Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] have [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 2 | The comfortable feeling of friendship she had had since that night in August , when she had so firmly suppressed her teenage-flavoured infatuation , was what had allowed love to grow . |
| 3 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 4 | Walsh attributes his excellent form to the first real break he has had from year-round cricket : ‘ Being omitted from the World Cup squad was a blessing in disguise . |
| 5 | My right hon. Friend will agree that those questions must be answered and that we have to get to the very heart of the scandal to ensure that it should not happen again , not only in Leicestershire but elsewhere , and those responsible for the cover-up are made to realise what they have done and the subsequent effect it has had on numerous children . |
| 6 | But the Guider and all the Pack learned later on about her meeting with the stranger on the seat , because at the next Pack Meeting the Guider read out a letter from Mr. Bishop , the estate agent , which said the Earl of Ferngrove had given special instructions that the Brownie Guide Pack could continue to use the Park whenever they wished , as he was quite satisfied , thanks to a chat he 'd had with one of them , that they were very careful not to leave litter about in the Park . |
| 7 | I was a little concerned though when the makers of ‘ MiniMag ’ asked what experience she 'd had of articulated vehicles and she replied , ‘ I 've spent my life driving Daddy 's horse-boxes . ’ |
| 8 | But by the middle of the nineteenth century they had lost most of even the symbolic importance they had had in earlier generations . |
| 9 | Is this the only response we 've had to that article ? |
| 10 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 11 | She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny . |
| 12 | This amounts to a form of nationalisation , and represents ‘ the biggest social revolution we have had in this country ’ . |
| 13 | It 's the last three or four months erm the lack of education they 've had over that time . |
| 14 | Microsoft Corp last week announced that it will stop selling its Cobol Professional Development System product on June 30 and instead reinforce the strategic alliance it has had for five years with Micro Focus Plc . |
| 15 | Microsoft Corp yesterday also announced that it will stop selling its Cobol Professional Development System product on June 30 and instead reinforce the strategic alliance it has had for five years with Micro Focus Plc . |
| 16 | ‘ It was the best news I have had in six and a half years . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The trouble I 've had with British Telecom … but that 's not the reason I phoned . ’ |
| 18 | There 's an interesting historical paradox in the impact of AIDS on the gay community because without the existence of an international gay community I do n't think AIDS as a disease could have had the rapid impact it 's had on gay men . |
| 19 | Laura Davies , Sue Strudwick , Trish Johnson and Nicholas yesterday all spoke as one on the subject of how , but for the support they had had from certain European sponsors down the years , they would all be thinking in terms of pulling out of playing in Europe altogether . |
| 20 | It 's the first vacation I 've had in seven years . |
| 21 | In his anguished soliloquy on awaking from what he thinks has only been a dream , we see that the hypocrite has lost for ever the advantage he has had over other people . |
| 22 | ‘ So , about the only thing we do have in common is … ’ she said , and hesitated as though she could think of nothing they shared . |
| 23 | ‘ So , ’ she said flippantly , ‘ about the only thing we do have in common ’ |
| 24 | The only thing they seem to have in common is their isolated nature and striking individuality , and they scream out to be included in a list of favourite miniature mountain gems . |
| 25 | If one picks out some of the chief things which are good , one may find that the one thing they seem to have in common is that they are pleasurable experiences . |
| 26 | The rocks beneath the castle , on account of the form they seem to have in high seas and foam , are called Macleod 's Maidens . |
| 27 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 28 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 29 | Of the land we do have to set-aside , only about 40 per cent would receive compensation , compared to two thirds in France , and 93 per cent in Greece . |
| 30 | The feature they came to have in common was occupancy of land in South Kensington purchased with the profits from the 1851 Exhibition at the Crystal Palace . |