Example sentences of "had [prep] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 2 | What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside . |
| 3 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 4 | This explains the attraction soft conventionalism has had for a recent generation of legal philosophers . |
| 5 | There was a good living to be had for a shrewd man in an institution . |