Example sentences of "[verb] have a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clinic you mentioned has a very good reputation . ’ |
| 2 | Green records when he has had a particularly good meal : after eating at the Swan in Grasmere , with Anne , he writes ‘ the dinner good and cheap , all cheerful … |
| 3 | When a gentleman has had a particularly good meal , Bogtrotter , he always sends his complements to the chef . |
| 4 | Since Mesmer brought the subject to the attention of the scientific world , hypnotism has had a rather chequered career . |
| 5 | This is because Bill left school at fourteen years of age in the ‘ bad old days ’ and has had a pretty varied career . |
| 6 | In the history of sex the otherwise innocent ear has had a pretty bad deal . |
| 7 | Adding to that all the other money that the Government have provided for sport , sport can reckon that it has had a pretty fair deal from the Government . |
| 8 | Who that will be he declined to say other than that he would be preferably an ex-minister , ‘ somebody who has had a reasonably high profile ’ . |
| 9 | Looking back from the vantage point of the twentieth-century ‘ welfare state ’ we can also see , however , that every state , even when it has had a primarily repressive character , has also performed other necessary functions in the coordination and regulation of complex societies , especially through the development of a system of law , and in some cases — as with the Roman Empire — has had a generally civilizing influence . |
| 10 | Looking back from the vantage point of the twentieth-century ‘ welfare state ’ we can also see , however , that every state , even when it has had a primarily repressive character , has also performed other necessary functions in the coordination and regulation of complex societies , especially through the development of a system of law , and in some cases — as with the Roman Empire — has had a generally civilizing influence . |
| 11 | Considering the numbers involved , you have done a job of work which has had a most telling effect on the enemy and which , I fully believe , no other troops in the world could have done . |
| 12 | Miss Kirwan , 20 , has had a remarkably successful career since first appearing in A Handful Of Stars in London at 16 . |
| 13 | This shift , however , has had a geographically uneven impact , both between and within the economic planning regions . |
| 14 | The advantage of that would be that if the private sector does have things to offer in the way of better labour practices , better marketing ideas , then these will be copied by the B R system and in Sweden it 's quite evident that although very few franchises have gone to the private sector , it has had a quite drastic effect on the way in which the state railway goes about its business . |
| 15 | For a long time , however , Northern Ireland has had a much higher unemployment rate than the UK as a whole and has represented the extreme of regional disparity . |
| 16 | If he has had a very good recovery , he may get onto the plinth at a low height and kneel on all fours , and then be guided downwards to lie on his stomach . |
| 17 | ‘ Phillips has had a very consistent season . |
| 18 | ‘ He does n't usually throw tantrums , ’ Ashley said ruefully , as Vitor came round from the boot , ‘ but he has had a very long day . ’ |
| 19 | For one reason or another , thought Montgomery , this woman has had a very poor night 's sleep . |
| 20 | Damien , the wild card , has had a very visible year whilst Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period . |
| 21 | I think feminism has had a very rich past in this country as well as in other countries . |
| 22 | She has had a very interesting life , has n't she ? ’ |
| 23 | The finance of primary care has had a very different history ( Eckstein , 1964 ; Gilbert , 1966 ; Stevens , 1966 ; Honnigsbaum , 1979 ) . |
| 24 | Shortly thereafter I read in one of the local papers : ‘ The recent failure in the herring fishery has had a very depressing effect on the matrimonial market at nearly all the fishing stations . |
| 25 | The UK jewellery market has had a very tough year and many customers and competitors have experienced difficulties . |
| 26 | She has had a very busy weekend and she felt a little tired . |
| 27 | Monica has had a very hard year . |
| 28 | He has had a very distinguished career and by dint of old-fashioned virtues and a marvellously warm personality has held the Party together on many occasions . |
| 29 | On the other hand , in the provincial towns outside of Belfast and in areas such as Newtownabbey the UDA has had a comparatively clear record from crime and racketeering . |
| 30 | In the backs , Kenny Logan has had a somewhat disappointing season after being capped in Australia last summer , but the stage is set for him to recover lost ground , as it is for his Stirling County colleague , Ian Jardine . |