Example sentences of "[noun] have had a lot " in BNC.

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1 For someone who is only 24 Charlie Swan has had a lot of falls and has broken both legs and arms as well as his nose .
2 Ray has had a lot to do with that . ’
3 After reading this you will not be an expert on fusion science , but you will realise that fusions fluctuating fortunes have had a lot to do with the way in which the science and technology developed .
4 Forest have had a lot of dodgy results lately .
5 Mr Harrower said : ‘ The media have had a lot of fun at our expense , but this is a serious business .
6 It 's embarrassing and they take advantage especially at parties where some girls have had a lot to drink . ’
7 Although Conservative Members have had a lot to say on the subject , in Standing Committee E the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) said : ’ The effect of the amendments ’ — in other words , an amendment to the Bill in order to make these affirmative orders — ’ would be that all regulations under the Bill would be subject to the affirmative procedure . ’
8 The Jura alien had had a lot to say about Tellenorean life-forms .
9 JOHN Major , Graham Gooch and Graham Taylor have had a lot in common over the last week , with the latter two probably coming under even more public pressure than our beleaguered Prime Minister .
10 Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season .
11 Yes I think er people should hear that er er er the royal family 's had a lot of correction in the past with the outside world and er come and go and you know , people know the royal family very well and they attract a lot of business , a lot of things go on behind the scenes whether it 's from glamour point of view .
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