Example sentences of "have have a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If he has had a very good recovery , he may get onto the plinth at a low height and kneel on all fours , and then be guided downwards to lie on his stomach . |
2 | ‘ Phillips has had a very consistent season . |
3 | ‘ He does n't usually throw tantrums , ’ Ashley said ruefully , as Vitor came round from the boot , ‘ but he has had a very long day . ’ |
4 | For one reason or another , thought Montgomery , this woman has had a very poor night 's sleep . |
5 | Damien , the wild card , has had a very visible year whilst Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period . |
6 | I think feminism has had a very rich past in this country as well as in other countries . |
7 | She has had a very interesting life , has n't she ? ’ |
8 | The finance of primary care has had a very different history ( Eckstein , 1964 ; Gilbert , 1966 ; Stevens , 1966 ; Honnigsbaum , 1979 ) . |
9 | Shortly thereafter I read in one of the local papers : ‘ The recent failure in the herring fishery has had a very depressing effect on the matrimonial market at nearly all the fishing stations . |
10 | The UK jewellery market has had a very tough year and many customers and competitors have experienced difficulties . |
11 | She has had a very busy weekend and she felt a little tired . |
12 | Monica has had a very hard year . |
13 | He has had a very distinguished career and by dint of old-fashioned virtues and a marvellously warm personality has held the Party together on many occasions . |
14 | Mrs Clinton replied that she 'd been at college with him and they 'd had a very close relationship . |
15 | When you 're going round the Fens , you must 've had a very early start in the morning , did you ? |
16 | So can I therefore , having had a very full debate , put the recommendations on page thirteen to the committee , including the erm relatively small capital programme set out in appendix one and ask you to approve recommendations A to F. |
17 | Fair enough he may have had a very good reason for doing so but I thought that that would have been a typical apack erm he did say well you know I just want to run it by him , you know , just to make sure but you , you still needed to know why he thought that his accountant had to be involved . |
18 | Miss Taylor , you must have had a very eventful life — if you could choose to live a part of that life again , which decade would you choose ? |
19 | From its size , the knife must have had a very specific use and may even have been a surgical instrument . |
20 | However , although the polenier event is associated with cooling of the ocean , it may not have had a very large impact on the carbon dioxide balance . |
21 | Uderzo says they preferred not to film in America : ‘ They would have had a very different idea of how to approach the jokes . |
22 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
23 | Senior Tories believe the MP for Carshalton and Wallington must have had a very pressing reason to leave after staging such an unexpected comeback . |
24 | I suppose I was too young and naïve to realise that you must have had a very active sex life before you met me . |
25 | And in the morning she would have to have a very long talk with Feargal 's mother . |
26 | In spite of many attempts to allay fears and promotion of the normal working conditions by the railway authorities , signal boxes are rather emotive places and one does n't have to have a very fertile imagination to get into the feeling of unease and expectancy . |
27 | This fact is of great importance , for it carries within it irrefutable evidence that whatever definition of ‘ god ’ is finally accepted , mankind must be , if not the sole architect of it , then at least to have had a very considerable influence on it . |
28 | Fourteen years later , Atkinson might claim , at best , to have had a very modest effect . |
29 | I wanted Duke Michael to think that I was still very ill , so we told the newspapers that the King had had a very serious accident . |
30 | It was found that even existing shareholders had had a very limited knowledge of the savings schemes that investment trusts offer . |