Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [pers pn] have have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mine months previously he had had a neoplasm removed from the left hemisphere which had resulted in some post-operative speech disturbances . |
| 2 | Three years earlier they had had a brief affair . |
| 3 | The thirteen children who developed schizophrenia could be characterised by the following factors : their birth had been relatively difficult ( longer and more complicated than average ) ; most of them had been separated from both parents and many placed in children 's homes at a young age ; they posed a disciplinary problem to their teachers ; and some years earlier they had had a rapid autonomic nervous system ( ANS ) recovery rate . |
| 4 | Two years earlier he 'd had a privatised council house in East Ham , a nice little business and his family . |
| 5 | As the build-up to the pending general election got under way , the position of the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Paddy Ashdown , came under scrutiny when on Feb. 5 he made a statement acknowledging that some years earlier he had had a " brief relationship " with a woman ( identified as Patricia Sullivan , now known under the name Howard ) ; he stressed , however , that this " should have remained a private and personal matter of concern only to those involved " . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember she used to tell me stories of a wonderful place where she 'd had a job once as a lady 's maid . |
| 7 | I 'm thinking of buying myself some ice skates , I 've been promising myself those , just , you know over the last few years when we have had a , just a bit , mind you there was one year about six years ago were n't it , where we were |
| 8 | Well you can have a song in a minute when we 've had a prayer . |
| 9 | Mainly er that among groups now I 've had a definite offer from the er Sunday school again , wanting |
| 10 | Er he 's a real action man , er and a great professional , and he lifts us all on Monday morning when we 've had a bad weekend er with his running and his enthusiasm . |
| 11 | Bracewell , who received the injury in an accidental clash with Gavin Peacock in the derby game at Newcastle last month , played in the FA Cup semi-final victory over Norwich City , but missed the midweek defeat at Leicester last week when he had to have a slight blockage in his nose cleared . |
| 12 | If your particular interest in the aquatics hobby is catfish then you have had a bumper year , for over the last twelve months various different catfish especially Corydoras and Plecs have been appearing , that are both new to the hobby and beautiful . |
| 13 | He smiled , his eyes twinkling as he told Iain how he had had a glimpse of the lower decks , which had all been cut away in the centre and some sort of plastic covering installed . |
| 14 | Oh well okay , the other we 've got to do is be in the situation where you 've had a look at it before we all see it . |
| 15 | Get to a situation where you 've had a caravan before and to make any money to pay , you 've then got to buy another caravan to subsidise that one and you seem to be it 's sort of |
| 16 | But she 's also shy and has thought about quitting acting several times when she 's had a lukewarm review or been rejected for a role . |
| 17 | Will you put the biscuits back please Richard you do n't want biscuits now you 've had a biscuit this morning with your milk . |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | Yes dropped by a certain clumsy person around this house unfortunately we 've had a lot of breakages . |
| 20 | ‘ You say we have no liberties , ’ Hope replied to a rather over-eloquent statement of George 's , ‘ but I can think of no time when we have had a greater chance to take what freedom we want . |
| 21 | You try to defy death all the time when you 've had a Catholic upbringing , because it 's just so awful . |
| 22 | Recalling a time when I had had a staff of seventeen under me , and knowing how not so long ago a staff of twenty-eight had been employed here at Darlington Hall , the idea of devising a staff plan by which the same house would be run on a staff of four seemed , to say the least , daunting . |
| 23 | In , his reading aloud had proved to be successful except for a couple of occasions when he had had a particularly stressful day and had found it exceedingly difficult to relax . |
| 24 | He says that there have been occasions when he 's had a gun held to his head and been told to operate on someone 's brother first , or he 'd be shot . |