Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'm gon na turn it off for a little while until everyone starts having a proper conversation . |
| 2 | Everyone has had a reasonable work-out and we 've been very fortunate with the weather at a time of the year when you can have a lot of matches ruined by rain . ’ |
| 3 | They are not on the whole involved in direct teaching and , second , each of them has to have a separate viewpoint because the focus of the job is mainly outside that of any school . |
| 4 | Four patients have developed recurrent stones , one of whom has had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy , a second who is about to have a laparoscopic procedure , and two who are free of symptoms . |
| 5 | This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife . |
| 6 | They anticipated a number of significant developments which subsequently took place , like the setting up of a local authority for the Western Isles which has had a stimulating effect on the whole life of the area . |
| 7 | Design , which has had a poor record in not exercising choice , in not challenging what is " given " , in eschewing the social , is faced in these propositions with a " new " operative role . |
| 8 | ULSTER hockey 's senior league title will be decided by the last game of the programme on Saturday … and it wo n't involve Lisnagarvey , the team which has had a four-year reign as champions . |
| 9 | Brian Howes , President of Kimberly-Clark 's European service and industrial sector said : ‘ The board was impressed by our partnership with the local community which has had a great deal to do with the success of our North Wales operations in establishing an award winning site of manufacturing excellence . ’ |
| 10 | A second major influence which has had a dramatic effect in the second half of the century has been the educational approach . |
| 11 | Changes in structural factors have taken place in the form of peripheral capitalist industrialisation , which has had a considerable impact on the participation of women in the labour market . |
| 12 | ARGOS , the nationwide catalogue-retailing group which has had a volatile relationship with the City in recent months , regained its status as one of the sector stars yesterday with a better-than-expected 1992 performance and a cautiously optimistic view of the future . |
| 13 | A misrepresentation of history which has had a malignant effect on the affairs of Lewis and of crofting ever since . |
| 14 | The professors went on : ‘ We are speaking not as members of this or that nation , continent or creed but as human beings , members of the species Man whose continued existence is in doubt … a biological species which has had a remarkable history and whose disappearance none of us can desire . ’ |
| 15 | There is , however , another and even more serious aspect of the closed mind which has had a profound effect on British archaeological thinking . |
| 16 | Apart from caffeine ( which does have a small effect in speeding up the metabolism ) no substance we eat or drink was proved by scientific methods to have any realistic effect in speeding away our surplus fat . |
| 17 | I am not the only person who has had a tumultuous year , and I am immensley proud of the way the British face their problems and so often succeed despite them . |
| 18 | Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude . |
| 19 | John , who has had a great season including previous wins against national champions John Leeman ( Stanley ) and international Terry Scott ( Gateshead ) , now has to take on Archie McLean who beat the experienced Hughie Whitehead in the other semi . |
| 20 | The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile . |
| 21 | I have a friend who has had a miserable marriage , because his wife has never given him her trust . |
| 22 | Heading the new office is Ann Garrard , who has had a dual career in Welsh language broadcasting [ radio and television ] and housing . |
| 23 | The physiotherapist may need the help of a second therapist , especially for the head-injured patient or the patient who has had a severe stroke . |
| 24 | Taking this kind of argument it might be more desirable to improve the lot of someone who has had a considerable amount of resources , but now in old age has very little . |
| 25 | Burgess Hill , in Sussex Division One , are to pay tribute to a former RAF prop , Rob Hansford , who has had a playing career lasting 62 years . |
| 26 | Thought will have to be given now to players discouraged previously , including Ramprakash , who has had a raw deal while Hick has been favoured , and the hapless Fairbrother , for whom critics always seek reasons for non-selection . |
| 27 | Blackburn v Middlesbrough Undefeated Blackburn name full-back Sulley , who has had a trapped thigh nerve . |
| 28 | She has to have a new crystal . ’ |
| 29 | She has had a nice break and , who knows , if it rains there they can shut the shop ! ’ he added . |
| 30 | Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’ |