Example sentences of "they have [adv] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , dottore , they knew I was there before I got out of the car , before they 'd even had a glimpse of me . ’ |
| 3 | This was n't strictly true as they 'd all had a go on the board . |
| 4 | This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts . |
| 5 | There were thousands of paparazzi and fans because they 'd never had a world premiere in Houston before . |
| 6 | They 'd never had a Christmas day quite like that before . |
| 7 | when they 've just had a call in , to start on Monday . |
| 8 | ‘ The Inspirals look like they 've just had a charisma bypass operation . ’ |
| 9 | She 'd say they 've just had a restaurant there , that would n't be so bad as a take away But getting back to the finances , I mean the Two Hundred Club over the years it has been in operation , I mean with what it gets this , what they get this year , supposing it 's not a thousand , supposing eight hundred , it might even be about eight thousand might n't it ? |
| 10 | HEART op patients often wake thinking they 've just had a baby — even if they 're men , according to American doctors . |
| 11 | He says they 've already had a lot of bookings . |
| 12 | That 's right , they 've probably had a row half way there or something , and it just carries on , you know . |
| 13 | They 've now had a re-run free of charge . |
| 14 | So er can people come along and have a go if they 've never had a go before ? |
| 15 | that 's true but and they like their cup of tea they 've never had a cup of tea |
| 16 | ‘ But they 've never had a market designed especially for them . |
| 17 | Well they 've never had a product that cheap before . |
| 18 | A successful street collection in Neston raised £154.73 for the society and they had also had a membership drive with the Heartbeat Campaign on the last weekend of October . |
| 19 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 20 | When I last spoke to the Otter Trust they had never had a complaint against a canoeist but many against anglers . |
| 21 | France was devastated and er they had always had a lace trade but we found in after years , this is a point that should n't be missed , that destruction by the Germans and the replacing under reparations , I understood the money came from , anyway the firm worked day and night for years , er left Nottingham the lace centre with the old pre-war machines and France and areas , including Italy , er with the modern machines . |
| 22 | I could see at once that they had all had a skinful . |
| 23 | ‘ They have already had a bit of excitement , while the rest of the country has had to put up with the phoney war . ’ |
| 24 | Nor are women prominent in senior positions in the professions although they have long had a place there in those areas concerned with women 's affairs which are most clearly associated with their assumed ‘ natural ’ role of caring for and serving others . |
| 25 | If they have never had a number they must go personally with proof of identity . |
| 26 | It is not usual for the advisers of the Crown to draw people out of important work when they have hardly had a chance to do what they have undertaken . |