Example sentences of "[pron] have have the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To add some sort of spice , someone has had the bright idea of bringing on the JB Horns . |
| 2 | True , I 'd had the occasional setback , like proposing to Tony Kessler when I was four . |
| 3 | Because I 'd had the grand advice from my grandma . |
| 4 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 5 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
| 6 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 7 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 8 | I 've had the occasional boyfriend in the past , and I 'm sure you 've done the same sort of thing . |
| 9 | I 've had the big boys on to me today . |
| 10 | The times I have lost all the stitches and the times I 've had the wrong rows one side of the neck ! |
| 11 | I 've had the dreaded cough as well Have n't you had it in Southwell yet ? |
| 12 | I have had the dubious privilege over the years of debating with him on many occasions . |
| 13 | I have had the great privilege to know some very talented young people whose dreams did come true . |
| 14 | I have had the good fortune to be in Bruges when the city has had a festival and in Ghent for the same sort of thing . |
| 15 | Ever since I was a teenager , I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair . |
| 16 | I have had the immense privilege of serving the people of Worcester over the past 30 years . |
| 17 | As calculations go , this one turns out to be surprisingly simple , once somebody has had the original idea . |
| 18 | The Government 's accumulated fiscal surpluses will then be available both to revive an economy which has had the excess heat taken out of it during 1989/90 and to restore its electoral fortunes . |
| 19 | More important , it has on several occasions presented to the European Commission solutions to technical problems with the Directives which have had the unanimous support of member associations . |
| 20 | Annabelle , you may not realize it , but you are gaining the advantage of marrying a man who has had the sharp corners rubbed off him . |
| 21 | IT WAS not just the Stewart's/Melville players who celebrated their promotion-winning victory , but also the club treasurer who has had the impossible task of balancing the books this season . |
| 22 | They were descendants of Iapyx , a son of the great Daedalus 's , who 'd had the good sense not to fly . |
| 23 | Oh why you 're having to speak , you having to have the other people talking to each other , the people who speak to you |
| 24 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 25 | She had had the tiresome habit of subjecting her speech-writers to a sixth-form question and answer session along the lines of , ‘ Tell me Chris , what do you mean by ‘ liberty ’ ? ’ and it was not until the welcome arrival of a cheerful Denis at two-thirty in the morning that she could be persuaded to go to bed . |
| 26 | No but , what the bloke had one half and you had to have the other half . |
| 27 | I always knew that you had to have the important artists around too . |
| 28 | Because you had to have the stern anchor to keep the buckets off the face of what you was dredging cos if you did n't your dredge 'd go ahead too much and er you had big problems there and you would n't be able to dredge . |
| 29 | The present volume , in honour of Margaret Donaldson , has been written by contributors who have had the good fortune to have worked with her and been influenced by her during their academic careers . |
| 30 | By the time some pupils reach secondary school they can be up to a year behind classmates who have had the proper amount of teaching , Government insiders claim . |