Example sentences of "have had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In punting , too , I have had a tendency to reach for too much length and so have been prone to slicing my kicks . |
| 2 | Pipe smokers and whisky drinkers have done much better , with a fall in duties of around 20% , while wine drinkers have had a ball , with a 30% fall in tax . |
| 3 | Dr Hamish Inglis says : ‘ Once you have had a cold you build up immunity to that particular virus . |
| 4 | Another type of specialist nurse deals solely with patients who have had a mastectomy . |
| 5 | It may well be that several groups have had a burglary , in which case the teacher could use this as the focus : " How are we going to deal with it ? |
| 6 | He studied engineering in both France and Germany , patenting the first compression ignition engine in 1892 , so it is fitting that while Germany probably had the early lead , particularly with trucks , French makers have had a love affair with diesel cars since the 1930s . |
| 7 | Others have had a boomerang effect by wiping out natural predators or by obligingly clearing the habitat for another , though equally troublesome , pest-Herbicides which killed poppies in wheatfields cleared the way for wild oats , so that until the ( very expensive ) sprays had been developed to cope with them , a trip through the eastern counties in midsummer could create the strong impression that oats had made a spectacular comeback as a cereals crop . |
| 8 | ‘ We have had a chat about what has gone wrong this summer and the upshot is Viv will get himself into real shape by playing more in the West Indies this winter . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ David and I have had a chat about the goal drought which has suddenly hit the team , ’ explained Quinn . |
| 10 | Despite the fact that many western European countries have had a core curriculum for some years , prescription through central authority is associated , at least in the public mind , with authoritarianism . |
| 11 | I have had a cheque account with this organisation for over 20 years and a mortgage for seven ; the latter now for a comparatively small proportion of my house value . |
| 12 | Remember that penalties imposed during the main bout carry forwards into the extension , so if you have had a warning in the bout proper for stepping out , and then immediately incur a half-point penalty during the sudden-death , your opponent wins . |
| 13 | They have had a warning , and a reprieve . |
| 14 | At the end , the captain said , ‘ I have had a message which concerns both of our hostages . |
| 15 | I have had a message from the Stan Standard Mercury , from Davis , that my a county has been hysterical , we 've talked about being paranoid one time this morning . |
| 16 | I have had a reference to bovine excrement splashed in red ink across an entire manuscript page . |
| 17 | I suppose we have had a share of the steam action down south this season and it was good to see these trains back in action after the threats of cancellation owing to fire hazards ? |
| 18 | ‘ I have had a bit of an accident and the car you rented to me this morning is now a burnt out shell ! ’ |
| 19 | THORNTONS bosses have had a bit of a chuckle with their Father 's Day range this year . |
| 20 | THORNTONS bosses have had a bit of a chuckle with their Father 's Day range this year . |
| 21 | I have had a bit of ‘ medical ’ excitement myself since I last wrote : first when I overturned a full supermarket trolley on to my leg , bursting a small artery with dramatically bloody results . |
| 22 | And if that sounds unexciting , I have had a life full of turbulence , and I do n't need any more . |
| 23 | Equally no-one travelling on to Nicaragua could fail to notice the difference from Guatemala — people still have to live with civil war but for ten years have had a government that has actively promoted mental health . |
| 24 | And for two thousand years we have had a government not our own . |
| 25 | I nearly said as pencil skirts , but these have had a revival recently . |
| 26 | Yes I 'm I 'm not quite sure the regulations are about subsids We , I mean we , it 's only quite recently that we have had a subsidiary , erm , last two or three years , we 've , for many years we did n't have one . |
| 27 | ‘ But when you have had a wash I must ask you to leave . ’ |
| 28 | CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years . |
| 29 | ‘ We have had a change of image , ’ Mr Wise says , ‘ and we now have quality standards for documentation in place . |
| 30 | In the past , German cars have had a reputation for sparse levels of equipment , but this is gradually changing . |