Example sentences of "had [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just going to walk down the hill with this lady — her husband 's there — she 's had rather a shock — ’ |
| 2 | You see , I 've had rather a lot on my mind recently … ’ |
| 3 | Conservative Members have had only a fraction of the time in this debate . |
| 4 | The season began in January in Brazil and prior to that he had had only a couple of rainy test-sessions at Silverstone . |
| 5 | This particular setting is very authentic and the cadets have had only the company of sheep during their enthusiastic quest for insurgents . |
| 6 | That operation as I understand it is certainly either available on the National Health or er likely to be available on the national health I have not understood that it is the sort of operation which will for any reason suddenly need to be done and I bear in mind that the plaintiff has had already an operation on his hip done on the National Health , it seems to me on the probabilities that there is a very strong probability that that operation will be done on the National Health and not done privately and for that reason it does not seem to me right to include any sum in relation to that in the damages . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Also , it has been admitted by at least one officer in military intelligence that government undercover has had practically no success in penetrating them with agents . |
| 9 | As expected , having had both a spell of registered unemployment in the last 12 months and also no full time job in the last 12 months contributes adversely to the individual 's chances of obtaining an offer . |
| 10 | He seems to have had both a scientist 's and artist 's understanding of light . |
| 11 | He seems to have had both a scientist 's and an artist 's understanding of light . |
| 12 | He had treated her exactly as he 'd said he would , and not even for an instant had Kate had even a bat 's twinkling that he thought of her as an attractive woman . |
| 13 | Had that policy prevailed , I doubt whether we would have had even the INF treaty . |
| 14 | Although by 1086 the Barton estate had been split up into a number of manors , of which only one was still in the hands of the king himself , there can be little doubt that before the Conquest the Anglo-Saxon kings had had here an estate of some seven thousand acres which they kept in hand for their own supplies . |
| 15 | So does a coalminer who 's had virtually no education . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's an amazing opportunity to break in to theatre , but we 've had virtually no response from Jobcentres , ’ a spokeswoman says . |
| 17 | We 've had virtually no rain in the last five weeks which is why we 've got water problems in many parts of the country , but it 's not just us that 's suffering you 'll be glad to know . |
| 18 | ‘ It is quite true that he had the pharmacist 's poodle bitch twice in fifteen minutes on the steps of the Convent of St Mary , but he has had almost every bitch in Porto Venus over the past three years . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Until very recently , the English a cappella ensembles involved in this work have had almost no competition and they are therefore ready to benefit from any new sounds or new musical ideas that choirs and vocal consorts in other countries can produce for them to hear and admire . |
| 21 | As the chart shows , the four weeks of the campaign have had almost no effect on voters ' opinions about which party could best handle the country 's non-economic as well as economic problems . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Poor old Yallop , Spruce thought , had had quite a day of it after twenty-five entirely uneventful — and promotionless — years in the force . |
| 24 | At least in theory ; I must confess to being peculiarly hopeless at this style of climbing and having had quite a struggle on this route in the past , which in no way detracts from its quality . |
| 25 | Alongside me was Sam Ratcliffe who , at the tender age of sixteen , had already had quite a bit of publicity . |
| 26 | Well here 's the Director General of Fair Trading , and this is someone who 's had quite a bit of experience on this , Sir Gordon Borey and he says that motorists should ensure that any cover they buy is in the form of an individual insurance policy in their name . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ To date , we have had quite a lot of interest in our facilities . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Erm as you can see it 's er had quite a lot of damage on it since we actually came back but er it 's been a very very trustworthy er propeller and engine . |