Example sentences of "[pers pn] has had a " in BNC.

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1 Someone close to me has had a cataract operation in both eyes .
2 And one of them has had a day off .
3 Any chance one or other of them has had an attack of conscience and decided to pay it back ? ’
4 Mrs Thatcher has been fortunate in that retirements of several senior personnel in the early 1980s gave her the opportunity to influence promotions ; there were thirteen appointments as Permanent Secretary in 1982 alone and she has had a hand in appointing the great majority of Permanent and Assistant Permanent Secretaries since 1979 .
5 She has had a very interesting life , has n't she ? ’
6 Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’
7 Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling .
8 She has had a bad time .
9 ‘ If the Queen thinks she has had a bad year , look at me — my whole life has been pretty horribilis , ’ said Olive , from Birmingham .
10 She has had a nice break and , who knows , if it rains there they can shut the shop ! ’ he added .
11 She has had a number of exhibitions in Canada and been published in Britain .
12 She has had a number of exhibitions in Canada and been published in Britain .
13 Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around .
14 She has had a hit song with Roberta Flack and worked on material for , among others , Marvin Hamlisch and Spencer Jones .
15 At the moment his daughter has no kidneys ; she has had a transplant but unfortunately her body rejected the kidney .
16 She has had a tray sent up to her and is now asleep .
17 Is she aware that the Feltham visitors ' report , which I am sure she has had a chance to read , said that there were only 24 workshop training places for 256 young people ?
18 I am reminded of all this by a correspondent who tells me that she has had a pear tree ‘ for about 30 years and in that time , have only once had good fruit ’ .
19 She has had a crisis of faith since her old man was put in the bin , and , a month or so ago , she took all her C. S. Lewis books out into the garden and burnt them .
20 Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination .
21 A spokeswoman at Hope Hospital in Salford said : ‘ She has had a restless night and is poorly this morning . ’
22 She has had a very busy weekend and she felt a little tired .
23 Can not be , because she has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well and living in Wapping .
24 ‘ It will be the first time she has had an outside audience , ’ he said crisply .
25 Since 1978 she has had an Honorary Visiting Fellowship in the Research School of Biological Sciences at A.N .
26 She has had an operation on her punctured lung .
27 Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week .
28 At one point , Walter tries to convince his wife that he has had a story accepted by BBC Radio .
29 Now he has had a chance to work with them and perhaps better understands the intricacies of their job .
30 He has had a terrible month , ’ said Balding , referring to the fact that Frost has also lost the ride today on Morley Street , who attempts a hat-trick in the Martell Aintree Hurdle , with Richard Dunwoody aboard .
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