COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
has a bright future
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I’m sure the company has a bright future now.
has a fever
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Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today.
has a flair for
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Jo has a flair for languages.
has a genius for
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That woman has a genius for organization.
has a vocation
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Jan has a vocation for teaching.
has control of
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She’s a good teacher who has control of her class.
has flashbacks
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Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash.
has fleas
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Are you sure the dog has fleas ?
has given...blessing to
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The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme.
has its roots in
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Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US.
has jurisdiction
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The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures.
has much to offer
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Canada has much to offer in terms of location and climate.
has right of way
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I never know who has right of way at this junction.
has something to do with (= is related to them in some way )
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I don’t know what he does exactly, but I know it has something to do with computers .
has style
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You may not like her, but she certainly has style .
has the final say (= has the right to make the final decision about something )
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The chairman has the final say .
has title
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He has title to the land.
has...control of
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The Johnson family has effective control of the company, owning almost 60% of the shares.
has...drive
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Brian has got tremendous drive .
has...fetish
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Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy.
has...give
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The rope has quite a bit of give in it.
has...high profile
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The star has a high profile in Britain.
has...on the go
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He has at least two other projects on the go .
has...phobia
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Owen has a phobia about snakes.
has...qualms about
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The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well.
has...resonance
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a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century
has...snob appeal
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That kind of car has real snob appeal .
has...stashed away
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He has money stashed away in the Bahamas.
has...ulterior motives
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He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives .
has...vested interest
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Since he owns the strip of land, Cook has a vested interest in the project being approved.
It has been suggested that
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It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold.
legend has it that (= says that )
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Legend has it that Rhodes was home to the sun god Helios.
myth has it that ... (= there is a myth that )
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Myth had it that Mrs Thatcher only needed four hours sleep a night.
rumour has it (= it is being said )
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Rumour has it that they plan to get married.
sb has a sharp tongue (= they speak in a very disapproving way which often upsets people )
sb has an attitude problem (= someone is not helpful or pleasant to be with )
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Some of the male students have a real attitude problem.
sb has to admit sth
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In the end, he had to admit I was right.
sb/sth has never been known to do sth (= used to say that something is strange because it has never happened before )
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Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.
sth has lost a button
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His favourite shirt had lost a button.
sth has/contains calories
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These yoghurts have approximately 90 calories per pot.
the groundwork has...been done
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Much of the groundwork has already been done .
the thought has (never) crossed my mind (= used to tell someone you have thought of the thing they are suggesting, or have never thought of it )
there has been a misunderstanding
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There’s been a misunderstanding about what I meant.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Elvis/sb/sth has left the building
every cloud has a silver lining
every dog has its/his day
everyone has their price
it's a dirty job, but someone has to do it
justice has been done/served
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He can continue to appeal, or go to some other level, until he feels justice has been done.
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He has successfully persuaded the crowd that justice has been done.
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Mr Townsend says he feels justice has been done.
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Mrs Alliss' solicitor says justice has been done.
no more does/has/will etc sb
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In practice, this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted.
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Men appear to be no more willing to support women in their traditional roles than women are to assume them.
rumour/legend/word has it
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After all, stranger things have happened: legend has it that the hooked burrs of plants inspired the invention of Velcro.
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And rumour has it that the big-name band will be outrageous rockers Guns N' Roses.
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But word has it that the Tucson Symphony is taking over the building sometime in mid-December.
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His name is cited in the four gospels. Legend has it that he obtained the holy grail from the last supper.
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It started with a cross placed along the railroad tracks, where legend has it that he was lynched.
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Pass the spliff, mon. Word has it the band is compelling as hell in person.
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This was initiated, so legend has it, when the lavatories were out of order.
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Turn right to the Cerne Giant viewing point. Legend has it that a real giant terrorised the locals.
sb has arrived
sb has been had
sb has decided to honour us with their presence
sb has learned their lesson
sb has paid their debt to society
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After 20 years in jail, Murray feels he has paid his debt to society.
sb has their own life to lead
sb has to pinch themselves
sb only has himself/herself to blame
sb/sth has had it
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If it works, Mr Major has had it.
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Well, Arum has had it.
sb/sth has yet to do sth
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Deion has yet to figure out how to throw to himself.
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Harland & Wolff has yet to show a profit, but the future looks good.
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His work retained a pronounced individuality and originality that has yet to be properly acknowledged.
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However, he said he has yet to consider his circumstances.
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However, the site this year has yet to be determined.
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If there is a success formula in that it has yet to be demonstrated.
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The savagery of our retaliation against the virus has yet to be played out.
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Whether it allows the exercise of force to be more controlled and effective has yet to be seen.
shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted
sth has much/little/nothing to recommend it
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The hotel has little except price to recommend it.
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An alternative approach-optical fibre - has much to recommend it.
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As such, it has much to recommend it.
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But in terms of an effective solution the voting method has little to recommend it.
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In principle this format has much to recommend it, but in this case the practice has not been successful.
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It is plain that, in the long run, the gentle art of compromise has much to recommend it.
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Nevertheless, the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions.
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Such a way of proceeding has much to recommend it, but scant progress has been made in that direction.
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This cooperative family decision-making has much to recommend it.
sth has sb's name on it
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If a washer has a brand name on it, make sure that the smooth side comes into contact with the seating.
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They say if it has your name on it ... But who can write on a virus?
sth/sb has their uses
the bird has flown
the penny (has) dropped
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At this point the penny dropped.
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I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny dropped.
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Suddenly the penny dropped, and Meredith knew why he'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion.
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Then the penny dropped and he realised that the man had meant a fan- bearer.
what has sb done with sth?
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So what has Renault done with the latest version of its supermini?