Example sentences of "have had a [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , the life-history technique has had a revival in sociological research , being used by those who wish to develop ‘ oral history ’ . |
| 2 | Steve Gilbert has had a beard for 20 years and says he ca n't imagine life without it . |
| 3 | WP What do you think of the notion that much of the poetry produced in Eastern Europe as ‘ dissident ’ poetry has had a kind of easy ride because of its political context ? |
| 4 | He is over 55 , married , without education or job training ; furthermore , he has had a spell of registered unemployment , did not work full-time in the 12 months prior to becoming unemployed and lives in a council house . |
| 5 | Rusty Conway becomes one of Serena 's patients because he has had a spell of extreme absent-mindedness which made him incapable of carrying out his work . |
| 6 | I was gon na say Mike has had a degree in that |
| 7 | Since the introduction of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 , this country has had a system of strategic planning and site licensing for waste management . |
| 8 | ‘ I had a fair amount to do with the mechanised letter office at Middlesbrough and other major post office buildings , ’ said Mr Ensoll who has had a hand in new buildings for Crook , Saltburn , Coulby Newham and Hartlepool . |
| 9 | He has had a hand in most of the major developments on site , but says B205 — Magnox reprocessing — has brought him most satisfaction . |
| 10 | Erm er but some high cast Hindus , for instance , will not eat food which which has had a shadow of another person |
| 11 | Almost anybody who is offered an honour of some kind indicates that he has had a period of anxious , nay tortured reflection , but somehow inexorably arrives at the conclusion that duty demands — duty to his family , his wife , his children , his bank manager — that he should accept the honour . |
| 12 | Since 1977 no one starting work or who has had a gap of two complete consecutive tax years in employment has been allowed to pay the small stamp . |
| 13 | The tribeswoman will doubtless have deep feelings for her children and be ambitious for their success in life , and affection and admiration for animals has had a place in all societies , even in that of Ancient Rome . |
| 14 | ‘ Since then Mrs Miniver has had a number of other narrow escapes in life , as well ! ’ |
| 15 | On the other hand , they appreciate that the job has had a number of new tasks grafted onto it , adding to its scope and variety . |
| 16 | The invasion of China by western culture has had a number of far-reaching effects on Confucianism . |
| 17 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 18 | She 'd had a couple of little fumbling and innocuous affairs , nothing serious , and she never dared breathe a word to Georg . |
| 19 | That kind of hurt because we 'd had a relationship for nine years . |
| 20 | She 'd had a fever since last night , and all day at school he 'd been thinking about her . |
| 21 | Once they 'd had a conversation on two levels , from street to first-floor window ; it had been in April ; on the second occasion he 'd visited her in the afternoon , for a walk along the canal . |
| 22 | They 'd had a gutful of official lies . |
| 23 | and she said no she 'd been to pay her poll tax over there , she said she 'd had a rest in one of the shops over there on the way |
| 24 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |
| 25 | They are reputed to have said , ‘ If we 'd had a telegram like that , we 'd have gone to the moon . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah er attractive , anyway what was I saying , I was talking to her and she said that she 'd had a talk with Foxy and Foxy had said excuse me , and I just felt I just felt so paranoid because she was saying , talking about all the , how he 'd never been faithful to anyone and how , and I really did feel , would n't you feel awful if everyone was saying oh Sal , yeah , Sal , Sal 's making a real effort but but no she said |
| 27 | Yes , when I came to think of it , he 'd had a cough for some time . |
| 28 | Oh , he 'd had a lot of silly nonsense to put up with , but that was only on the surface , he knew that really , and now that the children were off their hands they could be together more and she 'd be less hasty . |
| 29 | Ed told me he 'd had a lot of bitter arguments about this plan with Hauser . ’ |
| 30 | We should 've had a picture of that . |