Example sentences of "they [vb base] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 2 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |
| 3 | Well they 've had a marvellous sort of conversion of that done |
| 4 | No birds about at the moment but they 've had a good feed of chicken , but |
| 5 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 6 | All returning submarines fly one if they 've had a good patrol . ’ |
| 7 | As for Norwich they 've had a good start and will take some stopping . |
| 8 | She says they 've had a good time . |
| 9 | Oh yeah yeah they 've had a good time I think down there |
| 10 | ‘ They 've had a furious row already , ’ she announced gleefully . |
| 11 | ‘ And they 've had a bad press . |
| 12 | They 've had a big meal apparently and they 're all thoroughly stuffed |
| 13 | ( Single woman living with her unmarried brother and their very frail elderly mother ) I do think that disabled people , unless they 've had a big cash payment through an accident [ compensation ] … they do n't get enough to live on … |
| 14 | If someone comes and they 've actually run out of food , and they 've you know , for some reason or other their giro is either held up or you know , they 've had a big expense er which they 've had to pay , then we would provide them with something . |
| 15 | They 've had a particular focus on assisting the economic transition in the region . |
| 16 | Well I think it 's been a mans world , they , they 've had a wonderful time ! |
| 17 | We 've given them no bother as far the union is concerned — they 've had a free hand and we feel severely let down |
| 18 | The Sharrock family know they 've had a lucky escape ; any one or all of them could have been injured , or even killed , when someone threw a brick at their car from an overhead footbridge . |
| 19 | This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them . |
| 20 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
| 21 | They have had a 50-year run for their money , but as in Europe at the end of the 19th century ( a more appropriate historical comparison than the endless 1920s/1930s imagery ) there is a great hunger for new forms of governance . |
| 22 | They have had a substantial number dating back to the abortive anti-British campaign of the 1950s . |
| 23 | for referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner or a Local Councillor for referral to the Local Commissioner , although it must be remembered that the Local Commissioner can only investigate after a complaint has been brought to the attention of the authority complained against and they have had a reasonable time to reply . |
| 24 | After they have had a reasonable length of time to browse , the folder is taken back and they are asked a series of questions about the ads . |
| 25 | ‘ I showed it to some of my friends and they have had a good laugh about it . |
| 26 | ‘ They have had a brilliant season , but we will go out to win . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The general subordination of the British state to the interests of civil society has limited the relative autonomy of state groups , although they have had a certain freedom to ‘ navigate ’ between the competing demands of different groups and classes , for example in the realm of industrial relations ( Edwards 1986 : 168–72 ) . |
| 30 | In a move to expand and diversify its activities within the Spanish mainland , Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. has purchased the Madrid auction house Edmund Peel and Asociados , with whom they have had a long-term business association . |