Example sentences of "have had an [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.

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1 It is an old and rather like able town which , standing where it does , so near to the edge of France and commanding the coast road into Spain , has had an agitated history with numerous episodes of war .
2 He may have had an unfortunate experience with a highway engineer —
3 Greek tragedy is generally assumed to have had an original connection with Dionysus .
4 Having attempted to define the campaign 's agenda on the basis of " family values " , Bush was also severely embarrassed by a front page story carried in the New York Post on Aug. 11 which alleged that he had had an extra-marital affair with Jennifer Fitzgerald , a former personal assistant and a current protocol officer in the State Department .
5 Certainly there was every need for a road-widening scheme : four years earlier , in the October of 1793 , poor old Parson Woodforde had nearly come a nasty cropper on Frome Hill , when the chaise he was in had had an unfortunate encounter with a large ‘ heavily loaden ’ London waggon , complete with eight horses :
6 Both feminists and contemporary philosophers in England and America have had an uneasy relationship with psychoanalytic theory .
7 Over the years , although never establishing a close friendship with the Profumos , I have had an admiring acquaintance with both of them and am happy to see that their marriage was not ruined by this solitary episode and distressed indeed by its revival from time to time by creatures animated solely by greed .
8 In working with US manufacturers , die shops are confronted with many engineering changes and historically have had an adversarial relationship with auto companies .
9 ‘ Harold , ’ I said , ‘ I have had an initial meeting with the doctors and there is an appalling hurdle in the way of beginning negotiations .
10 I have had an unfortunate accident with my new Ballerina apple tree , the top of the stem has been broken off .
11 In Canada , Smithwick 's had an outstanding year with volume up significantly .
12 Mm , I do n't think so but er he 's had an awful struggle with that because he said Buckley 's one of the worse places and no interest at all
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