Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] have have a [noun sg] " 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 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 .
4 B : ‘ For about nine months we have had a succession of builders , surveyors and decorators trooping in and out .
5 By the end of six months he had had a breakdown and was asked to leave .
6 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 .
7 Over the years I have had an interest in medical matters and have been involved from a legal viewpoint on a number of occasions .
8 For years I have had an interest in phenomenology , the attempt to get behind , understand and interpret the way others see the world .
9 In five years we 've had a record of seven per cent success in any enquiry involving the Regal Arms .
10 And for two thousand years we have had a government not our own .
11 Colleagues I 've had a message from the strikers at Crawley and they 've had to return .
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