Example sentences of "[pers pn] have have [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had had quite a grounding in this at the City Temple .
2 You see , I 've had rather a lot on my mind recently … ’
3 I 've always thought very highly of Michael Jaffé , until recently Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum , and I 've had quite a lot of pleasant conversations with him .
4 A week later I transferred an Emperor Peckoltia ( which I have had over a year ) and added a new Emperor Peckoltia which was purchased from Wholesale Tropicals of Bethnal Green .
5 Every time I wonder about going to join George and to use my TEFL qualification , I wonder how I would REALLY do teaching English to people , though I guess I have had quite a lot of ad hoc and ungrammatical ( ! ) experience with the various language students who have stayed here .
6 As social work you 've had quite a contact erm with people on the flats , erm living in the situation they actually most people in the flats .
7 I have sent for you this morning , Jones , because I find on looking up your record of attendances at police court that you have had neither a charge nor a summons during the last three years .
8 I 'm just going to walk down the hill with this lady — her husband 's there — she 's had rather a shock — ’
9 but she 's had quite a lot of training in other things actually and with the man marketing department that they 've got there they might not need that the thing coming up I 've just had what 's interesting about that and what I do n't like about it is not to because I have a lot of respect for her .
10 Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours .
11 We 've had almost a minute of stoppage time and Leicester lead by that single David Speedy goal from what seems a long time ago now in the first half .
12 Well , we 've had quite a lot of money from Oxford from different people so you do n't know .
13 Baked potatoes , we 've had quite a lot of baked pot
14 ‘ To date , we have had quite a lot of interest in our facilities . ’
15 Now , I 'm pleased to say we have had quite a number of of er replies from churches on what they think they can d , do .
16 Many parts of the continent have also got a drought ; in France , in southern Italy and Greece in particular but Spain , they 're not too bad actually they 've had quite a lot of thundery showers this summer .
17 My parents were not very well off when they bought it , and they had to have quite a lot of work done on it before we could move in .
18 He had had barely a glimpse of what the Ping Tiao hierarchy were up to for almost a week now .
19 The season began in January in Brazil and prior to that he had had only a couple of rainy test-sessions at Silverstone .
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