Example sentences of "have have [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I s first spoke to you erm earlier I mean , like last week , erm you were telling me er something about erm the involvement that this branch has had with the local community . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what recent meetings he has had with the National Union of Mineworkers to discuss the proposed pit closures ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 3 | This explains the attraction soft conventionalism has had for a recent generation of legal philosophers . |
| 4 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 5 | Any object that an individual has had for a long time , a favourite book for example , has already been affected by that individual 's electrical impulses . |
| 6 | This was a complicated structure of a two-tier core plus an elective area ( see Chapter 3 for details ) , and it is uncertain how much effect it has had on the actual practice of schools . |
| 7 | But what if we want to investigate the impact that a new motorway has had on the surrounding area ? |
| 8 | Bill : I was wondering recently what effect the AIDS hysteria has had outside the gay movement and I was talking about it a bit in a pub I use down in Sussex . |
| 9 | We will continue to work strenuously for a political agreement which is acceptable to all the parties involved in the talks which the Secretary of State has had during the past year with the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland the Government of the Republic of Ireland . |
| 10 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 11 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 12 | " All right then ? " he said , smiling again , his head a little on one side , a gesture he 'd had as a small boy . |
| 13 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 14 | What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside . |
| 15 | He had lost whatever little respect he might have had for the old guard of English political life . |
| 16 | So he had answered his own son , that time when Yuan had come to him with his dream — that awful nightmare he had had of the great mountain of bones filling the plain where the City had been . |
| 17 | However , even after several years , his paces never regained the natural , easy , long-stepping flow they had had as a paddocked youngster ; and his personality could be kindly described as awkward , and certainly was n't to be trusted . |
| 18 | Half-a-dozen old retainers acted as anchor-men in the positions they had had in the previous cabinet . |
| 19 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 20 | But the effect I 've had on the straight world , the fact that they come to me and they feel comfortable , half knowing that maybe I 've been involved in … what to them is alternative sexuality , is a positive thing . ’ |
| 21 | Actually I 've had like a sober conversation now because , think about it yeah , |
| 22 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 23 | Er , would you , would you tell the , your worships what experience you 've had in the licensed trade . |
| 24 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |
| 26 | The G M B and other unions , but principally the G M B cos that 's one I 'm concerned about , needs to pressurize councillors and officers because councillors and officers have been bombarded with almost as much legislation as the trade unions have had from the Tory government and most of them actually just want an easy time , so you 've got to hassle them , you got to harass them what they do . |
| 27 | For example the interviewer may preface a clutch of questions with a general phrase such as , ‘ I 'd like to talk a little about your home background ’ , or ‘ Let's take a look at the sort of experience you have had in the retail business ’ , so that you will find yourself keeping your answers to the subsequent questions pertinent to the area in which the interviewer is interested and do not wander off the point . |
| 28 | Namely , to have , in 1993-94 , as Scotland have had in the past season , three coaches . |