Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have had a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section .
2 So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ .
3 But the plain fact is that I have had a devilish run of ill luck , and I do not care for Thompson 's tariff .
4 Flowers stated that she had had a sporadic sexual relationship with Clinton between 1977 and 1989 , and she had provided the newspaper with a number of taped telephone conversations between herself and Clinton from 1990 to 1992 which appeared to endorse aspects of her claim .
5 She gave this powerful sense of her character 's emotional repression , and the sense was there that she had had a hard life .
6 He cut into her thoughts with a question about the ball and she repeated her earlier assurance that she 'd had a successful evening , adding that in all conscience she ought to have been driving back to London to work on some of the stories .
7 The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone .
8 Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time .
9 Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination .
10 I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that
11 When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ?
12 If you do n't make a sale , or it was a successful day , it 's the fact that you 've had a full day of activity that matters .
13 His concluding words were : I do not find it easy to stand here and tell those of you who are deaf that you have had a poor education , and that your children are having the same poor education .
14 They 'll want to speak to you and ask why you need an emergency supply and check that you have had a previous prescription for the same medicine .
15 that we 've had a slight increase in the percentage of our employees , albeit that 's got to be seen against erm , er er a lower total of employees altogether .
16 But then again , we can say that we 've had a quiet week Saturday and Sunday , or from Friday till through till Monday morning , it can be packed out with people just visiting the blues .
17 That we 'd had a short but intense affair , and when we 'd met again and realised we still felt the same about each other you 'd revealed how Thomas was mine . ’
18 The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit .
19 The reason why we have not been able to debate the report is that we have had a great deal of other business to do .
20 The fact that we have had a nuclear deterrent for a number of years has added materially to our security and I believe that we should continue to sustain that deterrent .
21 He says that they 've had a three man gang picking up peoples rubbish for the last seven years .
22 This means that they had had a heightened awareness of their own mortality more or less throughout the disability career .
23 For example , the percentage reporting that they had had a cold or flu in the previous month showed little change with age .
24 Similarly , Zuwaya claimed that they had had a Turkish licence — an exclusive licence , no less — to conduct traders and travellers who wished to cross the desert from Benghazi to Black Africa .
25 Many advice workers are unaware that they have had a democratic part in the policy decisions that have adopted these training requirements and some even see these demands on them as a personal affront .
26 Some companies feel that they have had a beneficial effect on their trading situation , while others feel that their competitive position has been seriously undermined .
27 Whereas it seems unlikely that these concerns have penetrated school syllabuses , it is possible , given the much greater autonomy of institutions of higher education , that they have had a greater influence on higher education syllabuses .
28 Many headhunters themselves accept that some candidates are justified in considering that they have had a raw deal .
29 Arguments are put forward to show their importance to an understanding of the relationship of women to the home , and to suggest that they have had a significant influence on British architecture .
30 The existing trade embargo , imposed following the September 1991 military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] , had failed to produce concessions , and had apparently provided opportunities for the rich pro-coup elite and sections of the army to profit from widespread smuggling , but there was evidence that it had had a devastating impact on Haiti 's economy .
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