Example sentences of "they have [adv] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite having been in touch with many agencies , they 'd only had five applicants so far — four of whom had been absolutely hopeless . |
| 2 | Women currently aged 45 to 59 said they 'd only had 2.6 lovers , while men the same age boasted of 13.6 girlfriends . |
| 3 | Later in the interview , people were asked whether they 'd ever had any kind of problem or difficulty over any credit arrangements . |
| 4 | Heaven knew she was no stranger to men 's admiring glances , but they 'd never had this effect on her before — nor anything remotely like it ! |
| 5 | He 's had a good game , they 've both had good games , difficult for them with the ball turning and fielders round the bat . |
| 6 | They 've both had recurring attacks and have lost a lot of weight . |
| 7 | Really they say cos eight o'clock , any time after eight o'clock and they start making the beds and make you comfortable but they 've already had three goes at making . |
| 8 | 10 sows and one boar were moved in during the autumn and they 've already had 50 piglets . |
| 9 | So , quite rightly , they 've already had some support , and at that time , we did n't know how much money , you know , we were working on a different budget . |
| 10 | ‘ They 've not had much chance , ’ she added by way of apology for herself . |
| 11 | ‘ P'raps they 've only had twelve weeks ’ trainin' as well , ’ said Tommy , hopefully . |
| 12 | No , I should think so , I should think it 's just , that there probably sold those ones , they 've only had certain colours of the range in . |
| 13 | They 've never had any holiday . |
| 14 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 15 | I do n't think they 've actually had any graduates from my |
| 16 | They had n't had such fun for years . ’ |
| 17 | In September 1989 Chadli announced the postponement of local elections , originally scheduled for December , following complaints from the opposition parties that they had not had enough time to prepare for them . |
| 18 | According to a radio commentary on Aug. 7 , there were complaints from the opposition that they had not had enough time to campaign effectively , and instances were cited of bullying by MPRP election supervisors . |
| 19 | If they had not had medical knowledge , their mental problems would have surfaced in some other form . |
| 20 | Well erm erm had a word with erm who was about oh fourth in line in the erm education hierarchy in those days and erm then spoke to who was the Chief Education Officer and er , I think they were a bit erm , bit apprehensive about employing a blind typist because erm it was something that they had never had any experience of but in the end they thought it was worth a try and er especially after supporting me at the College and erm also perhaps they had in mind that many of the erm employees would be leaving if war broke out and erm , in fact by that time war had probably started |
| 21 | We also asked people if they had ever had any problems over credit use , apart from the most recent purchase . |
| 22 | Most of them are performed by women , and most women continue to perform them into their old age , whether or not they have formerly had paid employment . |
| 23 | They have already had many changes of home in their comparatively short lives and it would unquestionably confuse and disturb them to leave England now only to return again in a matter of months should the Australian Family Court consider it right that they should make their home here . |
| 24 | They have n't had much fortune in front of goal of late , but this was their night . ’ |
| 25 | But they have n't had much sunshine really ! |
| 26 | But they have n't had any success with ducklings . |
| 27 | I mean Northern Echo at Darlington , Bradford , York , Kendal , they 're all very profitable businesses er , and so they 're , but they have n't had any increase in sits , in sits vac . |
| 28 | ‘ But they have not had one crib about it . |
| 29 | Some disagree with this line of thinking — notably Ichiro Ozawa , the secretary-general of Japan 's ruling party , who has been arguing for Japanese soldiers to be sent to the Gulf in a non-combat role — but they have not had much luck making their case . |
| 30 | ‘ I really believe they have not had any capital for twenty years , but were entirely trading on credit . ’ |