Example sentences of "[vb -s] have [adj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Punch wishes to assure you that he has had many a good belly laugh from the magazine which bore his name for so many years . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think there is any model who has had such a meteoric rise . |
| 3 | I 'm not sure whether , you see I think the management time issue is very related to this , but I think it 's a separate issue , it 's a major concern I 've got at the moment that there is , I mean I know everybody 's got their own arguments but there has been no time at ever in the future that anybody who goes back further than twenty years in the service can recall , where York has had such a small amount of management time as it 's |
| 4 | He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’ |
| 5 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am very sorry to learn that my book has had such a distressing effect on you . |
| 6 | ‘ It has had such a marked effect on our safety performance that we are now organising shorter courses focused on specific needs , for example trade centres and the sales force . ’ |
| 7 | No poet in the twentieth century has had such a conscious sense of his own work , or of the tradition in which he was operating . |
| 8 | It is one indication of why he has had such a unique influence on the history of mankind . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never done anything that has had such a wonderful response . |
| 10 | The selection committee , which will close its list of participants before the summer holidays , wants to have half a dozen galleries from each major speciality and increase the number of stands showing primitive and pre-Columbian art which proved particularly successful this year . |
| 11 | Indeed , manufacturing capability seems to have such a major impact on product development that it is worth examining in greater detail . |
| 12 | But , Bob , she 's had such a sad life ! ’ |
| 13 | She 's had such a good time and made so many new friends that she 's quite resigned to going back to school in a few days ’ time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ She 's had such a rotten time . |
| 15 | ‘ You ca n't pester the poor man about money just after he 's had such a dreadful shock ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ My dear , Gay 's had such a queer experience , ’ said Susan . |
| 17 | I say he 's had half a dozen kids to each girl he 's been |