’re very welcome to come.24effect to cause a particular result: a mistake that could have disastrous results Cardew was having a bad influence on the other students.25opportunity used to say that an opportunity or choice is available for you: If you have the chance, you should go and see it – it’s a really good film. Women managers have a choice as to whether they wear trousers or a skirt. Last year I had the honour of meeting the Prince of Wales.26baby if a woman has a baby, it is born from her body: Anna insisted on having the baby at home.27make somebody do something a)to affect someone in a way that makes them start doing somethinghave somebody laughing/crying etc Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping. b)to persuade or order someone to do somethinghave somebody doing something She had me doing all kinds of jobs for her.have somebody do something especially American English I’ll have Hudson show you to your room.28have done with something to finish or settle an argument or a difficult situation: I should throw you out now and have done with it.29rumour/legend/word has it used when you are reporting what people say or what a story says: Rumour has it that Kim is not his child.30have (got) something/somebody (all) to yourself if you have a place, time, or person all to yourself, you do not have to share them with anyone else: He couldn’t wait to have Beth all to himself. It was the first time I’d had a room to myself.31sex informal to have sex with someone: I expect she’s had lots of men.32have it off/away with somebody British English informal to have sex with someoneSPOKEN PHRASES33can/could/may I have say this to politely ask someone to give you something: Can I have the bill, please? Could we have our ball back?34I’ll have/we’ll have say this to ask for something that you have chosen in a restaurant or shop: I’ll have a T-bone steak and chips, please.35offering somebody something used to offer something to someone: Have another sandwich. Won’t you have a drink before you go? Please have a seat, and the doctor will be right with you.36not allow won’t/can’t have something used to say that someone will not allow something to happen: They’re trying to play tricks on me again, but I won’t have it.won’t/can’t have somebody doing something I won’t have you walking home all by yourself. We can’t have people wandering about on private land.37somebody had (got) it coming used to say that you are not sorry that something bad has happened to someone, because they deserved it: I’m not surprised his wife left him – he’s had it coming for years.38I’ve got it used to say you have suddenly thought of the solution to a problem or that you suddenly understand a situation39you have me there (also you’ve got me there) used to say that you do not know the answer to a question: ‘What makes you think women can’t do that kind of work?’ He scratched his head. ‘Well, now, you’ve got me there.’40I’ll have you know used to start to tell someone something when you are annoyed with them: I’ll have you know you’re insulting the woman I love.41have (got) it in for somebody to want to make life difficult for someone because you dislike them: Dean thinks his teachers have it in for him.42somebody/something has had it a)if someone has had it, they are going to fail or die, or be in serious trouble: Press the wrong button and you’ve had it. b)if someone has had it, they are very tired or annoyed and cannot continue with something: I can’t believe he’s done it again. I’ve had it with him! c)British English if something has had it, it no longer works and cannot be repaired: The engine’s had it.43be not having any (of that) to refuse to agree to something, listen to someone etc: I tried to explain to her, but she just wasn’t having any of it.44somebody has been had used to say that someone has been deceived, for example by being tricked into paying too much: You paid £200? You’ve been had!USAGE: Have got, have• In British spoken English, people usually use have got instead of have for many of its meanings. Have sounds more formal and is the usual choice in written English. You say: · He's got a cold. You write: · He has a cold.• In questions in British spoken English, Have you got ...? is often used instead of Do you have ...? You say: · Have you got his address? You write: · Do you have his address?• In negative sentences in British spoken English, you use haven't got or hasn't got. You say: · He hasn't got any money. You write: · He does not have any money.• Have got is mainly used in the present tense. In the past tense you usually use had, and in the future you usually use will have.• In American English, have got is much less common. It is used when you want to emphasize what you are saying: · He's got a gun! It is also often used in the phrase have got to (=have to): · We've got to go.• In negative sentences, British speakers often say I haven't got ... where American speakers say I don't have ... In questions, British speakers say Have you got ...? where American speakers say Do you have ...?have on1 have (got) something on to be wearing a piece of clothing or type of clothing: He had his best suit on. Jimmy had nothing on but his socks.2 have (got) the TV/radio/washing machine etc on if you have your television, radio etc on, you have switched it on and it is working: Billie has the radio on all day long.3 be having somebody on especially British English to be trying to make someone believe something that is not true, especially as a joke: Don’t believe a word he says. He’s having you on!4 have (got) something on British English to have arranged to do something, go somewhere etc, especially when this means you cannot do something else: Sorry, I can’t help you this weekend – I’ve got too much on already.5 have (got) something on somebody to know about something bad that someone has done: What do the police have on him?6 have (got) nothing on somebody/something informal to not be nearly as good as someone or something else: Rock ‘n’ roll has got nothing on these African rhythms.have (got) something against somebody/something phrasal verb to dislike or be opposed to someone or something for a particular reason: I don’t know what it is, but Roger seems to have something against women. I can’t see what you’ve got against the idea. I have nothing against foreigners (=have no reason to dislike them).have (got) somebody in phrasal verb British English if you have someone in, they are doing some work in your home, for example building work: We’ve had the builders in, so everything’s in a mess.have something out phrasal verb1to have a tooth etc removed by a medical operation2have it out (with somebody) informal to settle a disagreement or difficult situation by talking to the person involved, especially when you are angry with them: I’m going round to his house to have it out with him.have somebody over (also have somebody round especially British English) phrasal verb if you have someone over, they come to your house for a meal, drink etc because you have invited them: We must have you over for dinner before we leave.have somebody up phrasal verb British English informal to make someone go to a court of law because you think they have committed a crimebe had up for something Last year he was had up for drunken driving.GRAMMAR Have somebody up is usually passive.have1 auxiliary verbhave2 verbhave3 verb
havehave3 ●●● S1 W3 verb, have to do something (also have got to do something especially British English) VERB TABLE
have
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | have |
| he, she, it | has | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have had |
| he, she, it | has had | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had had |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have had |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am having |
| he, she, it | is having | |
| you, we, they | are having | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was having |
| you, we, they | were having | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been having |
| he, she, it | has been having | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been having |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be having |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been having |
THESAURUS
to stop speaking or stop doing something for a very short time before starting again. Pause is used especially in written descriptions. In everyday spoken English, people usually just say stop: · She paused at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at the clock.· He paused, waiting for Larry to say something.
to stop for a moment and wait before doing something, because you feel unsure or nervous about it: · She hesitated for a moment before replying.
to stop working for a short time in order to rest, eat etc: · We’re all getting tired. Let’s take a break for ten minutes.
formal if a meeting or court adjourns or is adjourned, it stops for a short time: · If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning.· The trial was adjourned because one of the defendants was ill.
especially American English informal to stop for a short time in order to rest: · Let’s take five and get some coffee.
to suddenly stop speaking, especially because you see, hear, or think of something: · He broke off his conversation when he saw Mary running towards him.· She broke off and looked embarrassed, then said, ‘I’ll explain later.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She decided to have an abortion. Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water. Bart had a deep affection for the old man. You have a long trip ahead of you. I have an allergy to cats. The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals. We had a barbecue on the beach. Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game? You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea). She picked up the sandwich and took a bite. Can I have a bite of your apple? We had a blast at the fair. The couple later had their marriage blessed in their local parish church. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme. Kirby had a sudden brainstorm. I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon. I’m sure the company has a bright future now. She had to have a caesarean. She was told last year that she had cancer. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children. I have to hurry – I have a bus to catch. Nomes slept badly, and had to take catnaps during the day. It’s important to have regular checkups. I had a clear-out and got rid of a lot of old toys. Few companies have the clout to handle such large deals. It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time. McKellen’s performance had much to commend it (=was very good). I found I had a lot in common with these people. The two games have much in common. Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime? He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs. I had a concussion, a broken leg and some minor injuries. He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better. The rescue team also had bad weather conditions to contend with. Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post. Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. They had a short conversation in German and seemed to be disagreeing about something. The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race. He already had a criminal record. I feel sorry for you, but we all have our crosses to bear. She had a huge crush on her geography teacher. I’m taking a few days off before the wedding. We’ve had dealings with him in the past. Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish. If they’re going to charge people a fee, they ought to at least have the decency to tell them in advance. I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday. I demand to know what’s going on. After the operation her condition was described as comfortable. The youth is described as being 18 to 19 years old. His remarks had the desired effect. Freshmen have first dibs on dormitory rooms. Here was a chance to have a dig at trade unionists. Let’s take a dip in the lake. We have had discussions about her legal situation. Neither side shows the slightest disposition to compromise. You should have your cat doctored. The King held dominion over a vast area. I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it. Brian has got tremendous drive. The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th family to lose their home in the fire. You can have an easy time of it now that the kids have all left home. The tree is estimated to be at least 700 years old. I think we have an even chance of winning. Mrs Evans had a fall (=fell to the ground) and broke her leg. I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist. I may have my faults, but ingratitude is not one of them. Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy. Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today. She used to have fits as a baby. Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories. Jo has a flair for languages. Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash. Are you sure the dog has fleas? They had a brief fling a few years ago. She had a brief flirtation with Tim. I couldn’t go because I had flu. ‘Is it midnight already?’ ‘Well, you know what they say – time flies when you’re having fun!’ Luckily I’d had the foresight to get in plenty of food. No one had the forethought to bring a map. I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed. That woman has a genius for organization. The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12. He’s never had a girlfriend. The rope has quite a bit of give in it. I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). ‘I can’t open this drawer.’ ‘Here, let me have a go.’ On the tour, everyone can have a go at making a pot. I had a good go (=tried hard) at cleaning the silver. Can I have a go on your guitar? He has at least two other projects on the go. Did you have a good vacation? She sat down and had a good cry. No one had a good word to say for her. Much of the groundwork has already been done. At least she had the gumption to phone me. I could see he was carrying a gun. I haven’t had a haircut for months! The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. Do you have a piece of paper handy? I had a terrible hangover the next day. Vegetarians still often have a hard time of it when it comes to eating out. She had hardly sat down when the phone rang. a country where the have-nots far outnumber the haves Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. His opponent had him in a headlock. Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems? I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane. Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen. She had no illusions about her physical attractiveness. I had an inkling that she was pregnant. I have no intention of retiring just yet. Scratch my back – I have an itch. The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures. I’ve only had an hour’s kip. I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I might have known (=I am annoyed but not surprised) you would take that attitude. I wouldn’t have come if I’d known you were so busy. those who have the know-how to exploit the technology to the fullest The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy. I’m going upstairs to have a lie down. I always have a lie-in on a Sunday. Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other. He knows he’s only got a few months to live. Let me have a look at that – I think it’s mine. Take a good look at the photo and see if you recognize anyone in it. Have you had a chance to take a look at my proposal yet? The working class has nothing to lose but its chains (=disadvantages, restrictions etc). Why don’t you have a massage? I won’t be coming this evening – I’ve got a migraine. It was a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we had in mind. He looked as though he had something on his mind. It had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house. She had two miscarriages before she had her first child. For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US. Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate. Get me a packet of crisps – I have the munchies. A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when her car left the road. We sat down and had a natter and a cup of tea. Never had she been so confused. We’ve had the house on the market for a month and not even had a nibble yet. We offered to pay our half of the cost but Charles would have none of it. At least she had the nous to ring. Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day. Canada has much to offer in terms of location and climate. He felt he had nothing to offer her that she wanted. All he had on was a pair of tattered shorts. We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect. women who have never had an orgasm I’d had him pegged as a troublemaker. I’m going to have my hair permed. Owen has a phobia about snakes. She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex. Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country. She always gets first pick of the videos. I had the same preconceptions about life in South Africa that many people have. As Liz had predicted, the rumours were soon forgotten. When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger. The group don’t have any pretensions to be pop stars. Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight. Today, we have the privilege of listening to two very unusual men. I had the great privilege to play for Yorkshire. The star has a high profile in Britain. He seems to have a propensity for breaking things. She was cycling home when she had a puncture. The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well. Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract. an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics I sat down to have a nice quiet read. We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment. A tennis player needs to have very quick reflexes. She had a relapse and died soon after. The collapse of the company had repercussions for the whole industry. a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century I never know who has right of way at this junction. British English The law here says that pedestrians always have the right of way. The increase had a ripple effect through the whole financial market. a young horse having a roll in the field My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity. Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US. We had the run of the house for the afternoon. Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police. I have a sauna and massage every week. The workers had no say in how the factory was run. The chairman has the final say (=has the right to make the final decision about something). He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door. He stretched and had a scratch. He had no scruples about selling faulty goods to people. The accommodation was so awful it had to be seen to be believed (=you would not believe it if you did not see it yourself). As we have seen in chapter four, women’s pay is generally less than men’s. ‘How long can you stay?’ ‘I’ll have to see. It depends (=used when you cannot make a decision immediately).’ You should get that tooth seen to by a dentist. He had an epileptic seizure. I had a senior moment and just couldn’t think of his name. I had 15 years seniority, and they couldn’t fire me. Many children have a sensitivity to cow’s milk. Tom and I had a bit of a set-to last night. They had sex in the back seat of his car. She no longer wanted to have sex with him. These policy changes could have beneficial side effects for the whole economy. The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta. I had a sinking feeling inside as I realized I was going to fail yet again. He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble. The article had an anti-union slant. That kind of car has real snob appeal. We had a massive snowball fight. I had a good long soak in the bath. I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers (=is related to them in some way). Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades. Her second son had a special place in her heart. I’ve always had a weak spot for chocolate. I’ll have one more stab at it. He holds a 51% stake in the firm. He has money stashed away in the Bahamas. Just a few firms have a stranglehold on the market for this software. You may not like her, but she certainly has style. It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold. She’s having a sulk. We had supper in a small Italian place. I have a wife and two children to support. Don’t worry, I’ve got him sussed. She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants. I had a telephone call from George this morning. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight. He had marriage thrust upon him. Dave’s had a tiff with his girlfriend. He has title to the land. If you keep getting throat infections you might have to have your tonsils out (=have them removed). He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives. Since he owns the strip of land, Cook has a vested interest in the project being approved. Shareholders have a vested right to 10% per annum. Jan has a vocation for teaching. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. They’ll have a long wait. I had a bit of a wander round the shops. You really have a warped sense of humour (=think strange and unpleasant things are funny). I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out. I have a real weakness for fashionable clothes. Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act? We’ll just have to wing it. She had her husband with her. You’d better bring your passport with you. I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans). He had a deep yearning to return to his home town. She’d always had a yen to write a book.
(also possess the ability to do something formal)· She has the ability to make people feel relaxed.
She decided to have an abortion.· The man had a Spanish accent.
Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water.· Young drivers are more likely to have accidents than older drivers.
(=have only slight knowledge or experience of something) He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.
He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.· Do you know Helen’s address?· No one seems to have his address.
(=have a lot of admiration for someone)· I have nothing but admiration for his work.
· She always had great admiration for people who could speak so many languages.
· In the end, he had to admit I was right.
(also enjoy an advantage formal)· Our parents didn’t have all the advantages that we have.· Western countries enjoyed considerable advantages in terms of technology.
Bart had a deep affection for the old man.· Brown has an agenda for the university’s future.
· They have an agreement that all workers should be union members.
You have a long trip ahead of you.· His trip to Milan, his third in two weeks, had a precise aim.
I have an allergy to cats.· She has almost decided.
· You have a few alternatives to choose from.
· He had no alternative but to resign.
· I have always loved Japan.
· I had a great time in Tokyo. I always have loved Japan.
· He had an ambition to be a top cello player.
· Many of the students lack ambition.
· Doctors are supposed to have all the answers.
· The young girl had a pleasing appearance.
· There’s lots of food – I hope you have a good appetite.
· She has an appointment with the dentist at 5 o'clock.
· In the US they have a somewhat different approach.
· I could hear my parents having an argument downstairs.
(=do something very well) I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.
I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.· Not everyone takes a positive attitude towards modern art.
(=someone is not helpful or pleasant to be with)· Some of the male students have a real attitude problem.
· The programme has a massive audience, ranging from children to grandparents.
· Teachers should have the authority to discipline their students.· He has no authority over us anymore.
approving (=look like you have authority, in a way that makes people obey you)· The commander had an unmistakeable air of authority.
(=used to say that most people in a meeting have voted in favour of something)
· She had the baby at home.· Sue gave birth to a baby boy.
· We are looking for someone who has a background in science.
The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals. We had a barbecue on the beach.· Permanent staff have a better base from which to plan their career development.
· Our constitution has a democratic basis.
(=be not true)· Many of these rumours have no basis in fact.
especially British English, take a bath especially American English· She usually has a bath in the evening.
· You must always have the belief that you can succeed.
· All the hotel rooms have the benefit of a balcony.
· Are you going to have a bet on the race?
Have you got nothing better to do than sit there playing that silly game? You had better not tell Oliver (=it is not a good idea).· Did you have a nice birthday?
She picked up the sandwich and took a bite. Can I have a bite of your apple? We had a blast at the fair. The couple later had their marriage blessed in their local parish church. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme.· He gave up his seat on the board after 40 years' service.
· Twins often have a very close bond.
· We have both worked there.
· You should have more brains than to smoke.
Kirby had a sudden brainstorm. I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon.· After two hours, she took a break and switched on the radio.
· Paul got up, washed and had breakfast.
· What do you usually have for breakfast?
· In high altitudes some people have trouble breathing.
I’m sure the company has a bright future now. (=be attractive to many different types of people)· Their music has a very broad appeal.
· Hospital caterers have a budget of about £20 per person per week.
· Two of us had a nasty bug on holiday.
· Nick owned a software business in Boston.
· His favourite shirt had lost a button.
· A new cadre of leaders has emerged.
· A new cadre of leaders have emerged.
She had to have a caesarean. (also receive a call formal)· At 11 in the evening we got a call from the police.
· These yoghurts have approximately 90 calories per pot.
She was told last year that she had cancer.· It’s a small microwave which has a capacity of 0.6 cubic feet.
· Do you have a car?
· All my sons had careers in education.
She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children.· The play had a cast of almost unknown actors.
· We always had a cat when I was young.
I have to hurry – I have a bus to catch. Nomes slept badly, and had to take catnaps during the day.· The villagers were having a celebration of some kind.
(=it is possible you will do it)· I think you have a good chance of getting the job.
· I’d like a job in which I get the chance to travel.
(also possess a characteristic formal)· He has all the characteristics of a great husband.
· Richard was clever and he had a lot of charm.
· We were just having a chat.
British English· Always have a final check to make sure you’ve got your ticket and passport.
It’s important to have regular checkups.· I wish I'd had a happy childhood like yours.
· Students have a choice between German and Spanish.
· The men had no choice but to obey.
· The village people had no choice in the matter.
· No one wants to spend Christmas alone.
· She was beautiful and had a wide circle of admirers.
especially American English (=as a student or teacher)· What classes do you have this morning?
I had a clear-out and got rid of a lot of old toys. Few companies have the clout to handle such large deals.· Most professional organizations have a code of ethics.
· She stopped in a café to have a quick coffee.
· She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.
· She has an extensive collection of Chinese vases.
(=write one)· Lynch had a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper.
(=used when something has not happened yet but will happen) The most exciting part is yet to come.
The most exciting part is yet to come. It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time.· Athens had command of the oceans.
McKellen’s performance had much to commend it (=was very good). (=want to make a comment)· Do you have any comments on that, David?
I found I had a lot in common with these people. The two games have much in common.· Some people are brilliant thinkers, but they have no common sense.
(=not be alone)· ‘Come in,’ she said, pleased to have some company.
Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime?· Older people often feel that they don't have any competence with computers.
· Each year the school holds a painting competition.
· You have the right to complain if you’re not satisfied with the service you’re getting.
· We felt we had good reason to complain about the food at the hotel.
· The school is good and parents have little reason to complain.
· Patients sometimes have cause to complain about the hospital treatment they receive.
(=want to complain about something)· Please let us know if you have any complaints about our service.
He had no compunction about interfering in her private affairs.· Animals have no concept of their own mortality.
I had a concussion, a broken leg and some minor injuries.· The baby has a rare skin condition.
(=used when admitting something you feel slightly embarrassed about) I must confess I don’t visit my parents as often as I should.
I must confess I don’t visit my parents as often as I should. (=used humorously when you want to admit to doing something)· I have a confession to make – I’ve eaten all the chocolates.
· The people no longer have any confidence in their government.
· A manager must be able to have complete confidence in his staff.
· Young teenagers often don’t have a lot of confidence.
· A lot of social problems have a direct connection to alcohol or drug use.
· Does he have a guilty conscience about his role in the crime?
· He claimed to have the consent of the car’s owner.
· Taking financial risks can have serious consequences.
He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better.· I haven’t had any contact with her for at least two years.
(also feel contempt for somebody/something)· He had a deep contempt for authority.
· The public should have nothing but contempt for bad journalism.
The rescue team also had bad weather conditions to contend with. Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post.· My college holds an athletics contest once a year.
· The company had a contract to build a new hotel there.
Artists like to have some control over where their works are hung in a gallery. She’s a good teacher who has control of her class. By the end of the year, the rebels had control over the northern territories. The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m. They had a short conversation in German and seemed to be disagreeing about something.· You must declare whether you have any convictions.
· I’ve had a cough for weeks now.
· She certainly has a lot of courage.
· I didn’t have the courage to say what I really thought.
· The exhibition has received extensive coverage in the press.
The competition’s open to anyone – why don’t you have a crack? One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race. (also be involved in a crash) (=in a car)· I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.
· By then the president had ceased to have any credibility.
He already had a criminal record. (=used to tell someone you have thought of the thing they are suggesting, or have never thought of it)
I feel sorry for you, but we all have our crosses to bear. She had a huge crush on her geography teacher.· Bright children often have a lot of curiosity.
· For dinner we had curry and rice.
· Anna has custody of their six-year-old daughter.
· He had a cut on his forehead.
· Simon looked as if he’d had a bad day at the office.
spoken (=used when saying goodbye to someone in a friendly way)· Bye Sam! Have a good day!
I’m taking a few days off before the wedding.· It's easier to work hard if you have a deadline.
informal (=have made or agreed on a deal)· Do we have a deal?
We’ve had dealings with him in the past. Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish.· I think we should have a public debate on this issue.
· Fortunately, I have no debts.
If they’re going to charge people a fee, they ought to at least have the decency to tell them in advance.· The old system had some serious defects.
· We had a trade deficit of more than $4 billion.
· You will earn more if you have a college degree.
I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday.· We've just had a delivery of tiles from Italy.
I demand to know what’s going on. After the operation her condition was described as comfortable. The youth is described as being 18 to 19 years old.· Milly had a sudden strong desire to laugh.
(=used to emphasize that you do not want to do something)· It was raining outside and I had no desire to go out.
His remarks had the desired effect.· To become a professional musician, you need to have a lot of determination.
Freshmen have first dibs on dormitory rooms.· People in Mediterranean areas generally have a very good diet.
· By the age of eight, Robbie was having difficulties at school.
Here was a chance to have a dig at trade unionists.· Learning a language has an important cultural dimension.
· Why don't you come and have dinner with us?
· I thought we might have pasta for dinner tonight.
· We're having a few friends round to dinner.
Let’s take a dip in the lake. British English (=think about sex a lot)
· Cheap air travel has considerable environmental disadvantages.
· The only disagreements we have are about money.
We have had discussions about her legal situation.· How long have you had the disease?
· The singer admitted she had an eating disorder.
(=have a happy character)
Neither side shows the slightest disposition to compromise. You should have your cat doctored. (=keep one as a pet)· We have one dog and two cats.
The King held dominion over a vast area.· Scientists still have some doubts about the theory.
(=have some doubts)· Everyone else thinks it’s a good idea, but I have my doubts.
· I have no doubt that you are right.
· I had a dream about you last night.
· I had dreams of becoming a doctor.
I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it. (=drink something, especially an alcoholic drink)· Let’s go and have a drink.
Brian has got tremendous drive. The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th family to lose their home in the fire.· Parents have a duty to make sure that their children receive an education.
· A tenant owes a duty to the landlord to keep the house in reasonable condition.
· Each of these people has some useful talent or experience.
(=have a hole put into the skin, so that you can wear an earring)· I had my ears pierced when I was quite young.
You can have an easy time of it now that the kids have all left home. (=eat something/nothing)· We’ll leave after we’ve had something to eat.
· Have you had enough to eat?
(=not have enough food)· The refugees had very little to eat and no clean water.
(=to be slightly better than someone or something else)· We believe our products have the edge over the competition.
· The women have had little education.
· Eating junk food will eventually have an effect on your health.
· The news had the effect of making everyone feel better.
· The government plans to hold an election in November.
· The Birmingham-based company has over 200 employees.
· He always has plenty of energy!
· I don't have any engagements tomorrow.
· The jazz ensemble has played all over Europe.
· The jazz ensemble have played all over Europe.
· He never had much enthusiasm for work.
· This institution has no equivalent in any other European country.
· If the data contains errors, the results will be wrong.
(=to only just avoid danger or difficulties)· The team had a narrow escape from relegation last season.
· We had a lucky escape when a tree crashed through the ceiling.
(=be extremely lucky to escape)· Ellie had miraculous escape after a firework exploded in her hand.
The tree is estimated to be at least 700 years old.· He has even offered to buy me a drink.
I think we have an even chance of winning. (=organize an event in the evening)· The college is holding an open evening on May 6th for year 9 to 11 pupils.
· Do the police have any evidence against him?
· He was examined by Dr Bower yesterday and will have another examination today.
· Companies have no excuse for breaking the law.
· The college is having an exhibition of the students’ work in April.
(also hold expectations formal)· Many migrant workers had high expectations when they arrived, but not anymore.
· Applicants must have experience of working with children.
· Each scientist had expertise in either mammals, insects, birds, or plants.
· Does the hospital have any explanation for why he died?
· His face had a puzzled expression.
· He had a very serious expression on his face.
(=be watching something with all your attention)· Ted sat with his eyes glued to the television.
(=used to say that someone was very angry, surprised etc)· You should have seen his face when I told him that I was resigning.
· The public no longer has faith in the government’s policies.
(=trust them completely)· We have every faith in your ability to solve the problem.
Mrs Evans had a fall (=fell to the ground) and broke her leg. I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist.· The family owned a small farm in Suffolk.
I may have my faults, but ingratitude is not one of them.· He had no fear of death.
· We decided to have a feast to celebrate the victory.
(=have both positive and negative feelings)· Her parents had mixed feelings about the marriage.
· Tucson had a film festival last month.
Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy. Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today.· I didn’t want to have a fight with him.
She used to have fits as a baby. Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories. Jo has a flair for languages. Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash.· These biscuits have a very distinctive flavour.
Are you sure the dog has fleas? They had a brief fling a few years ago. She had a brief flirtation with Tim. I couldn’t go because I had flu. ‘Is it midnight already?’ ‘Well, you know what they say – time flies when you’re having fun!’· The family hadn’t had any food for days.
Luckily I’d had the foresight to get in plenty of food. No one had the forethought to bring a map.· We have the freedom to travel nearly anywhere in the world.
· Suzie has plenty of friends.
I got an awful fright when I realised how much money I owed.· Did you have fun at the party?
British English· They were having a game of pool.
· Identical twins have the same genes.
That woman has a genius for organization. The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12. (=laugh in a way that is difficult to control)· The girls had the giggles, and couldn’t stop laughing.
He’s never had a girlfriend. The rope has quite a bit of give in it. I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). ‘I can’t open this drawer.’ ‘Here, let me have a go.’ On the tour, everyone can have a go at making a pot. I had a good go (=tried hard) at cleaning the silver. Can I have a go on your guitar? He has at least two other projects on the go.· She had one goal in life: to accumulate a huge fortune.
Did you have a good vacation? She sat down and had a good cry. No one had a good word to say for her.· I had no grievance against him.
· You need to have a good grip on your tennis racket.
Much of the groundwork has already been done.· The police asked if anyone might have had a grudge against the victim.
· All our boots have a one-year guarantee for being waterproof.
British English, take a guess American English:· Go on, have a guess at how much it cost.· Take a guess. How many people do you think showed up?
· I had a lot of guilt about what had happened.
At least she had the gumption to phone me. I could see he was carrying a gun.· He has a habit of being late.
(=do something that makes other people feel embarrassed or offended)· Teenage girls have the unfortunate habit of laughing too loudly.
· She has beautiful blonde hair.
(also get your hair cut etc) (=by a hairdresser)· I need to get my hair cut.
I haven’t had a haircut for months! The explosion had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.· Yu Yin has tiny handwriting.
Do you have a piece of paper handy? I had a terrible hangover the next day. (=be difficult for someone to do something) You’ll have a hard time proving that. I had a hard time persuading him to accept the offer.
You’ll have a hard time proving that. I had a hard time persuading him to accept the offer. Vegetarians still often have a hard time of it when it comes to eating out. She had hardly sat down when the phone rang.· Hardly had the rain stopped, when the sun came out.
(=experience problems)· If we book now, we won’t have the hassle of picking up the tickets at the box office.
(=hate someone or something very much)· Gang members have a hatred of the police.
a country where the have-nots far outnumber the haves Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. (also have got a headache spoken)· She’s not coming – she says she’s got a headache.
· The Times carried the headline ‘7.4 Earthquake hits Los Angeles.’
His opponent had him in a headlock.· Dogs have excellent hearing.
Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems?· The house didn't have any heating when we moved in.
(=use the heating)· It's getting colder, but we haven't had the heating on yet.
(=not be afraid of heights)
British English, get/have the hiccups American English Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups.
Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups. I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. (=be holding something)· Nathan had hold of her hand again.
· Teachers cannot take holidays during term time.
formal· As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill.
· The situation looked bad, but we still had hope that things would get better soon.
I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane. British English informal (=look for something) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk.
I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk. Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen. British English (=be extremely upset or angry) Mum’d have hysterics if she knew what you’d done.
Mum’d have hysterics if she knew what you’d done.· I’ve had an idea. Why don’t we walk into town?
· When did you first find out that you had the illness?
She had no illusions about her physical attractiveness.· The product has a rather downmarket image.
· Her poems show that she has a lot of imagination.
(=what someone thought something would be like, before they saw it or experienced it)· The office was not what he had imagined.
· The job interview proved to be much worse than I had imagined it would be.
· New technology has had a massive impact on our lives.
· This is an environmental disaster which will have implications for more than one country.
· This is an issue that has importance for all of us.
· Rosa had an impulse to tell Henry the truth.
· Companies have an incentive to maximize efficiency.
· Poor farmers have little incentive to grow crops for export.
(also receive an income formal)· We have an income of over $100,000 a year.
· I think you’ve got an infection, so you need to rest.
· His works have had an influence on many modern writers.
· Do you have any information about coach trips to Oxford?
· He had to have an injection to relieve the pain.
· Tom was OK, and had just a few minor injuries.
I had an inkling that she was pregnant. (=receive it)· We’ve already had a lot of inquiries about membership of the new sports centre.
(=suddenly have an idea)· He had an inspiration while he was taking a walk in the countryside.
· She had the instinct to see what made people unhappy.
(=have an insurance policy)· Do you have insurance on your yacht?
I have no intention of retiring just yet.· Steve has a keen interest in bird-watching.
· Andy had no interest in politics.
· She has an interview next week for a teaching job in Paris.
· The following week, I had an invitation to give a talk in Cambridge.
Scratch my back – I have an itch.· Mark doesn’t have a job right now.
The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures. I’ve only had an hour’s kip.· He seems to have a knack for getting people to agree with him.
I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I might have known (=I am annoyed but not surprised) you would take that attitude. I wouldn’t have come if I’d known you were so busy. those who have the know-how to exploit the technology to the fullest· The book assumes that you already have some knowledge of physics.
(=laugh about something)· The farmer had a good laugh at our attempts to catch the horse.
· He has a one-shot lead in the golf tournament.
· Who has the lease on the flat?
· How much annual leave do you get?
The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy. (=says that)· Legend has it that Rhodes was home to the sun god Helios.
· These leaves have a length of about 7 cm.
· I have swimming lessons on Friday.
· The parents of these children may have some liability.
· Café Metropole does not yet have a license to sell liquor.
I’m going upstairs to have a lie down. I always have a lie-in on a Sunday.· We had very different lifestyles.
Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other.· The system does have its limitations.
He knows he’s only got a few months to live.· The business lobby has warned the government against raising taxes.
· The business lobby have warned the government against raising taxes.
Let me have a look at that – I think it’s mine. Take a good look at the photo and see if you recognize anyone in it. also have/take a look round British English (=look at all the things in a particular place) I have a special interest in old houses. Do you mind if I take a look around?
I have a special interest in old houses. Do you mind if I take a look around? Have you had a chance to take a look at my proposal yet? The working class has nothing to lose but its chains (=disadvantages, restrictions etc). (=used to say that you could make your situation much worse) These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system.
These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system.· I’ve had a bit of bad luck.
· I hope you have more luck in the next competition.
(also not have much/any luck) (=not be lucky or successful)· I’d been looking for a job for weeks, but had had no luck.
· He had the good luck to meet a man who could help him.
· Have you had lunch?
· I usually have sandwiches for lunch.
· The Democratic party has a majority in the Senate.
(=be wearing make-up)· She had no make-up on.
· In Venezuela, Chavez said he had a mandate for reform.
· All their children have such good manners.
(=regularly not behave politely)· He has no manners and he eats like a pig.
· They have a happy marriage.
Why don’t you have a massage?· She has complete mastery of her instrument.
(=be scheduled to play a match)· Do we have a match on Sunday?
· Each submarine will have a maximum of 128 warheads.
(=eat a meal)· We usually have our evening meal fairly early.
· The same word may have several different meanings.
· There was no path, and they had no means of knowing where they were.
(=contain meat)· Does this stew have meat in it?
· I had a long meeting with my manager.
· All his songs have good melodies.
(=if you have a short memory, you soon forget things)· Voters have short memories.
(=if you have a long memory, you remember things for a long time)· He has a long memory for people who have let him down.
(=forget things very easily)· I'm sorry, I have a memory like a sieve. I forgot you were coming today!
(=remember/not remember something)· She had no memory of the accident.
· The new restaurant on Fifth Street has an excellent menu.
(=act in a kind or forgiving way - often used to express a hope or prayer)· ‘God have mercy on me!’ Miss Barton cried.
· Both suggestions had some merit.
(=have some good qualities)· Each idea has its merits.
· Brazil’s middle class has grown in number.
· Brazil’s middle class have grown in number.
I won’t be coming this evening – I’ve got a migraine. (=drink milk in your tea or coffee)· Do you take milk in your coffee?
It was a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we had in mind. He looked as though he had something on his mind. It had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house.· Candidates should have a minimum of five years’ work experience.
She had two miscarriages before she had her first child.· Last year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash.
(=used for emphasizing how bad something is)· He was the most arrogant man I'd ever had the misfortune of meeting.
· I had some misgivings about her marriage. She was very young.
· There’s been a misunderstanding about what I meant.
(=have a short time to use)· Can you come and see me when you have a moment?
· I didn’t have enough money to pay for it.
For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US. Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate.· They have a mortgage on a small house in North London.
· Who might have had a motive for killing him?
Get me a packet of crisps – I have the munchies. (=there is a myth that)· Myth had it that Mrs Thatcher only needed four hours sleep a night.
· All their children have French names.
· They have a name for good quality food.
· I took a nap after lunch.
· He was three and a half, so he didn't have a nappy on.
A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when her car left the road. We sat down and had a natter and a cup of tea.· I just didn't have the nerve to tell them the truth.
· My mother had a nervous breakdown after my father's death.
Never had she been so confused. (=used to say that something is strange because it has never happened before) Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.
Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.· I have never liked sports.
· I don’t enjoy football. I never have liked sports.
· Never had she been so confused.
· I could tell by his face that he had some news.
We’ve had the house on the market for a month and not even had a nibble yet.· She feels that she has her own niche in the company.
(=not sleep well, especially when you are ill)· I had a bad night last night.
We offered to pay our half of the cost but Charles would have none of it.· The immigrants I spoke to often had an intense nostalgia for their homeland.
· If I’d had more notice, I could have done a better job.
· He didn’t have a clear notion of what he had to do.
(=not know or understand something at all)· He had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to walk.
At least she had the nous to ring.· She felt she had to obey her father, even though she thought he was wrong.
· Does anyone have any objections to the proposal?
· Our main objective is to reduce road accidents.
· Citizens have an obligation to obey the law.
· The poet seems to have an obsession with death.
· The people in the region have a variety of occupations.
Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day. Canada has much to offer in terms of location and climate. He felt he had nothing to offer her that she wanted. All he had on was a pair of tattered shorts.· One of them has gone.
(=have drunk too much alcohol)
(=have one last alcoholic drink before you leave a place)
We’re having an open house Sunday, noon to 5 pm. (also undergo an operation formal)· Harris had a hip operation in October.· She has undergone 50 operations since birth.
· Everyone seemed to have a different opinion.· He holds strong opinions on these issues.
(=two people disagree)· He and Luke had a difference of opinion.
· I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel.
I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect.· At the moment, children have the option of leaving school at 16.· In a situation like this, you have two options.
(=have no other choice than to do something)· I had no option but to fire him.
· The soldiers had orders to shoot anyone on the streets after 10 o'clock.
women who have never had an orgasm (=begin to exist)· The ceremony has its origins in medieval times.
· This book does not have the originality and power of his first novel.
· The meeting had a very satisfactory outcome.
· He has quite a conventional outlook.
· We need someone who will have an overview of the whole system.
· I’ve got a terrible pain in my stomach.
· The panel has reached a decision.
· The panel have reached a decision.
· He had a small part in ‘Casino Royale’.
· We’re having a party on Saturday night.
· She had a passion for music.
· I have a Canadian passport.
· He didn't have the patience to listen to another point of view.
· I'm afraid I have little patience with bureaucrats and their official rules.
British English, take a pee American English not polite· Have I got time to go for a pee before we leave?
I’d had him pegged as a troublemaker. I’m going to have my hair permed.· They did not have permission to build on the land.
· Do you have a resident's parking permit?
· Everyone seems to have a different perspective on the issue.
· Do you have any pets?
Owen has a phobia about snakes. She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex. Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country. She always gets first pick of the videos.· They were having a picnic on the beach.
· I've never been there, but I have a picture of it in my mind.
· I need to have a piss.
(=feel sorry for someone and treat them with sympathy)· He was expecting a prison sentence but the judge took pity on him.
· I have no plans to retire yet.
· Don’t worry – I have a plan.
(=have made a good point)· Maybe she has a point.
(=have it)· My father had in his possession a letter written by Winston Churchill.
· When he saw I had some potential, he gave me extra coaching.
· People who have power never seem to use it to help others.
(=do practice)· I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.
(=praise them a lot, especially when they have had to deal with a difficult situation)· Passengers had nothing but praise for the pilot.
I had the same preconceptions about life in South Africa that many people have. As Liz had predicted, the rumours were soon forgotten.· Do you have a preference for red or white wine?
When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger. The group don’t have any pretensions to be pop stars. Things have come to a pretty pass, if you can’t say what you think without causing a fight.· I may have no money and no power but I have principles.
· Couples may have to decide whose career has priority.
Today, we have the privilege of listening to two very unusual men. I had the great privilege to play for Yorkshire.· We saw water rushing in and realised we had a serious problem.
· He's always had a weight problem.
The star has a high profile in Britain. (=they have promised you something)· ‘It’ll remain a secret?’ ‘Yes, you have my promise.’
· The newspaper claimed it had proof that I worked for the CIA.
He seems to have a propensity for breaking things. She was cycling home when she had a puncture.· A meeting should have a clear purpose.
(also hold a qualification formal)· You don't need to have any qualifications for this job.
The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well.· We had a terrible quarrel last night.
Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract. (=want to ask a question)· I just have one question: is the treatment effective?
· Let’s have a race!
an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics· I have rarely seen someone eat so much.
· Rarely has a film looked so striking.
· People who eat these products could have an allergic reaction.
I sat down to have a nice quiet read.· We had many reasons to celebrate.
(=have a secret reason for doing something)· ‘Why did he marry her?’ ‘He must have had his reasons.’
(also receive a warm etc reception formal)· As he came on, Rocky got a great reception from the crowd.
· The wedding reception will be held at The Grand Hotel.
(=not remember) I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark.
I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark. We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment. A tennis player needs to have very quick reflexes.· I had the highest regard for him.
· Some motorists have no regard for other road users.
formal:· The court must have particular regard to the factors listed in section 13.
· I have absolutely no regrets.
She had a relapse and died soon after.· We’ve always had a good relationship with our neighbours.
The collapse of the company had repercussions for the whole industry. (=receive one)· The police say they had reports of a gang shooting in East London.
· The law firm has an excellent reputation.
· People said he bore a striking resemblance to the president.
· We have a reservation for seven o'clock.
· I have reservations about her work.
a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century· Do the police have the resources they need?
· I have a lot of respect for my boss.
· These kids have no respect for authority.
· The Council has responsibility for maintaining the streetlights.
· I’m going upstairs to have a rest.
(=cause something to happen)· The campaign did have some positive results.
· One day I’ll have my revenge.
· Visitors can take a ride on a steam train.
· People have a right to know the truth.
I never know who has right of way at this junction. British English The law here says that pedestrians always have the right of way.· They saw I didn’t have a wedding ring on.
The increase had a ripple effect through the whole financial market.· He played a prominent role in the company’s success.
· His son has a small role in the series.
a young horse having a roll in the field My suitcase was so full I didn’t have room for anything else. Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity. Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US.· Have you and Peter had a row?
(=it is being said)· Rumour has it that they plan to get married.
We had the run of the house for the afternoon. Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police.· They have the satisfaction of knowing that the company needs them.
I have a sauna and massage every week.· He usually has something to say about just about everything.
The workers had no say in how the factory was run. The chairman has the final say (=has the right to make the final decision about something).· He had a small white scar under his left eye.
He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door.· Scarcely had they left the station than the train stopped.
He stretched and had a scratch. He had no scruples about selling faulty goods to people.· We had really good seats, just in front of the stage.
(=sit down)· Take a seat, please.
· The Liberals now hold 292 seats in Parliament.
· We have no secrets from each other.
The accommodation was so awful it had to be seen to be believed (=you would not believe it if you did not see it yourself). As we have seen in chapter four, women’s pay is generally less than men’s. ‘How long can you stay?’ ‘I’ll have to see. It depends (=used when you cannot make a decision immediately).’ You should get that tooth seen to by a dentist. He had an epileptic seizure. I had a senior moment and just couldn’t think of his name. I had 15 years seniority, and they couldn’t fire me.· He felt a tingling sensation down his left side.
· I felt a great sense of pride.
· She seems to have a great sense of the right thing to say.
· You have to have a good sense of hearing to play the violin.
Many children have a sensitivity to cow’s milk.· We had a special training session yesterday.
Tom and I had a bit of a set-to last night. They had sex in the back seat of his car. She no longer wanted to have sex with him.· A lot of the employees own shares in the company.
(=they speak in a very disapproving way which often upsets people)
British English I’ll just have a shave before we go.
I’ll just have a shave before we go.· I got a shock when I saw how thin he had become.
especially British English Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming.
Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming. These policy changes could have beneficial side effects for the whole economy. The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta.· It had all the signs of a crime of passion.
· A child's relationship to his parents has a lasting significance for his future relationships.
(=be similar)· The two towns have many similarities.
· I have liked him since we first met.
· She had been waiting since five o’clock.
I had a sinking feeling inside as I realized I was going to fail yet again. He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble.· He didn’t have the right skills for the job.
The article had an anti-union slant. (=to not sleep well)· Why do so many elderly people have trouble sleeping?
British English (=sleep for a short while)· Are you going to have a sleep after lunch today?
· The flowers had a lovely sweet smell.
· They all had broad smiles on their faces.
That kind of car has real snob appeal. We had a massive snowball fight. I had a good long soak in the bath. I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers (=is related to them in some way). Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades. Her second son had a special place in her heart. I’ve always had a weak spot for chocolate. I’ll have one more stab at it. (also employ staff formal)· The hotel has 145 staff.
He holds a 51% stake in the firm.· We’ve had a disappointing start but we are hoping to improve.
He has money stashed away in the Bahamas. (also enjoy high/low status)· Here, old people are respected and have high social status.
· We hope you have a pleasant stay.
British English (=play badly) In the last game he had a stinker.
In the last game he had a stinker. (=make someone laugh) Her jokes had us all in stitches.
Her jokes had us all in stitches. Just a few firms have a stranglehold on the market for this software.· He didn't even have the strength to sit up.
· This proved that he has the strength to cope with such a high-powered job.
· My father had a stroke.
You may not like her, but she certainly has style.· China has had considerable success in conserving water since 1983.
It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold.· I have a suggestion for you.
She’s having a sulk. We had supper in a small Italian place. I have a wife and two children to support.· The extreme right-wing parties don’t have much popular support.
· Leslie had surgery on her toe last year.
· We got a surprise when we got home and found him waiting for us.
(=be planning to give someone a surprise)· I think Jenny might have a surprise for you.
· Many of us had our suspicions, but we couldn't prove anything.
· I have a suspicion that he forgot to post the letter.
Don’t worry, I’ve got him sussed.· It’s hard not to feel sympathy for the losing team.
(=feel very sorry for someone - often used when you have had a similar experience yourself)· I have every sympathy for people who find it hard to give up smoking.
(=used when saying that you feel sorry for someone)· It must be difficult – you have my sympathy.
· Many people with the disease have no symptoms.
informal (=to have the qualities that are needed for success) Neil’s got what it takes to be a great footballer.
Neil’s got what it takes to be a great footballer.· Greg has a real talent for drawing.
· I must have a talk with Frank before I leave.
· He called on the rebels to hold talks with the government.
She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants.· He had the task of judging the competition.
· The soup had a funny taste.
· Josh and I have the same tastes.
(=like something)· She certainly has a taste for adventure.
I had a telephone call from George this morning. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight.· Grandad had quite a temper, so we usually tried to keep out of his way.
(also undergo a test formal) (=be tested)· She had to have a blood test.
· The think tank has suggested some major reforms.
· The think tank have suggested some major reforms.
· I just had a funny thought.
He had marriage thrust upon him. Dave’s had a tiff with his girlfriend. (=have enough time to do something)· I didn’t do it because I didn’t have time.
· We never get time to do anything together.
(=have time to do something unimportant while waiting for something)· I still had some time to kill, so I thought I’d make a couple of phone calls.
He has title to the land. If you keep getting throat infections you might have to have your tonsils out (=have them removed). British English, have a tooth pulled American English (=have a tooth removed)· He’s gone to the dentist to have a tooth out.
(=face a lot of difficult problems) The family has had a tough time of it these last few months.
The family has had a tough time of it these last few months.· A small group would receive intensive training, and then would train others.
· The supermarket offers a free bus service for customers who do not have their own transport.
· Two boys received treatment for gunshot wounds.
· He is having trouble getting his message across to the voters.
· We had no trouble finding her house.
· I decided to have one last try.
He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives.· The authorities don’t seem to have a clear understanding of the problem.
· He had a rather unsettled upbringing, moving with his father from town to town.
· I still sometimes feel an urge to have a cigarette.
· We have no vacancies for cleaners at present.
· We usually take a vacation once a year.
· People brought up in different times hold different social values.
Since he owns the strip of land, Cook has a vested interest in the project being approved. Shareholders have a vested right to 10% per annum. (=have an opinion)· He has very left-wing views.
· She had a clear view of the street from her window.
· I've just had a visit from Lou Stacey.
· By eighteen months of age, the girl had a vocabulary of around 300 words.
Jan has a vocation for teaching. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. They’ll have a long wait.· She took a walk through the town.
I had a bit of a wander round the shops. You really have a warped sense of humour (=think strange and unpleasant things are funny). I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out.· Do you have any way of finding out if that is true?
I have a real weakness for fashionable clothes.· We have had lovely weather all week.
· Does the company have its own website?
Does Cath have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act? (=be determined enough to do it)· Do you have the will to win?
· We haven’t had a win for three games.
We’ll just have to wing it. (=get what you want)· She wanted him to leave, and she got her wish.
(=be ready to think quickly and do what is necessary in a difficult situation)
She had her husband with her. You’d better bring your passport with you.· It is not true that Eskimos have more than forty words for snow.
I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).· The working class has suffered a lot.
· The working class have suffered a lot.
He had a deep yearning to return to his home town. She’d always had a yen to write a book.PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have an ace up your sleeve► have no ambition to do something► have ants in your pants► somebody has arrived► have an axe to grind► have your back to/against the wall► not have a bad word to say about/against somebody► have/keep your beady eye(s) on somebody/something► not have a bean► have a bee in your bonnet (about something)► have had a bellyful of somebody/something► the bird has flown► somebody only has himself/herself to blame► have a bone to pick with somebody► somebody can’t have it both ways► have no business doing something/have no business to do something► have/take a butcher’s► have/get butterflies (in your stomach)► have first call on something► have another card up your sleeve► have a care!► not stand/have a cat in hell’s chance (of doing something)► have/make common cause (with/against somebody)► have a checkered history/career/past etc► somebody’s chickens have come home to roost► every cloud has a silver lining► have something in common (with somebody)► have something to your credit► (I) must dash/(I) have to dash► have designs on somebody► I nearly died/I could have died► it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it► not have a dog’s chance► every dog has its/his day► have a down on somebody► who would have dreamt that ...?► have something coming out (of) your ears► keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something► have eyes bigger than your belly► have a falling-out (with somebody)► have had your fill of something► have/keep your finger on the pulse (of something)► have a finger in every pie/ in many pies► have something at your/their etc fingertips► not have the first idea about something► have/give somebody first refusal on something► have fixed ideas/opinions► get/have/keep your foot in the door► have a foot in both camps► have two left feet► have a frog in your throat► have nothing/not much/a lot etc going for somebody/something► I’ll have somebody’s guts for garters► the have-nots► have eyes like a hawk► have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair► have your head in the clouds► have a (good) head for figures/facts/business etc► have you heard the one about ...► have/tan somebody’s hide► somebody has decided to honour us with their presence► have high/great hopes for somebody/something► have a hot temper► have/hold something in your hot little hand► more something than you’ve had hot dinners► Houston, we have a problem► you have no idea (how/what etc)► he/she had a good innings► have several irons in the fire► have issues (with somebody/something)► have a job doing something/have a job to do something► have the patience of Job► have kittens► you have to laugh► somebody has their own life to lead► somebody has learned their lesson► keep/have somebody on a leash► Elvis/somebody/something has left the building► have two left feet► have (got) something licked► have your name in lights► somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her► have you got a minute?► have a moan (about something)► be having a moment► (have) a mountain to climb► a must-have/must-see/must-read etc► have something to your name► have a nice day!► (have a) late/early night► have a nodding acquaintance (with something)► have a nodding acquaintance (with somebody)► have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper► have a nose around► have something on► you only have to read/look at/listen to etc something► have oversight of something► have no parallel/be without parallel► somebody has to pinch themselves► not have a pot to piss in► everyone has their price► have no problem (in) doing something► have your stomach pumped► have a quick temper► have something ready► not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc► have a right to be angry/concerned/suspicious etc► have a (good) root round► have a roving eye► not have two pennies/halfpennies/beans to rub together► have a (good) run for your money► what have you got to say for yourself?► have a lot to say for yourself► not have much to say for yourself► have it made in the shade► have/get the shits► have shot your bolt► have/get somebody by the short and curlies► you should have seen/heard something► have something on your side/something is on your side► have a skinful► have a smattering of something► have a sneaking feeling/suspicion/admiration► have the sniffles► not have a snowball’s chance in hell► no sooner had/did ... than► have/take a squint at something► shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted► have stars in your eyes► have sticky fingers► not have a stitch on► have more than one string to your bow► have a sure hold/footing► have a swollen head/be swollen-headed► only have yourself to thank (for something)► be having a thin time (of it)► you would have thought (that)► have your hands/fingers in the till► have a tinkle► not have much up top► have your nose/snout in the trough► something/somebody has their uses► walls have ears► have a whack at something► have a whale of a time► have the world at your feet► have worms► have something/be written all over your face► have something written all over it
1if you have to do something, you must do it because it is necessary or because someone makes you do it: - I have to say I don't know anything about computers.
- At this point I have to say he was, from an early age, exceedingly theatrical.
- He did not, I have to say, look at all pleased.
- He looked, I have to say, absolutely great.
- I am rather shaken, I have to confess.
- I shall say yes, she was thinking. I have to say yes.
- If you find that what I have to say about the specialisation is difficult, don't worry.
- Looking through Woodworker I have to say that many of the chairs are anything but comfortable!
- None of us slept very easily, I have to say.
- How much do I have to tell you?
- No longer do we have to choose between the living or the mechanical because that distinction is no longer meaningful.
- The first is: do we have to change the law?
- What do they have to sell?
- What do you have to pay for a pair of men's shoes, for example?
- What, do you have to socialize the director to though.
- Why do they have to have arms?
- It is seen as an effective means of business communication where relevant staff have access to a computer network.
- I have nothing against people making lots of money.
- Anyone can claim to have all the answers.
- But I don't have all the answers.
- He was a modest and unassuming man who never gave the impression that he knew all the answers.
- In the current situation many issues as yet remain unresolved and we do not have all the answers.
- We are supposed to have all the answers.
- Will that have all the answers?
- That sister of yours has an awful lot to answer for.
- I've been around the block a few times, and I think I know when someone's trying to cheat me.
- When you've been around as long as I have you realize some things aren't worth getting upset about.
- Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.
- Demos have been around as long as computer games.
- Most of them have been around a lot longer.
- Neural networks used for robotics and control applications have been around for a relatively long time.
- Some have been around a long time, others are of more recent origins.
- The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
- They have been around, practically unchanged, for at least 200 million years.
- Though I must have been around just at that time, I think.
- I have it on good authority that the school board wants to fire the principal.
- The kids had a ball building sandcastles.
- A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities.
- Besides, to be really crass about it, the publicity people are going to have a ball with this.
- Have dinner, have a ball, then spend the night, provided you have reservations.
- He and I just have a ball.
- No matter where you go, what your interests, if you are into celebrating, you can have a ball.
- We have a ball in my bag.
- The actor has the studio over a barrel - if they want to keep him, they have to pay him more money.
- You have them over a barrel on this issue, with all the right on your side.
- Maybe nothing at all, but for the love of a good woman he was at least prepared to have a bash.
- The women all have bashed in noses and black eyes and the men have scars.
- There's something to have a bash at while you're relaxing over the Christmas hols!
- And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now.
- But the facts of the past seemed to have no bearing on the facts of the present.
- It has come to have a bearing on the larger questions of civilized survival.
- Party political factors, professionalism and the dispositions of key personalities all usually have some bearing on internal management structures.
- The availability of security may, however, have a bearing on whether or not a particular loan will be granted.
- The observations on immortality in Chapter Thirteen may be seen to have some bearing on this.
- The outside influences have no bearing on what you can do for your basketball team...
- This year's form will have a bearing on all future claims.
- Once you've had a few lessons under your belt, you're ready to buy your own ski equipment.
- It's difficult to get matches under your belt when you're like that.
- They had best be careful.
- All due, of course, to the fact that she had bested Travis McKenna.
- But pitchers had best take note as well.
- If so, we had best listen closely, since we will not get another chance.
- Meanwhile we had best prepare the way by showing that a medicine beyond verbal shamanism is an aching need.
- Perhaps we had best ask ourselves why our political institutions function as they do.
- Poets like Woodhouse had best go back to their jobs.
- The concept of differentiation is a key theme of our work, and we had best discuss it as the book unfolds.
- I'd better not go out tonight; I'm really tired.
- You'd better phone Julie to say you'll be late.
- After what he has now said about a referendum, he had better watch out.
- Any organisation dismissing that vision as science-fiction had better look out.
- But Walter is a poor shade of what we have had better done.
- He thought he had better reread that part of the book.
- I did not want to go, but Dana said we had better do as they asked.
- I realized I had better hustle him out of there before he was asked about his acting career.
- In April 1911, he seemingly had better luck.
- They told Weary that he and Billy had better find somebody to surrender to.
- Waller has big plans for her retirement.
- I have big plans for Selina.
- They have big plans for their life together.
- But I already have too much blood on my hands.
- Dad with blood on his hands.
- He hated to see her with blood on her hands.
- I want him to know he has my son's blood on his hands.
- Republicans spent eight years trying to prove President Clinton had blood on his hands.
- There's blood on my hands, mine or hers I don't know.
- There was blood on his hands and I thought he'd had an accident.
- It's unbelievable - you have sex on the brain 24 hours a day!
- You always have food on the brain.
- But the festering problem may have effects on the brain, just as it can elsewhere in the body.
- Must have maggots on the brain.
- A party of skylarks were taking a breather from their incessant high-rise singing to indulge in an early-morning splashing.
- Gilts, after four days of rising quotations, softened an eighth as the pound took a breather.
- He was not digging at all now but taking a breather, evidently.
- Main picture: The female takes a breather.
- Regroup and take a breather at midday.
- Take your skis off and have a breather.
- When the last Demon's dead, take a breather before the celebrations start.
- Do I look like I have a bun in the oven?
- First, is it an ethical investment policy to encourage people to try to have their cake and eat it?
- It appears the Ministry men can have their cake and eat it ... but only if we let them.
- It seems as though the council wants to have its cake and eat it.
- That way he could have his cake and eat it too.
- The benefits of standardization are coupled with the capacity to respond to change-a way to have your cake and eat it too.
- They don't imagine they can have their cake and eat it too.
- You can't have your cake and eat it.
- You can have your cake and eat it; the only trouble is, you get fat.
- But since its premier issue in January 1993, Wired has led a charmed life.
- By his own admission he has led a charmed life.
- It's been too easy for us; we've led charmed lives till now.
- No wonder that she and Charles felt that they led a charmed life, that the times were on their side.
- Is not this subject wholly appropriate for the Minister, because his Government have had their chips?
- The Doyle kid has had a chip on his shoulder ever since his mom and dad divorced.
- In some cases folks are just mad and have a chip on their shoulder.
- After nine years of marriage to her I did not have a clue myself.
- They later got cold feet and canceled the order.
- But the prince got cold feet and failed to turn up.
- He and his neighbors bought a fire truck to protect their area, but the neighbors got cold feet.
- He gets cold feet and phones his bank manager asking him to stop the cheque.
- I began to get cold feet, but these other two guys were totally positive and they were absolutely right.
- Juicy, tender and sinfully rich, I immodestly enjoyed every one when my companion got cold feet.
- Some are said to be getting cold feet.
- Unfortunately he, the lover, had got cold feet at the last minute.
- We are all tired, and have cold feet and hands.
- Both Microsoft and Apple have big updates coming this year, and you can expect a proportionate dose of hype.
- He added that to be accurate, the aircraft would have to risk coming under fire.
- If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
- People have been coming in and milling around to see if we actually have it.
- Walter: I have people coming up to me all the time and people are friendly, I like that.
- We have a guest coming, tomorrow evening.
- We have recruits coming in all the time.
- Computer technology has come a long way since the 1970s.
- Psychiatry has come a long way since the 1920s.
- Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information.
- There are still many gaps, but we have come a long way.
- They have come a long way, so they spend the first few hours greeting each other.
- We certainly have come a long way.
- We have come a long way since then, and one of the greatest stresses in the world today is loneliness.
- All these companies have one thing in common: they deal in small, inexpensive consumer items.
- The smaller boats actually have more in common with sailboards than with the huge yachts usually seen in marinas.
- Any other old drunk would have got a corner on the fourth page.
- Larry displayed the courage of his convictions by saying no to his supervisor.
- Pat had a cow because you didn't tell her about the party.
- His work isn't usually this bad - he must have had an off day.
- They must now get a result against free scoring Glenavon next Saturday and hope Bangor have an off day at Comrades.
- You will have off days when you are tired or a bit under the weather.
- Hurry up, we don't have all day!
- But Sally does not have all day here.
- Several developers have designs on the two-acre beachfront property.
- Did it have to do with space and time?
- Answer guide: Because the accounts are to do with measuring economic activity rather than the timing of receipts and payments. 7.
- It will have to do with Holy Week and Chimayo.
- Some equations, asserted in a certain context or on certain assumptions, have to do with parts of causal circumstances.
- The first two criteria have to do with setting agendas and the others with building networks.
- The reasons for this are various, but mostly have to do with interleague play and unbalanced schedules.
- The second issue is to do with other existing roles and job specifications.
- What did the secret have to do with?
- So what has Renault done with the latest version of its supermini?
- He used to boast to his friends that he often had the President's ear.
- She hasn't had an easy time of it since Jack left.
- Hu did not have an easy time of it at first.
- He's brilliant in job interviews -- he always manages to get the panel eating out of his hand.
- I introduced Mr Wilkinson to my mother, and within minutes she had him eating out of her hand.
- In a second or two a man might have these boys eating out of his hand.
- If we think they are easy meat we will end up with egg on our faces.
- Meanwhile, Hutcheson observed that in 1995 all the chip forecasters had varying degrees of egg on their face.
- People like me, who believed the firing squad had been assembled, were left with egg on our faces.
- I'd had enough of the neighbors' noise, so I called the police.
- But I think perhaps you have had enough lessons for one night.
- By Saturday, both parties appeared to have had enough.
- Eat what is on offer and enjoy it without guilt, but stop when you have had enough.
- If you have had enough, stop eating.
- Male speaker People have had enough of crime in rural areas.
- My guess is that many of you have had enough of life before modernity.
- Others, if they have had enough attention, will simply start to struggle and then leap down or move away.
- Whatever the explanation, many people in Hong Kong have had enough.
- Barry had everything going for him -- charm, looks, intelligence, but still he was unemployed.
- Dan seemed to have everything going for him in college.
- She was bright and pretty and had everything going for her.
- It seems to have everything going for it.
- The events have everything going for them.
- He wants his friends to have everything.
- I have everything that others packed on to trains, starving in camps, tortured, gassed, bludgeoned and shot do not.
- I want to have everything ready in good time.
- If he could have that, Kingsley believed, he could have everything.
- Insurers have everything to gain by supporting clinical trials.
- It is important to check this list ahead of time so that you have everything ready to complete the demonstration.
- It seemed they could have everything merely because they were boys, they would not have to sacrifice anything for anything else.
- Still, you can't have everything.
- Rodrigues has his eye on the major leagues.
- We have our eyes on a nice little house near the beach.
- A few years more and white men will be all around you. they have their eyes on this land.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He must have his eyes on a Ryder Cup spot.
- Greene has an eye for detail.
- Confidence men always have an eye for extra exits.
- She says women have an eye for minutiae, they see the curtain hasn't been drawn or the untied shoelace.
- They also have an eye for a catchy phrase.
- When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head.
- You need to have eyes in the back of your head to be a teacher.
- My mother had eyes like a hawk.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He kept his eyes on Ezra, surveying him.
- He kept his eyes on his father, who had betrayed him.
- His face had grown serious, and he kept his eyes on the road.
- I kept my eyes on it the whole time, he wrote.
- It was not only Percy Makepeace who kept his eyes on Hilary.
- Mulcahey kept his eyes on the circles that widened out from the pebbles he dropped into the water.
- We have to keep our eyes on the sandy path.
- Mark only had eyes for his wife.
- I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about.
- Tim's had more than his fair share of bad luck this year.
- Any guilt she many have felt for the loss of her son did not affect her longevity.
- Did you get a feel for that with those conversations and the two extremes, the shot-gun versus the follow-up?
- He was here to get a feel for the place.
- I can get a rhythm, get a feel for the offense.
- Playing the game itself is lots of fun, once you get a feel for the actual shot settings.
- Rather we get a feeling for the differences in the island societies through encounters with restaurant owners.
- Walk around the Tor and on the footpaths of the surrounding levels to get a feel for this legend-full land.
- Whenever possible I devoured local newspapers, trying to get a feel for the politics and social conditions of each place.
- As I contemplate the process of separation / individuation I may have feelings and sensations that I can not articulate.
- As soon as things are really good, I always have a feeling the rug is about to be pulled out from under me.
- But I have feeling in my hand back.
- Certainly, younger children show affection and have feelings of liking and disliking.
- I have a feeling he will win.
- I have a feeling that there is now more of my past life than my future.
- I have a feeling we may be wrong about the taxes.
- I have a feeling you won't need that radio.
- Ralph Nader may have had a few, but then again far, far too few to mention.
- Politicians and the media have had a field day with the incident.
- Any bacteria that may be in the food will have a field day and grow.
- In such situations, information biases have a field day...
- The court was agog and the journalists continued to scribble away, knowing they were about to have a field day.
- The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.
- The tabloid newspapers would have a field day.
- They'd have a field day.
- Well, the crackpots will have a field day with these revelations, Holmes!
- All children must have a fighting chance at a good education.
- And that has encouraged the Geordies to believe they still have a fighting chance of keeping him.
- Central defender Tony Mowbray believes his former team have a fighting chance at Old Trafford.
- And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.
- But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.
- I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.
- Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.
- So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.
- We should be finished with that in the next ten days.
- We were finished with training camp.
- You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them.
- And when he was finished with him there would be nothing left.
- But Teravainen went to Yale, and Woosnam was finished with school by the age of sixteen.
- I believe that I am finished with the war be-cause I no longer study obsessively the photographs of concentration-camp survivors.
- Provided that the other House now passes the Bill in the same form, it will have finished with it for good.
- So Duboc finally decided he was finished with Bailey.
- We should be finished with that in the next ten days.
- We were finished with training camp.
- You can avoid this problem by deleting any files in: RAM- as soon as you have finished with them.
- I can't deal with this now - I've got other fish to fry.
- Mom's going to have a fit when she sees what you've done.
- But it was clear to all that the then Massachusetts governor would have fit snugly into the capital cocoon.
- He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.
- He would have fit in perfectly back in 1956, the last time they had a Subway Series.
- I have fitted the 31/10.15 tyres to 15 x 7 rims.
- It would definitely not have fitted those of Marthe and myself.
- She continued to have fits and suffered serious and permanent brain damage.
- The 2-year-old threw fits, but not just the normal toddler tantrums.
- There must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of sea anglers who have fitted a Decca-receiving navigator to their own boat.
- Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
- I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
- Go on, have a flick through.
- Marie's left a load of mags behind, so I pick one up and have a flick through it.
- Sometimes I'd have a flick through.
- The Senator from Wyoming has the floor.
- I'm not a heavy gambler, but I like to have a flutter from time to time.
- I had a little flutter on the Grand National and won £5.
- Journos are invited to have a flutter with the cash.
- She should never have fluttered the way she did.
- I don't have the foggiest idea what his address is.
- Before I go on, some of you may not have the foggiest what a fanzine is.
- He ought to have fond memories of the place.
- I have fond memories of Sussex-playing pool and, much more to the point, the excellent discussions on science.
- She would have been pleased that the youngsters who come and go will have fond memories of their day in hospital.
- "Look, we're doing our best to fix it." "Well, you could have fooled me."
- She's really creative, but she also has her feet firmly on the ground.
- So I guess inversely he taught me the need to be prepared and keep both feet on the ground.
- She sounded like she had one foot in the grave.
- Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
- He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
- I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
- The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
- But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
- We have friends in high places, they said.
- All school systems are going to have to make similar innovative arrangements if school-to-work programs are to have a future.
- And Bosnia might have a future.
- Broadly-based companies without differentiated products have no future, he says.
- But those ideologies now have no future except in the history books.
- If I take on an artist, for example, I need to think they will have a future.
- Nick Ellis, London Does the human race have a future longer than its past?
- Congress actually had the gall to vote for a pay raise for themselves.
- I can't believe he had the gall to ask you for money.
- Ruth was always on the phone and yet she had the gall to tell me off for making one call.
- Take a gander at this letter I just got from Janet.
- Ye take a gander at the engines.
- Kay's gone and lost the car keys!
- David kept saying she should simply not have gone up there ... but how could she not have gone, being Harriet?
- He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.
- Maybe he should have gone to work for a firm.
- Mrs James will certainly have gone home, but Gerard will still be up until after the last guest has gone.
- Presidential families have gone to great lengths before to preserve the privacy of their personal correspondence.
- Since then, scientists have gone back to the lab and improved it.
- So stay with me and have a go.
- The finish could have gone either way.
- With her brains and good looks, she certainly has a lot going for her.
- Human travel agents, paper guidebooks and newspaper ads still have a lot going for them.
- "I'm off to work." Alright, have a good one."
- And you have a good one.
- They've got a good thing going with that little business of theirs.
- But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me.
- The two detectives went undercover to get the goods on the Parducci family.
- It is get the goods on him.
- He had green fingers, my grandfather. He could grow anything.
- The flower show season is upon us, and whether you have a green thumb or not, you should take a look at your garden.
- Tonight these dames were going to have greener fingers than Percy Thrower.
- You really do have green fingers.
- Be careful not to annoy the boss. He has a habit of losing his temper.
- My teenage daughter has a habit of leaving home without her house key.
- We shouldn't rule out a Democrat victory yet. These things have a habit of changing just when you least expect it.
- Arizonans have a habit of embracing wealthy businessmen with virtually no elective experience.
- Here, the guards have a habit of touching the women.
- I have a habit of filling small sketchbooks with hour or day-long sequences of watercolours.
- I have a habit of turning it off as soon as I hear the first commercial.
- Low-confidence people have a habit of trying to accomplish the impossible.-Praise yourself when you do something well.
- Myths have a habit of ignoring the truth.
- Things have a habit of disappearing there.
- Things he predicts have a habit of coming true.
- He sat at his desk, not a hair out of place, and turning a pencil over in his hand.
- He seemed stern and austere and never had a hair out of place.
- Joel never has a hair out of place.
- I have half a mind to just go home.
- I have half a mind to tell her what I really think of her.
- I have half a mind to make you take this right back.
- Thorpe has had a hand in restoring the 21 houses.
- They also agreed that the participants themselves should have a hand in deciding what they would discuss.
- It is still instinctively held that those involved in engineering science should be useful handymen and will have oil on their hands.
- The Khedive is starting to realize that he might have trouble on his hands.
- They submitted lest they kill him; his death from the fast would have been on their hands.
- Diane has her hands full with housekeeping chores and a new baby.
- I'm sorry I can't help you -- I have my hands full right now.
- The Mexican government had its hands full fighting a war on three fronts.
- You must have your hands full with all this work to do and the children to look after.
- And Brooks would have his hands full.
- And you can bet we have our hands full.
- I know I am going to have my hands full when his session is over.
- So it looks as if the doctors and Osteopaths will continue to have their hands full.
- So when the shutdown finally ends, the agency will have its hands full.
- Steinbach will have his hands full with a pitching staff fresh out of the box.
- The parents and teachers of many of these youngsters have their hands full enough just looking after them.
- You guys have your hands full.
- You have to hand it to her. She's really made a success of that company.
- A lot of people are having a hard time making ends meet.
- Anyone calling the 202 area code this weekend had a hard time getting through.
- I'm still having a hard time getting the company to pay me.
- I tried to find the house but I had such a hard time, I decided to give up.
- Premature babies have a hard time even under the best of circumstances.
- By contrast, books such as Randi's have a hard time finding enthusiastic editors.
- Cynics will have a hard time taking this seriously.
- Even the birds have a hard time of it, and you and Mr.
- He may have a hard time persuading lawmakers.
- I have a hard time eating meals when I should.
- The innovation of Private Eye ensured that deference, if not quite dead, would henceforth have a hard time.
- We have a hard time pulling off one conference.
- Your boy have a hard time getting it across?
- Cloughie probably gets closest to it - not he himself but the No. 9 seems to have his head screwed on.
- She seemed to have her head screwed on right, even if she was a girl.
- Have you ever heard of a band called Big Star?
- I've heard of Louis de Bernieres, but I've never read anything by him.
- For the moment, none of them seems to have heard of it.
- From old Boston, in case you might have heard of it.
- I have heard of levels, of course.
- It would be incongruous to see her as an influence on later writers who may never have heard of her.
- She claimed never to have heard of Suzuki-san.
- The entire universe will have heard of her by then.
- There has been so much talk of saturated and unsaturated fats that most people have heard of them.
- You may have heard of his kid brother.
- I didn't have the heart to tell my daughter we couldn't keep the puppy.
- Have a heart! I'll never get all that done.
- Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack.
- I will surely give some one a heart attack ... I have varicose veins in my legs.
- That ought to give Francois a heart attack.
- She had the house to herself while her parents were gone.
- Helen used to have the house to herself.
- How could she have done this to herself?
- Jerry wanted to have the company all to himself.
- But he might just as well have been talking to himself.
- Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself?
- I wanted Seve to have the stage to himself - he'd earned it.
- If he can't have you all to himself, he won't want you at all.
- She had hoped Travis would have kept it to himself.
- I had long had a horror of alcohol.
- I have a horror of supermarkets.
- It showed itself to have a horror of socialism already in the nineteenth century.
- I think he's got the hots for you, Elaine.
- But my, what a great body - no wonder Luke's got the hots for you.
- Well, Big Breakfast's Donna Air seems to have the hots for him.
- The new superintendent has the right idea about attacking illiteracy, but the wrong method.
- Mrs Donaldson, in last month's letters page, certainly seems to have the right idea.
- The young lads have the right idea.
- But whenever I have an idea, I need to act on it as soon as possible.
- I have an idea of her.
- Now that we have an idea how hyperinflation gets started we can look at the causes of run-of-the-mill inflation.
- Some have ideas for lyrical language.
- This is because I have ideas.
- We can have ideas of things we have not experienced.
- We need to have an idea of what perceptions we are triggering. 141 selling Selling is one stage further than communication.
- We write the first two chapters together so we have an idea of the characters.
- I have no interest in continuing this conversation.
- He seemed to have no interest in doing anything.
- I have no interest in hating white people.
- I have no interest in high-tech commercial videos at all these days.
- I have no interest in the psychological interpretation of my sitters, I want to convey their physical appearance.
- Nor could they understand a young, good-looking man who appeared to have no interest in girls.
- Pound seems to have no interest in that.
- That is, leaders have no interest in proving themselves, but an abiding interest in expressing themselves.
- You might have no interest in building a fancy themed site or even learning anything about creating Web pages.
- I just have to get somewhere soon to sleep.
- My uncle said that now we ha-ha just have to do this.
- She would just have to get out and walk.
- Sometimes you just have to tell people what s best for them.
- That's the trouble with doing all these films and tellies - you just have to remember a little bit for a short take.
- We just have to do some more throat swabs.
- You can have it right back if you want it, you just have to ask.
- You don't just have to listen to stories.
- He can continue to appeal, or go to some other level, until he feels justice has been done.
- He has successfully persuaded the crowd that justice has been done.
- Mr Townsend says he feels justice has been done.
- Mrs Alliss' solicitor says justice has been done.
- Children have a knack of choosing the most inconvenient or embarrassing times for their Socratic dialogues.
- I have spent years using buses, and seem to have a knack of sitting next to some very odd people.
- Aid can have a knock-on effect in neighbouring countries which are also in great need.
- First, proposed increases in energy and payroll taxes could have a knock-on effect on wage demands and prices.
- It will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, and may have a knock-on effect.
- Persecuting Nonconformists could have a knock-on effect in a community, hitting those who were loyal to the established Church.
- There are inevitable disruptions to deliveries such as vehicle breakdowns which have knock-on effects to delivery schedules.
- This will have a knock-on effect throughout the economy, and will drive up interest rates generally.
- Boy did he have the last laugh.
- Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh.
- Yet women drivers have the last laugh.
- Billy got off his lounge chair now, went into the bathroom and took a leak.
- Cully goes off to take a leak.
- I'd gone behind the set to take a leak and I heard this sound like snapping wood.
- I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.
- She locked herself into a cubicle and took a leak.
- Tank owners are required to have leak detection equipment installed by December 1993.
- Well, rumors have leaked out.
- You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up.
- If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
- Mrs. Kramer really let him have it for spilling the paint.
- As for the Cub players they came out on the steps of their dugout and really let me have it.
- Do report recurring faults to the developers; that's why they let you have it free.
- He says that you just let them have it!
- I let him have it to get rid of him.
- Instead of saying no, they let the kids have it.
- Netscape hooked millions of web surfers on Navigator by letting them have it for free.
- They suggested she borrow the money until such time as they could let her have it.
- We should have let them have it.
- I hear that all the older boys are driving big expensive cars and living the life of Riley.
- I have my limits. You will not use that kind of nasty language in my class.
- Alternatively it was seen by some as a warning to the opposition that the process of democratization would have its limits.
- But those official data sources have their limits.
- Denial does have its limits, though, whiteout being one of them.
- Even saints, it seems, have their limits.
- In a broader context, however, these variations have their limits.
- Joey is just kidding, but even I have my limits.
- Powys & Jones have real promise but can't get a look-in.
- Torque-steer wouldn't get a look-in.
- When it comes to the 3,000 metres steeplechase, no other country gets a look-in.
- As the underdog here, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
- But you have nothing to lose - your life was being made a misery anyway.
- For a meeting or two, they have nothing to lose.
- If you are not sure whether you will be entitled to benefit, remember that you have nothing to lose by applying.
- The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
- You have nothing to lose but your monotony.
- You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court.
- You have nothing to lose by trying out possible futures for size-it just requires an imaginative leap.
- I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention, I have a lot on my mind at the moment.
- Since the divorce, Linda's had a lot on her mind.
- Stacy didn't go to the party on Saturday because she had a lot on her mind.
- He says he'll try and see you as soon as possible, but he has a lot going on this afternoon.
- Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
- Harris has a lot on his plate at the moment. Why don't we give the project to Melinda?
- Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
- As luck would have it, it rained the next day and the game was canceled.
- As luck would have it, there were two seats left on the last flight.
- This was the first time I had ever seen a panda, and as luck would have it, I had my camera with me.
- But, as luck would have it, for them anyway, no buses ran on Sunday.
- But, as luck would have it, I didn't have an opportunity to follow up my intention at the time.
- Somewhere in the Great Hall, as luck would have it, were two managing directors from Salomon Brothers.
- This particular shoe, as luck would have it, is a flip-flop.
- It costs a fortune to buy a Porsche - some people have all the luck.
- Defenders have the luxury of double-teaming Riley.
- In the criminal trial, the prosecution did not have the luxury of depositions.
- Is this what women became if afforded the luxury of turned tables?
- The human species can no longer afford the luxury of such long double-takes or the leisurely changes of heart of entrenched scientists.
- They couldn't afford the luxury of open-market values.
- They did have the luxury of hit and run.
- We do not have the luxury of thinking our problems will miraculously be solved by better times ahead.
- When I painted it was for myself, I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting.
- Nowadays, these people have got it made.
- Others chimed in, saying those who have it made are pulling up the ladder on those less fortunate.
- We've got the makings of a winning team.
- Ron looked like he'd had one too many.
- Booth and Rowntree were more concerned with getting the measure of poverty than with trying to devise a general theory about it.
- He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan, running from stall 15.
- Booth and Rowntree were more concerned with getting the measure of poverty than with trying to devise a general theory about it.
- He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan, running from stall 15.
- All those years I might have known her!
- Although I might have known you'd arrive just as drinks were being ordered!
- Dear little Papa, as I might have known!
- If you'd had a big fat bottom I might have guessed.
- It was nothing I might have guessed.
- Of course, I might have known that you'd have some clever way of dealing with everything, though.
- Ooh! I might have known it!
- Some years before, I might have guessed Bond's enigmatic presence in the scene.
- But Mansell has a mind of his own, and he was adamant he would make racing his career.
- Joey's only two, but he has a mind of his own.
- My hair seems to have a mind of its own today.
- She's a woman with a mind of her own, who says what she thinks.
- I have a mind of my own.
- They have minds of their own and will form their own views on what is put before them.
- But they're not saying if they have Bosnia in mind.
- Did she have Mr Gonzalez in mind?
- I have particularly in mind community nurseries and similar support.
- I still have it in mind that barbers take Mondays off.
- Socrates could not have had in mind the moral compromise peculiar to a nation like our own.
- Those seven heads, with their seven mouths and seven tongues, have other things in mind.
- What they both must have had in mind was a different future for Ameliaone much more lucrative than her past.
- You have to keep in mind the trains here are descending from the Continental Divide and move quickly and quietly.
- I didn't have it in mind to go looking for a four-piece group.
- I still have it in mind that barbers take Mondays off.
- I have half a mind to make you take this right back.
- The Saints had their moments, but they still lost.
- Because, Ishmael says, all men have their moments of greatness.
- But I can assure you I have my moments.
- Even a railway journey with a missed connection can have its moments.
- Those observations made, it should be said that the Herioter did have his moments in the lineout.
- Yet, the show does have its moments.
- Adventure expeditions are growing in popularity, particularly among older Americans with money to burn.
- Every time I see her she's wearing something new. She must have money to burn.
- People who buy expensive cars have money to burn, and they want you to know it.
- Unless you've got money to burn, these expensive guitars are not the instruments to get you started.
- In practice, this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted.
- Men appear to be no more willing to support women in their traditional roles than women are to assume them.
- I had a whole lane in the swimming pool to myself.
- I didn't have Mum to myself because all the others were around.
- I get home and I have no time to myself.
- I have a duty to myself and to my reader to express what follows with truth and dignity.
- I have an office to myself.
- I have been re-transformed to myself and this civilised gloom.
- I have said to myself that that is wrong.
- I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
- The bedroom upstairs is all ready for my brother, and I'd prefer to have that floor to myself anyway.
- If a washer has a brand name on it, make sure that the smooth side comes into contact with the seating.
- They say if it has your name on it ... But who can write on a virus?
- Gentlemen, we have no need of discretion to protect the life of Simon Cormack any more.
- I thought of leaving it to you, Cynthia, but you have no need of it.
- More straightforwardly, however, capitalism and technology have no need of religion.
- On Siporax, it is claimed, the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job.
- The rest of us find paracetamol an effective analgesic with no important side effects and have no need of an antidote.
- They appear to have no need of an anemone and usually ignore any placed in the aquarium with them.
- You have no need of a certificate.
- The Michael Steins of this world have nine lives.
- But Kaptan would have none of it.
- Kronecker would have none of this.
- Pott would have none of it and, with the aid of his old friend Nourse, successfully set it himself.
- Stark would have none of that.
- Surprised and shocked, the Soviet government would have none of it.
- The world was going crazy and, or so it seemed, Trumptonshire would have none of it.
- He must have a nose for money better than any hound for any fox.
- I have a nose for one thing.
- Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor.
- He realized she must have nothing on.
- She seemed to have nothing on underneath, which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion.
- When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.
- Where that girl is concerned I have nothing on my conscience.
- I have nothing against Jack personally, I just don't like his line of work.
- Atari and Psion, like most companies, have nothing against enthusiasts making one or two copies for personal back-ups.
- I have nothing against Mr Jack Neighbours, who sadly, I understand, was killed in the war.
- I have nothing against the Arabs ... They are the same as us.
- I have nothing against the Arabs.
- I have nothing against these resorts, but my own shortlist of best resorts would not include any of them.
- I have nothing against thorns and prickles so long as you can admire them from a safe distance.
- Now I want this distinctly understood, that I have nothing against Cleveland.
- But that smell might very well have nothing to do with it.
- Finally, he was publicly warned and barred from communion, and the people advised to have nothing to do with him.
- General Smuts will have nothing to do with you.
- He was nothing to do with her and Alan.
- I have nothing to do with the motel.
- These are things to be proud of, but they have nothing to do with rank or class.
- We have nothing to do with each other.
- You can tell Cara has his number. She knows exactly how to handle him when he's mad.
- As if you have so much to offer us!
- Citing security, officials have declined to offer specifics on how profiling would work.
- Coin inscriptions do indeed have much to offer.
- Librarians have expertise to offer here and teachers are capitalising on it, often incorporating these elements in their lesson plans.
- Professional counselors, psychiatrists, and psychiatric hospitals have great gifts to offer.
- Saalbach is the larger of the two, but both have excellent facilities to offer.
- So does feminism have anything to offer?
- The schools might not have been able to offer courses that would pass muster.
- That guy has a one-track mind.
- All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
- He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
- Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
- She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
- She's got the whole committee in the palm of her hand.
- Herrera, personally, took no part in this mild form of political persecution.
- Johnny played no part in this world.
- Of course, Laura took no part in such a major business decision; the empire builder was Bernard.
- Schuster insists his political connections played no part in the choice.
- The mostly white jurors who actually sat in the jury room, insisted that race had played no part in their decision.
- The very act of imagining Gods exempt from suffering ensures that humans take no part in the deity.
- They are evaluated and yet play no part in defining the criteria, determining the methods, or controlling the process.
- This is not to say that economic imperatives play no part in penal developments.
- All of us have a part to play.
- But literacy and the written word do have a part to play.
- However, the latter have a part to play from the period of nursery rhymes and finger and other basic-activity games.
- Look and Say does have a part to play.
- Might farm schools have a part to play?
- Models can be useful and have a part to play, if built on a sound theoretical basis.
- Now I think that the woman lawyer has been foregrounded as if the law actually does have a part to play.
- Now, many of the other items are also sound and have a part to play but they could be improved upon.
- Like most politicians he had all his answers off pat, but he didn't have anything particularly new or interesting to say.
- She only had to repeat the lines once or twice, and she'd have them down pat.
- First, be kind to yourself, so you will have patience.
- You have to have patience on the defensive end.
- After 20 years in jail, Murray feels he has paid his debt to society.
- At this point the penny dropped.
- I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny dropped.
- Suddenly the penny dropped, and Meredith knew why he'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion.
- Then the penny dropped and he realised that the man had meant a fan- bearer.
- You have a perfect right to say "no" if you don't want to do it.
- They have a perfect right to object to it.
- I am a female, mid-twenties and happen to have my nose pierced with one small silver ring.
- Exploitation and oppression will be concepts of history which have no place in the description of contemporary social reality.
- Honesty, decency, good will have no place in this business of selling or murdering an image.
- In a holy community Noyes thought that exclusiveness, jealousy, and quarreling should have no place.
- Personal opinion or preferences and speculative imaginings have no place in science.
- Religious celebrations have no place in public schools, although teaching about religion is acceptable.
- Some believe that values can not be taught apart from religion and therefore have no place in public schools.
- Some would argue that these enterprises have no place in a capitalist system, and should therefore be privatised as soon as possible.
- Therefore, the right of national self-determination could have no place in the party programme.
- Beckham may have enough on his plate attempting to recapture his early-season form without being burdened with any extra responsibilities.
- It looks like the team has a chance at the Aloha Bowl firmly in their pocket.
- After all, we have Vargas in our pocket.
- Shoppers will have more in their pockets and it will not cost companies vast sums to borrow for expansion.
- You have money in your pocket, a cheque-book on you and one or two credit cards as well.
- This place has a lot of possibilities, but it will need some work.
- The Seahawks don't have a prayer of winning the Superbowl.
- Boxing White Hopes like Cooney do not have a prayer of toppling Tyson.
- Because officials are so anxious to get good press, there is often tremendous pressure on the government press agent.
- Even Quayle is getting better press than me.
- Even testosterone, so often blamed for aggressive behavior in men, is getting better press.
- For now Harriet's keener on seeing chess get a better press.
- A runaway hamster called Sophie takes pride of place where the school rat once roamed.
- A Tudor Doll's House takes pride of place in a fine collection of houses and period dolls.
- Are they to take pride of place, as they should in ballets worthy of the name?
- At Maastricht next month, political, economic and monetary union will take pride of place.
- Glass would have pride of place, she said.
- The statue takes pride of place at Gerrards Cross station.
- There, pit latrines inside homes take pride of place, their arched entrances lavishly embellished with stone carvings.
- These were retrieved and now take pride of place in the library.
- "You're going to wear that dress?" "Do you have a problem with that?"
- When all they needed to do was lift up the phone and have a quiet word.
- Anyone attempting to invade the country will have to reckon with the peacekeeping force.
- You'll have the boss to reckon with if you go home this early.
- The hotel has little except price to recommend it.
- An alternative approach-optical fibre - has much to recommend it.
- As such, it has much to recommend it.
- But in terms of an effective solution the voting method has little to recommend it.
- In principle this format has much to recommend it, but in this case the practice has not been successful.
- It is plain that, in the long run, the gentle art of compromise has much to recommend it.
- Nevertheless, the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions.
- Such a way of proceeding has much to recommend it, but scant progress has been made in that direction.
- This cooperative family decision-making has much to recommend it.
- How have relations between fellow workers changed in the flexible workplace?
- You have no right to tell me what I can and can't do!
- But we have no right to force collection of child support for the kids.
- But you have no right to come in here meddling with my things.
- Finally, the relatives of patients have no right to make decisions on the patient's behalf.
- I have no right to be saying anything that goes against Church teaching.
- I have no right to intrude on their lives.
- The states have no rights to any money.
- You have no right to be here.
- Some findings will have a familiar ring in the West.
- The terrors which Mr Cash expresses about our future in the community have a familiar ring about them.
- These and other questions have a familiar ring because versions of these same questions are posted in various places on the walls.
- Lies by their nature have the ring of truth.
- Some stories have a ring of truth, if a little exaggerated: They do fit the known biography.
- Thinkers, like the aforementioned, gained status because they suggest answers that have the ring of truth.
- The play still has a few rough edges, but by next week it should be all right.
- Of course he deserves prison. Having said that, I don't think any good will come of locking him up forever.
- Anyway, having said that Wilko would be nuts to buy another Midfielder of any sort.
- But having said that, it's a sport that anybody can play.
- But having said that, it was wonderful and I wouldn't have missed that trip for anything.
- But having said that, there's nothing I particularly wanted to show or to hide.
- But having said that, this is a big game for us.
- But having said that, you have to close sites and obviously that does lead to hardship.
- I was unhappy with myself for having said that.
- Marx is oft-quoted as having said that people make history, but not under conditions of their own choosing.
- You'd better tell your dad about the dent in the car - I'm sure he'll have something to say about it.
- However, Trevor Francis' Birmingham will have something to say about that.
- I shall have something to say about original boards a little later.
- Jen looked at me as if I ought to have something to say about this.
- Jerome would have something to say about that..
- Mind you, Sunderland, of course, could have something to say about that at Hillsborough tomorrow afternoon.
- Rodman would have something to say about juvenile fantasies of self-reliance if I told him that one.
- At a public meeting yesterday, environmentalists were finally permitted to have their say about the future of the ancient forest.
- You've had your say -- now let someone else speak.
- But emotions don't like that; they love to have their say.
- Our advantage, however, was that we allowed the public to have their say on possible changes before proposals were published.
- Probably the best thing about his show was that he let people have their say.
- Talk too much, and not let others have their say.
- Tennis World would like you to have your say on the issue.
- The voters are entitled to have their say on Maastricht and should be given it.
- Whatever Kureishi may claim, minorities and special-interest groups have their say in his work.
- When the company finally makes a small offer to the widow, her lawyer will have his say, too.
- "Fernando can be really weird sometimes." "Yeah, he's got a screw loose, no question."
- Couples contemplating divorce often have second thoughts when they realize how it will affect their children.
- It was obvious that the company was having second thoughts about the whole project.
- But now, with the raft travelling more slowly than I had planned, I began to have second thoughts.
- But then various men on the race committee and some male members of the National Aeronautic Association began to have second thoughts.
- I hope Darlington Transport have second thoughts on the matter.
- Keep him laughing and he might have second thoughts about eating you!
- Perhaps Mr Harrison would have second thoughts if he walked in our neck of the woods.
- Somewhere between second helpings I began to have second thoughts.
- Such incidents might have caused Sir Bernard to have second thoughts about the system; but he defends it with passion.
- Then, before she could have second thoughts, she picked up the telephone and dialled his number.
- Ms. Davis's car had certainly seen better days.
- Virginia's car had definitely seen better days.
- We are working at Nanking University, in rather cramped and primitive conditions, for the buildings have seen better days.
- Teng is thought to have her sights set on the Board of Supervisors' presidency.
- But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
- If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
- Many of the Keishinkai parents have their hearts set on Keio.
- Movie sniper Jude Law and Rachel Weisz are covered in mud but still have their sights set on desire.
- IBM had the market for electric typewriters sewn up.
- For the lawyers have it all sewn up.
- The deal between the wholesaler and manufacturer will have been sewn up only minutes before Sanjay accepted his orders.
- To have lost a game against the local rivals that should have been sewn up was bad enough.
- Bring any player back and he does not perform and people have short memories.
- Manufacturers have short memories, you know.
- Other strategies might be more forgiving and have shorter memories.
- Girls today sure have short fuses.
- Mrs Popple had long been known to have a short temper.
- But if you think about it, they really do have nothing to show for it even with Banks popping Woodson.
- It always feels like an admission of failure to come back from the Continent and have nothing to show for it.
- So, what have I got to show for my time as a hostage?
- The country is beginning to have something to show for all the pain.
- They have little to show for their trouble, but they continue.
- You'd better remind him about the party - he's got a memory like a sieve!
- Some people have thick skins, others have thin ones and are more easily hurt.
- A bill that would have slashed child support payments for most divorced fathers failed in the state Assembly.
- A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.
- And some London pubs have slashed their prices from £1.70 a pint to less than a pound.
- Last year, Hayworth supported welfare-reform legislation that would have slashed federal spending by $ 66 billion over five years.
- The telecommunications giant joined a growing number of employers in growth industries that have slashed payrolls even as their profits soared.
- To woo customers, carpet stores have slashed prices, which cut into the bottom line of carpet manufacturers.
- We have slashed soot and dust emissions by nearly 90 percent.
- You have slashed costs and created an extensive new marketing campaign.
- Don't worry. He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
- A dozen cemetery companies have sniffed around Hollywood Memorial and then walked away.
- Although I have a soft spot for him after his super-game Hennessy win, he does not appeal greatly as 7-2 favourite.
- I do have a soft spot for Britain's best-selling car, the Ford Fiesta.
- The reason why I have a soft spot for this notebook, he wrote.
- At last I have something of Father's.
- Clearly a stranger had emptied it, hence obviously they thought she might have something of interest in it.
- It seems you already have something of the greater power.
- The gardens have something of interest to offer throughout the year.
- They must each have something of reality about them.
- We have something of value to offer you, but you in return have something to offer us.
- William Right-well, then we have something of an impasse.
- You really do have something of Zbigniew in you.
- And the more you borrow, the more the bank will have a stake in your success.
- Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.
- Dow Jones and Intel also have stakes in Sohu.
- Many have a stake in the present system.
- Pharmaceuticals and health-products firms, which have a stake in Medicaid and Medicare reforms, $ 1. 3 million.
- The decisions will be made at the appropriate level by those who have a stake in them.
- They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority, both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.
- We want all our people to share in growing prosperity and to have a stake in the country's future.
- It's a very violent film. You'll need a strong stomach to sit through it.
- You have to have a strong stomach to invest in today's bond market.
- They proved to have no stomach for a fight with only Steve Regeling showing any semblance of spirit.
- Lester claims to have several women on a string.
- All of which is very curious we could have sworn Colin Milburn went to good old Greencroft comprehensive.
- Athelstan could have sworn he was acting as if there was some one else there.
- Corbett could have sworn that momentarily he glimpsed another figure, shadow-like, but fled on.
- He could have sworn the pile of letters had been deeper, that there had been many more.
- No, he recalled other sightings, so real you could have sworn they were alive ... until they vanished.
- She could have sworn the light had been yellow - pure yellow.
- The friar could have sworn that Sir John was singing a hymn or a song under his breath.
- The Myrcans looked on with what he could have sworn was approval.
- Danny's always had a sweet tooth.
- If you have a sweet tooth, it is much better to make them part of a meal.
- And when several events air live simultaneously, some of them have to be taped.
- It should have been taped for a campaign training film; it was too perfect.
- Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks.
- And there were plenty left over for everyone else to have a taste, too.
- But the speculators have tasted blood and could yet force a devaluation of the franc.
- I guess you have a taste for the exotic though I was not exotic.
- I have tasted moose meat, though.
- I have tasted Vegemite and wretched.
- Now, people have tasted store food and they like it better, because it has sugar and salt in it.
- One taster remarked that it reminded him of what macaroni and cheese must have tasted like before Kraft.
- Since I came, I have tasted all I have been asked to.
- For example, a beaker of water may have a temperature of 50°C but it does not have heat.
- If you are feeling unwell, have a temperature or an infection, withdraw.
- Scaled to size. dinosaurs would have temperatures reaching from 38.5 to 40.6°C. which would imply severe heat stress.
- There was no improvement; she continued to have a temperature.
- Alas, no sooner had he started than he realised it was no longer what he wanted.
- But no sooner had Miriam gone than Harry suddenly returned looking more cheerful than one might have expected.
- No sooner had he gone than one of the cameramen approached.
- No sooner had it begun than the rain seemed to end.
- Do we have Lady Thatcher to thank for the improved state of the nation's teeth?
- I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters.
- I have you to thank for that.
- In fact, I always have remembered - and I have Monty Lee to thank for that.
- Perhaps we have Pat Buchanan to thank for at least some of this raising of consciousness.
- We have Alan Austin to thank for this character-building little outing - an experience you won't forget in a hurry!
- We have Sigmund Freud to thank for a rather curious state of affairs.
- Some people have thick skins, others have thin ones and are more easily hurt.
- Judith has a thing about people chewing gum.
- But, in this country, we used to have a thing about self-sufficiency.
- But who would have thought that a humble human could do these calculations?
- That's the only bait I didn't have but, who would have thought that with ice about?
- The girl was carrying a latchkey; she let herself into the cabin. ... who would have thought of that?
- Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes? he wrote.
- And marriage, I should have thought, is a false step you must have been well warned against.
- Any leader, I should have thought, would have demanded loyalty and support from a vice-president as a basic minimum.
- It's very important to me - and, I should have thought, to you too.
- She's a pretty child, but hardly his intellectual level, I should have thought.
- That is rather obvious, I should have thought.
- The royal crest is used on the front of the annual report, which I should have thought was improper.
- The scent of the tea as I poured it ... I should have thought.
- This seems an odd argument for smoking to me and, I should have thought, to smokers, too.
- Amelia, absorbed with her projects, must have thought it a momentary phenomenon.
- Consensus like this means people have thought about this issue.
- His features were regular, rather ordinary, though some might well have thought him handsome.
- Maybe somebody should have thought to ask the whale.
- Only a sentimental, middle-class idiot would have thought of it.
- This in turn enables Janssen's customers to start production or synthesis sooner than they might have thought possible.
- Was that a thing anyone would have thought?
- You'd have thought that re-creating it on stage would have the same effect on a modern-day director.
- Quite honestly I don't have a lot of time for any of them.
- Critics of the law say it has no teeth and will not prevent violent crime.
- Because after the Anna Climbie case, the social services wanted to show it does have teeth.
- Frankly, I'd rather have teeth extracted than sit through either again.
- Is it only a paper tiger, or does it really have teeth?
- It is important that it should also have teeth.
- The episode illustrates beyond doubt that the majority voting rules of the Treaty of Rome have teeth.
- The movement will have teeth to back its arguments.
- What can have teeth, of course, even if it is concealed by a friendly smile, is aid.
- But the agents have tricks of their own.
- But it does lead inevitably to ignorance, for you can not understand what you deliberately chose to have no truck with.
- Its radicals, who dominate the leadership, want no truck with Mr Gorbachev.
- Then the people who get penalised are the majority who want no truck with him.
- We in the Conservative Party have no truck with that style of gutter journalism which we were forced to endure last Sunday.
- A superior actor might have turned the corner on this film.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- I hope we have turned the corner.
- The economy may well have turned the corner by the next election.
- As we have seen, both the market and public policy have turned against work.
- At some point Solveig must have turned out the light.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- He says that they could have turned the company around. he feels they've been treated in a shabby way.
- In a structural sense we have turned our model on its side.
- In recent weeks, even his friends seemed to have turned against him.
- Logic machines have turned out to be poor at dealing with images and making analogies.
- This day with me, here, you have turned back to face your past.
- Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area.
- But slowly and surely the followers of Chaos gained the upper hand.
- If the two had been introduced simultaneously, the larger one would invariably have the upper hand.
- Now White gains the upper hand.
- Officials said they might reopen the freeway at 5 p. m. today, perhaps sooner if firefighters gain the upper hand overnight.
- The world can only pray that they do not gain the upper hand.
- Under the proposed law, she would have the upper hand.
- We must destroy them now, while we yet have the upper hand.
- When you have a gun you have the upper hand, it makes you feel big, bad.
- My company has no use for workers who are not motivated.
- Am I right in assuming that you have no use for it?
- For example, the business may be sold to some one else who decides they have no use for the present management.
- I have no use for second-hand books and unfashionable clothes and bits of ornament.
- I can remember nothing of them, but I have a vague feeling of having been well cared for.
- I have visions of some of these poor women who work all day long exposed to such seductive sounds becoming hypnotised.
- I think of it with loathing and dread; have visions of designing the no-need-to-clear-mask and then return to reality.
- It's either me or her. You can't have it both ways!
- Monica's so spoiled - she always gets her own way.
- Basilio still gets his way in the end because he marries his daughter to money.
- For two and a half years, the company can have its way.
- Our genes will take care of that, anyway, and it is natural to let them have their way.
- She mostly managed to get her own way with him.
- She remembered those days when they had played together as children, too, he always getting his own way.
- They both push you and have their own ways of motivating you.
- Under the genial exterior lay a considerable vanity, and a desire to have his own way.
- When some one or something stops them from getting their own way, their frustration can build up to explosion point.
- Don't worry too much. These problems usually have a way of working out.
- And we have ways of making sure that the escapade of that silly young man at Southend gets widely reported.
- But the Washington Wizards have a way of bringing out the best in their opponents.
- Evenings like this have a way of going on!
- If history has taught us anything about imaginary customers, it is that they have a way of doing unexpected things.
- So do Humpbacks have ways of expressing the same request for the repetition of a pleasurable sonic experience?
- The powerful have a way of establishing contracts that suit them.
- Things like this have a way of surprising you.
- Yet things have a way of evening ut, and I paid a heavy price for my hypocrisy.
- David seemed to have a way with children.
- If I had my way, there'd be a baseball game every day of the year.
- Well, I would ban them too if I had my way.
- But remember that this Last Best Place can disappear if corporate colonizers and their lackeys in Congress have it their way.
- Well, have it your own way.
- Without knowing what he'd got. I could have wept thinking what I'd missed.
- The shelves were crammed with books, documents, and what have you.
- With the advent of term limits in the state Legislature, Orange County will have the whip hand.
- It's Sally's birthday tomorrow. We'd better have a whip-round so we can get her a present.
- By February the local press had got wind of the affair.
- Certainly the last thing she wanted was for Max to get wind of it all.
- First it needs to boost its efforts to get wind of military-useful technology at an early stage.
- If she were to get wind of this.
- So, if she gets wind of Der Vampyr and wants to do it, you can believe it will get done.
- The extension director and the Wyoming dean of agriculture finally got wind of what I was up to.
- The notion of compulsion met a storm of controversy when mental health charities first got wind of the government's thoughts.
- When Johnny misbehaves, parents get wind of it by e-mail before he gets home.
- I have no wish to offend anybody.
- And believe me, I have no wish to keep score.
- I emphasize that I have no wish to come across here as the skunk at the process improvement garden party.
- I have no wish to attribute motives, but clearly finance intervenes.
- I have no wish to caddie for Brian Harley.
- I have no wish to change my nature over this matter and become a crusading journalist.
- I have no wish to create a posing pilots' paradise.
- I have no wish to get angry with my own invention, the so-named Miller.
- Mrs Hardman has grown used to her independence, and I have no wish to curtail her freedom.
- Thankfully, Reid had the wit to see what was wrong with the plan.
- He and Kemp pound down the stairway, exchanging words.
- I have words before my eyes, as you might imagine.
- I would hear the women exchange words with Miss Fingerstop.
- Linda buried herself in the crowd, exchanging words with this one and that and heading for the bar.
- Nurses busily went up and down, sometimes pausing to exchange words and careless laughter.
- Sometimes, Britten seems to have written more naturally when he didn't have words to set.
- They exchanged words, not all of which appeared to be in jest.
- Without it, you have words virtually sprinkled across the page, each project an exercise in speed and frustration.
- A word in the ear of the Weatherfield constabulary.
- His resolve ends when again he wakes at dawn with prophetic words in his ears.
- If I were you I'd drop a quiet word in her ear before it's too late.
- Mixed blessings' A word in your ear.
- Before I went, though, I managed to have a word on the side with the lass.
- Better have a word with her about the domestic arrangements.
- Eventually the managing director was forced to have a word with him.
- I really came to have a word with Charles Julian.
- I wanted to have a word with you about Yorick.
- The cruise industry would love to have a word with you.
- You know, they have words, you read them?-Smartass, he said.
- Election monitors will have their work cut out.
- So you have your work cut out for you.
- The home team has not beaten the Scarlets for some dozen matches and should still have their work cut out to win.
- They have their work cut out adapting themselves to it, and it to themselves.
- They have their work cut out for them.
- We have our work cut out for us.
- Whoever takes on the trout farm will have their work cut out.
- You really had me worried - I thought you didn't like the present.
- I should not have exasperated him for I always have the worst of it.
- Deion has yet to figure out how to throw to himself.
- Harland & Wolff has yet to show a profit, but the future looks good.
- His work retained a pronounced individuality and originality that has yet to be properly acknowledged.
- However, he said he has yet to consider his circumstances.
- However, the site this year has yet to be determined.
- If there is a success formula in that it has yet to be demonstrated.
- The savagery of our retaliation against the virus has yet to be played out.
- Whether it allows the exercise of force to be more controlled and effective has yet to be seen.
- Do you feel like you don't have any time to yourself?
We don’t have to rush – there’s plenty of time. I hate having to get up early in the morning. If you earn more than £5,000, you will have to pay tax. I’ve got to be at the hospital at 4 o'clock. It’ll have to be on a Sunday. I’ll be working every other day.RegisterIn writing, people often prefer to say someone is forced to do something or is obliged to do something, as these sound more formal than have to do something: They had to pay tax on the full amount. ➔ They were obliged to pay tax on the full amount. | Many businesses have had to close. ➔ Many businesses have been forced to close.2used to say that it is important that something happens, or that something must happen if something else is to happen: There has to be an end to the violence. You’ve got to believe me! There will have to be a complete ceasefire before the Government will agree to talks. You have to be good to succeed in this game.3used to tell someone how to do something: First of all you have to mix the flour and the butter.4used to say that you are sure that something will happen or something is true: House prices have to go up sooner or later. This has to be a mistake. You have got to be joking! No one else could have done it – it had to be Neville.5used to suggest that someone should do something because you think it would be enjoyable or useful: You’ll have to come and meet my wife some time.6spoken used when something annoying happens in a way that things always seem to happen: Of course, it had to happen today, when all the shops are shut.7 spoken used to say that only one thing or person is good enough or right for someone: For Francesca it has to be the Ritz – nowhere else will do.8do you have to do something? spoken used to ask someone to stop doing something that annoys you: Lieutenant, do you have to keep repeating everything I’ve just said?9I have to say/admit/confess spoken used to show that you are making an honest statement even though it may be embarrassing for you: I have to say I don’t know the first thing about computers. → must1- caraway
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