Example sentences of "have [adj] history [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence , despite the brave attempts of many farm workers ' leaders since the days of the Tolpuddle Martyrs , the farm worker has little history beyond poverty , dependence and remorseless labour . |
| 2 | David John , defending , said : ‘ Miss Pritchard has some history of a drink problem and she regrets this incident . ’ |
| 3 | By that time I had some history of being involved in socialist politics , which helped make sense of the external world , and a dawning recognition that there was also an inner world to be explored and that the psyche could n't just be dealt with by an effort of will . |
| 4 | I knew he had a wife , I did n't know whether he had children er and I knew that er he had previous history of er criminal nature . |
| 5 | On Sampson 's behalf he denied that he had any history of criminal activity or mental instability — not much point going on if he did n't — and then with the records from the gun case drawer he compiled a list of the weapons that Sampson already possessed . |
| 6 | None of the patients were alcoholic or had any history of small intestinal disease , gastric operation , or small bowel resection and had not lost more than 10% of body weight in the six months preceding the study . |