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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 He had had barely a glimpse of what the Ping Tiao hierarchy were up to for almost a week now .
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 Poor old Yallop , Spruce thought , had had quite a day of it after twenty-five entirely uneventful — and promotionless — years in the force .
6 I had had quite a grounding in this at the City Temple .
7 Mr. Barlow and Ena had had quite a giggle about those .
8 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 .
9 You see , I 've had rather a lot on my mind recently … ’
10 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 .
11 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 .
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 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 .
15 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 .
16 Conservative Members have had only a fraction of the time in this debate .
17 ‘ To date , we have had quite a lot of interest in our facilities . ’
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
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