Example sentences of "had [pron] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clydebank have had nothing but a damaging effect on Aberdeen , however . |
| 2 | Some people have had them with a solid roof |
| 3 | I should have thought they might have had them in a separate house really but I suppose there wo n't be enough of them to begin with |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't expect anything in the nationals , of course , ’ he said , frowning , ‘ but I thought one of the local rags might have had something about a missing boat . ’ |
| 5 | Billy 's been brilliant because we 've had him on an album-by-album deal , and he could have jumped ship , but he 's been really loyal . ’ |
| 6 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 7 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
| 8 | A planner , Colin Buchanan , who during the 1950s had had somewhat of a chequered career as an inspector in the Ministry of Town and Country Planning ( Bruton , 1981 ) , argued that a new situation had arisen which called for a fresh approach . |
| 9 | He recommends the phrase ‘ care of the body ’ to be used in discussion with clients and continues to surprise us by telling us that in his experience of funeral-arranging he has never yet had anything but a positive response to , ‘ Would you like us to look after mother in our usual way , so that you will be assured of having an everlasting memory of her sleeping peacefully and at rest ? ’ |