Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
| 2 | During the hot summers I 've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit . |
| 3 | As the project progressed , it was also harder to find schools which fitted the original criteria for Minors , e.g. one library division had been fortunate in finding Majors , but began to find it difficult to identify , for Minor recommendation , " schools which have had a degree of interest and success for some years " . |
| 4 | Sun/Star readers were more likely than others to have no preference at all in 1986 ( despite voting in 1987 ) , and at the same time , those Sun/Star readers who did have a preference in 1986 were more likely than others to change it during the next year ( Table 8.16 ) . |
| 5 | Well one would have thought so , but I said to er Mrs you see , about the minibus , no not the minibus , the M S bus being available and , I said the problem was or maybe that we 'd have to have drivers who have had a P S V licence , or what they call it ? |
| 6 | Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up . |
| 7 | B : ‘ For about nine months we have had a succession of builders , surveyors and decorators trooping in and out . |
| 8 | By the end of six months he had had a breakdown and was asked to leave . |
| 9 | But in the last few months he 's had a lot to cope with following the death of his best friend in a road accident . |
| 10 | Bringing her mind back to the keys she suggested having a photograph taken so that there would be a record of them if it was ever needed . |
| 11 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
| 12 | In five years we 've had a record of seven per cent success in any enquiry involving the Regal Arms . |
| 13 | And for two thousand years we have had a government not our own . |
| 14 | Things he predicts have a habit of coming true . |
| 15 | One mentioned her skill at communicating with patients who had had a tracheostomy and another found that she could lip-read patients when nobody else could understand them . |
| 16 | Another type of specialist nurse deals solely with patients who have had a mastectomy . |
| 17 | The Princess had said she particularly wanted to meet mothers who had had a treatment known as chorionic villus biopsy , which was a very exciting breakthrough . |
| 18 | Although this is bought through a massive number of connections it seems to have a number of advantages over previously mentioned strategies : |
| 19 | Some mornings he 's suffering from what quite obviously is a hangover and at other times he appears to have a stomach upset . |
| 20 | Amongst those men who had had a job immediately before registration , the coming to an end of a temporary job was the most important reason for their becoming unemployed . |
| 21 | Some agencies are particularly keen to attract nurses who have had a break in practice and provide reorientation for new staff . |
| 22 | In the one such study reported , 91 women who had had a hysterectomy were more likely than age matched controls to report infrequent defecation and to have consulted a doctor for constipation . |
| 23 | Women who had had a hysterectomy tended to defecate less often than the uterus intact controls . |
| 24 | Women who had had a hysterectomy had an increased prevalence of bloating , incomplete evacuation , and straining to finish , but no difference with respect to pain , mucus , urgency or runny stools ( Table II ) . |
| 25 | Sandra Cooper , 33 , midwife and founder of the Darlington Miscarriage Association , said : ‘ Women who have had a miscarriage experience grief but they have no record of their unborn child . |
| 26 | Sandra Cooper , 33 , midwife and founder of the Darlington Miscarriage Association , said : ‘ Women who have had a miscarriage experience grief but they have no record of their unborn child . |
| 27 | Colleagues I 've had a message from the strikers at Crawley and they 've had to return . |