Example sentences of "have had a [adj] experience " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such success for developing countries is not always the case , even in the same industry ; Bolivia has had a sorry experience in trying to do the same as its Eastern rivals , but has suffered from a critical lack of expertise . |
| 2 | AT&T has had a similar experience with its Global Business Communications Systems subsidiary , which sells $1 billion of telecommunications gear annually to corporate customers . |
| 3 | Samson has had a wide experience in the electronics industry , working with Plessey Co Plc , Standard Telephones and Cables Plc and GEC Plc , where he was managing director of GEC Consumer Products Group until 1989 . |
| 4 | Toilet phobia developing when the child has had an unpleasant experience in the toilet and has become frightened to use it ( Ashkenazi 1975 ) . |
| 5 | In all the cases they 'd had a violent experience in earlier childhood . |
| 6 | You know , I was on the phone to a customer for fifteen to twenty minutes because they 'd had a bad experience and I was actually making an appointment for Roy to go in and that twenty minutes is a long time , and I think really if anything , it 's just brought to me really , , how little time sometimes , it 's not always the case , it does vary , that , depending on the incoming calls , depending if you 've got got through the emerging paperwork for whatever reason , how little quality time perhaps you do actually spend on the phone , making outgoing calls to sell . |
| 7 | when he 'd said he 'd had a bad experience . |
| 8 | The rather un-Byronic 30-year-old Dustin Hoffman must have had a similar experience on the morning of 22 December 1967 when he opened the newspapers . |
| 9 | He may have had an unfortunate experience with a highway engineer — |
| 10 | The objectives of Rolls Royce had been met — a group of highly intelligent , well-motivated students had had a good experience of the engineering industry , and their interest in an engineering career had , by their own account , been greatly increased as a result . |
| 11 | For some years I had had a similar experience in the teaching of literature , amazed to see colleagues attempting to hound students , in the context of a two- or three-year course , through complex texts in a single session : today we read King Lear , tomorrow we discuss it , and next day you write your essays on it . |
| 12 | Ken replied , Orton later wrote in his own diary , that he had had a similar experience in Beirut and had ‘ paid twelve guineas a night for the privilege . ’ |
| 13 | Just because Sunil had had a nasty experience did n't mean that his sleeping pattern would have changed . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've had a strange experience , Konstantin ! |
| 15 | You 've had a great experience , right ? |
| 16 | If you 've had a horrifying experience with some visitors that you 've invited , then let me know . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've had a religious experience . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We 've had a terrible experience ! ’ |
| 19 | You 've had a harrowing experience and a lucky escape . |
| 20 | If you want a new look but you 've had a bad experience in the past or simple do n't know which style to opt for , here are a few pointers . |
| 21 | You 've had a bad experience , but it 's one that happens to both men and women and you should have forgotten it long ago . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've had a bad experience , Leonora . |
| 23 | ‘ You have had a frightful experience . ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps you have had a similar experience , or know of a dog in your area with the same background ? |
| 25 | I think Northampton have had a similar experience . |
| 26 | I have had a religious experience — which is not to say , of course , that I am claiming a religious explanation for it . |
| 27 | The great thing is that everybody has been to the cinema , and many have had a strange experience there . ’ |
| 28 | Your success can be hindered by adverse influences and attitudes : if you have had a negative experience of language learning at school , or elsewhere |
| 29 | This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them . |
| 30 | Planning for the future care of your children can be particularly stressful if you are someone who wants to have as little as possible to do with social services and other authorities , or if you have had a bad experience with them in the past . |