Example sentences of "had [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan 's exporters have already had to go through a punishing belt-tightening , prompted by the yen 's steep rise against the dollar after 1985 . |
| 2 | Thus socialism , as the idea of a future form of society , has had to contend with a strong reassertion of individualism and private enterprise , and of civil and political rights against the possibility of autocratic rule ; and a transition to a socialist society now appears a far more complex and uncertain process . |
| 3 | In recent years the DST has had to cope with a conflicting number of loyalties amongst those political refugees France has allowed to enter its country , especially from the Middle East . |
| 4 | It has had to cope with a double whammy of recession coupled with turbuence in the Lloyd 's insurance market which accounts for 50% of its business . |
| 5 | Since then he and the other customers have had to gather in a renovated shed . |
| 6 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
| 7 | Meredith was surprised he always had to look for a hidden motive . |
| 8 | Around her neck she put a thin early Victorian gold chain , on her right hand a fire opal she had recently had reset in a simple gold ring , on her left wrist the gold Baume & Mercier watch . |
| 9 | Cleveland County Council has refused the college access to fields originally attached to the school site and pupils have had to walk to a nearby stadium for games lessons . |
| 10 | But I have also railed against them because instead of investors being able to handle their investments themselves , they have had to buy through a registered plan manager . |
| 11 | He knew that when they built the Jubilee Line they had had to put in a big fan shaft here to release the air or passengers might have been blown off the platform on to the line . |
| 12 | These men who , with their fists , knocked others insensible , the art of doing so having been passed down as a necessary part of their growing up , had evidently never had to deal with a fainting female before ; and when the big , fat , enormous-breasted woman came into the kitchen , bawling , ‘ What the hell d' you think you 're at ! |
| 13 | When TV Times readers voted Crawford 1973 's Funniest Man on TV in the magazine 's Top 10 Awards , it confirmed the phenomenal success that Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em had become in a short time . |
| 14 | ‘ When I think how it was when I joined up … you 're not so badly off down in Florence where at least you 've got a central canteen , but ever since we 've had to do without a resident housekeeper in the smaller stations we 've had to spend half our time teaching mothers ’ boys to cook pasta . ’ |
| 15 | By a clumsy piece of organisation , the contemporary sale at Christie 's clashed with the sale of the contents of the Nigel Greenwood Gallery which Sotheby 's had packaged as a separate catalogue . |
| 16 | After all , I have had to live with a big bottom all my life ! |
| 17 | Both had been sold off and Aunt Lou remained in residence on the ground floor which she 'd had converted into a suitable flat for herself . |
| 18 | Local authorities have had to respond to a wide range of legislation from Brussels and many have received substantial financial assistance , from the EC 's ‘ Structural Funds ’ and other initiatives , for economic development projects ( such as training and infrastructure provision ) within their areas . |
| 19 | The advantage to the bank is that it has the use of a deposit for a fixed period , but , because of the flexibility given to the lender , at a slightly lower price than it would have had to pay for a normal time deposit . |
| 20 | That is where the power of the edge , the fringe , should n't be underestimated : artists have had to take on a self-sufficient approach which I applaud . |
| 21 | Mr William Farley , who acquired a slew of manufacturing companies with junk-bond financing arranged by Drexel , has had to resort to a bridging loan from banks to finance his acquisition of West Point-Pepperell , a textile giant . |
| 22 | However , he would not have been around to negotiate with the RAF and would have had to rely on a tenuous radio link with the LRDG main base . |