Example sentences of "[pers pn] have have the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , I 'd had the occasional setback , like proposing to Tony Kessler when I was four . |
| 2 | Because I 'd had the grand advice from my grandma . |
| 3 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 4 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
| 5 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 6 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 7 | I 've had the occasional boyfriend in the past , and I 'm sure you 've done the same sort of thing . |
| 8 | I 've had the big boys on to me today . |
| 9 | The times I have lost all the stitches and the times I 've had the wrong rows one side of the neck ! |
| 10 | I 've had the dreaded cough as well Have n't you had it in Southwell yet ? |
| 11 | I have had the dubious privilege over the years of debating with him on many occasions . |
| 12 | I have had the great privilege to know some very talented young people whose dreams did come true . |
| 13 | I have had the good fortune to be in Bruges when the city has had a festival and in Ghent for the same sort of thing . |
| 14 | Ever since I was a teenager , I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair . |
| 15 | I have had the immense privilege of serving the people of Worcester over the past 30 years . |
| 16 | Oh why you 're having to speak , you having to have the other people talking to each other , the people who speak to you |
| 17 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 18 | She had had the tiresome habit of subjecting her speech-writers to a sixth-form question and answer session along the lines of , ‘ Tell me Chris , what do you mean by ‘ liberty ’ ? ’ and it was not until the welcome arrival of a cheerful Denis at two-thirty in the morning that she could be persuaded to go to bed . |
| 19 | No but , what the bloke had one half and you had to have the other half . |
| 20 | I always knew that you had to have the important artists around too . |
| 21 | Because you had to have the stern anchor to keep the buckets off the face of what you was dredging cos if you did n't your dredge 'd go ahead too much and er you had big problems there and you would n't be able to dredge . |
| 22 | You have to have the right shoes . |
| 23 | The sparks says you ca n't get it out , it 's like having an umbrella opened up in there , you have to have the whole doings chopped off in hospital . |
| 24 | Well it is about , about a thousand for one bay window so she 's had the whole house done so it 's probably nearer three . |
| 25 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 26 | We 'd had the odd fling even while she was supposed to be engaged to him — the night of the fire was when we started it . |
| 27 | Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects . |
| 28 | We 've had the occasional report of undesirable characters lurking round the hospital . |
| 29 | I do , I hope but we appreciated Claire and Steven had her more than we had , but you know , we 've had the odd times we 've virtually been across there a month or something like , but but when you have a position where you have five |
| 30 | We 've had the odd difference of opinion , while respecting the other 's point of view . |