Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] a period [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Erm that period has also had a period of growth within it , and I feel that 's a reasonable basis to go forward on .
2 Rejected contemptuously by Sartre in 1968 as an integral part of the conservative forces of reaction , the PCF has subsequently entered a period of possibly irreversible decline during the 1970s and 1980s .
3 Water and Ventilation has recently undergone a period of consolidation and the branch structure has been altered in order to meet our needs for 1992 , this is already bearing fruit as the most recent quarter produced some great sales .
4 Next week I shall be talking with Graham Mayhew , who has recently completed a period in office as Mayor of Lewes .
5 The universe would have then undergone a period of rapid expansion , as in the inflationary models .
6 The anonymous writer of 1497 said that apart from London there were only two towns of importance in the country , Bristol and York , but in this he was misinformed , as it seems likely that Norwich , which had undoubtedly had a period of difficulties in the early fifteenth century , had begun to recover about 1465 or 1470 , and was on the way to becoming the second wealthiest city in the land , as it was in the 1520s .
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