• Naive art has a quality of its own that is easy to recognize but hard to define.
• I thought he had a bit more sense, but no.
• Yet credit is due to Kilmarnock for remaining resolute throughout and having the capacity to respond.

• While you're having yourself a merry little Christmas, one of the songs you might often hear is a recent classic, a song whose author waited 20 years for the right student to put his music to words.
• This somewhat self-satisfied consensus that we're having ourselves a serious argument about the proper role of government gives the candidates - and the voters - too much credit, I think.
• America's retail sector is having itself a not so merry little Christmas.

• The co-op currently has 1,000 members representing 635 households.
• My job has two parts: teaching an instrument privately and teaching classroom music theory.
• This book, which has 17 chapters on many aspects of diabetes care, is mainly well written.

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• Parents Ray and Betty have nine children, three of whom farm with them.
• He has two brothers, Joe and Lawrence.
• John has got friends all over the world.

• This double booking does lead to many schools having a few places available but this takes time to be sorted out.
• The immense talent we have at our disposal is impressive to say the least.
• I only have four yuan a day to spend, three yuan for the bed space and one yuan for a bun.

• Many people are unaware they have had the illness so do not know if they are immune.
• It increases the likelihood of a person having asthma, eczema or hay fever.
• The bug is capable of killing if it infects someone who has recently had flu.

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• Like an awful lot of people, I really don't have any strong feelings one way or the other.
• Did you have this concept in mind from the start, or did it take shape as you wrote the album?
• She, it seems, has thoughts and ideas about what she wants to do in the weeks and months after the baby is born.

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• We have had previous experience of having cars damaged and stolen.
• The man staying next to me at the hotel had his travel bag stolen from the room yesterday.
• They suffered the indignity of having their pictures splashed all over the papers.

• We see little wildlife during the dive, but the experience has my adrenalin pumping.
• We'll have a room ready as soon as possible.
• Now her article has me thinking.

• Other staff will be coming in with bad hair and one teacher is having her hair dyed by the pupils.
• We're having a small, flat roof added as part of our loft extension.
• Surely in order to have one's lung cancer treated, one has to, er, go to a hospital and ask to be seen?

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• I am also a little unsure as to the relevance to safety of not always having a member of staff there to make sure that everyone has a ticket!
• Now don't get me wrong, I don't like having people thrown out, but she was truly out of control.
• Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.

• What is a unit trust? OK, you've got me there.
• She replied ‘Besides, you're the soldier, you should have noticed it before me.’ Damn. She had him there.

• Then he realized he'd been had - and a big grin spread over his face.
• I was had, the advertisers did their bit and got me, they well and truly got me!

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• This is the best spaghetti I've ever had! You've just got to try it!
• The film is really something one has to see.
• But you've got to visit the City once in your life!

• Why is it that it always has to rain when I take the kids to and from school and then clear up straight afterwards.
• Inevitably, both parties are in dispute and there has got to be a certain amount of compromise.
• There are bound to be some disappointed lads who have missed out because the competition for places is so strong but that has got to be good for the team.

• One night, we got back to our rooms after a couple of drinks at Manor Bar and decided to have a Chicago party.
• We shall have a public banquet in your honor!
• We head for town in little groups, and end up having our own little post-party parties.

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• They have been in a few nights this week, having a few pints and a few fags.
• We lose our temper and, as soon as we've had a cup of tea and a biscuit, we feel better.
• Do you recommend that I can still take my daily vitamins whilst having a high performance drink?

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• It was her own experiences of having her two sons and two daughters that led her to wanting to become a midwife.
• My mother knows a couple, newly married and who have just gone through the happy experience of having a set of twins.
• By having a baby a teenager won't be able to do these things, due to not being able to afford a babysitter.

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• He has little mercy on flawed arguments, wherever they originate.
• Have pity on us, O Lord.

• We will take 12,000 refugees a year, but we will not have people arriving here illegally and we will act to deter that occurring.
• I don't like drama in my house. I won't have it.
• We can't have you being late for something like this, now, can we?

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• He had me by the arm and lifted me, forcibly, to my feet.
• The two tumbled for a minute before Ryan had him in a headlock.
• In a matter of seconds, Jacob had me by the collar of my shirt.

• There is another arrival ceremony with short speeches thanking the hotel for having us.
• I was going to have Peter and Chris over to plan our trip to Aspen the next day.
• Quick note to say it was fabulous having you, you're a great houseguest, come again any time.

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