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

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1 Mr Punch wishes to assure you that he has had many a good belly laugh from the magazine which bore his name for so many years .
2 ‘ I do n't think there is any model who has had such a meteoric rise .
3 I 'm not sure whether , you see I think the management time issue is very related to this , but I think it 's a separate issue , it 's a major concern I 've got at the moment that there is , I mean I know everybody 's got their own arguments but there has been no time at ever in the future that anybody who goes back further than twenty years in the service can recall , where York has had such a small amount of management time as it 's
4 He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’
5 Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am very sorry to learn that my book has had such a distressing effect on you .
6 ‘ It has had such a marked effect on our safety performance that we are now organising shorter courses focused on specific needs , for example trade centres and the sales force . ’
7 No poet in the twentieth century has had such a conscious sense of his own work , or of the tradition in which he was operating .
8 It is one indication of why he has had such a unique influence on the history of mankind .
9 ‘ I 've never done anything that has had such a wonderful response .
10 But after our day out when we 'd had such a good time it seemed as though you might care and that we could have a chance .
11 And , you know , we all lost a good friend ; I 'd had such a great time over those last two days working with him and with Eric , and I think about that time quite a bit .
12 Well you see , what Freud had to explain here was how he could have had such a long dream when the dreamer reported that he woke up more or less instantly from the stimulus of something hitting him on the back of the neck .
13 Without the spectators cheering me on I do n't think I could have had such a good race .
14 They must have had such a pleasing approach to Raasay House ; the bay of their arrival seems unlikely to have changed , a wide and gentle place , now full of windsurfers — the mansion where they stayed now houses an Adventure School .
15 ‘ I can not think , ’ remarked Russell , ‘ Why laziness should have had such a bad press .
16 Others , who may not have had such a happy relationship with their parents in the past , take on care out of a sense of duty .
17 ‘ Because he would have had such a responsible job , he had to have the absolute backing of both countries and he clearly did not and would have been in an impossible position .
18 But if he 'd have had some a little bit of direction
19 It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’
20 It 's a bit naughty is n't it to have had such a good game and er
21 They seemed disappointed to hear that we had had such a pleasant day on the far bank .
22 That was my thing , 'cause the dashboard we had had such a cool snare sound . ’
23 Recalling the tragedy of which Juliette had spoken and which had had such a devastating effect on his mind , Melissa felt uneasy .
24 She had had such a promising career as a physio , Kathleen thought crossly , and now she was trapped at home with her children while her husband powered quietly on up the career ladder , leaving her behind .
25 ‘ I 've had such a marvellous day , I ca n't tell you , ’ I cried .
26 ‘ Oh , we 've had such a marvellous day , Uncle Albert took us to the Marine Museum and then we went on to collect sea-shells ourselves , he knew where to go for them , we found hundreds ; and we had a lobster picnic .
27 ‘ I 'm glad you 've had such a cosy chat about me ! ’
28 ‘ I mean , Delia , we 've had such a long association and a successful one , I 'd like to think , well , I do n't want to just lose touch . ’
29 But thank you all , and I wish you you the members and N C V O itself , every good fortune , and I think we 've had such a good day today , and I think Sir Leonard has shown us a really very clear way forward , and I know that the relationships which already exist , and those which will be developed can only be Thank you all very much for your support and help through those years .
30 Hello Smokey ooh I 've had such a bad morning .
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