Example sentences of "they have have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not on the whole involved in direct teaching and , second , each of them has to have a separate viewpoint because the focus of the job is mainly outside that of any school . |
| 2 | Surely , after the wonderful night of passion she had experienced with Ross , they 'd had a real chance of mending their relationship ? |
| 3 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 4 | But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance . |
| 5 | That 's what I said first , I said ooh they 'd had a terrible job ! |
| 6 | that 's what I mean if they 'd had a good whistler he kept instead of her , could n't he ? |
| 7 | They 'd had a good time . |
| 8 | They 'd had a good time , it had given him a good holiday , her too . |
| 9 | Her father , Peter Few Brown said they 'd had a good visit . |
| 10 | In all the cases they 'd had a violent experience in earlier childhood . |
| 11 | They 'd had a huge fork lift truck on the roof where they stored materials . |
| 12 | They 'd had a wonderful afternoon . |
| 13 | ‘ I feel women are pushed out of hospital , just as if they 'd had a minor operation , or a very mild illness . ’ |
| 14 | 2 crew were killed and many locals felt they 'd had a lucky escape . |
| 15 | You know , I was on the phone to a customer for fifteen to twenty minutes because they 'd had a bad experience and I was actually making an appointment for Roy to go in and that twenty minutes is a long time , and I think really if anything , it 's just brought to me really , , how little time sometimes , it 's not always the case , it does vary , that , depending on the incoming calls , depending if you 've got got through the emerging paperwork for whatever reason , how little quality time perhaps you do actually spend on the phone , making outgoing calls to sell . |
| 16 | He signalled to the waiter ; during the brief ceremony of settling the bill , handing over a tip and saying yes thank you they 'd had a lovely evening and enjoyed their meal , his avoidance of her eye was constant and deliberate . |
| 17 | But they 'd had a little drink in Germany , and did n't know where to head ! |
| 18 | Even if they 'd had a formal partnership , which they did n't , it would have made no difference . |
| 19 | Mm why do they have to have a green field site and start again ? |
| 20 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 21 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |
| 22 | Well they 've had a marvellous sort of conversion of that done |
| 23 | No birds about at the moment but they 've had a good feed of chicken , but |
| 24 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 25 | All returning submarines fly one if they 've had a good patrol . ’ |
| 26 | As for Norwich they 've had a good start and will take some stopping . |
| 27 | She says they 've had a good time . |
| 28 | Oh yeah yeah they 've had a good time I think down there |
| 29 | ‘ They 've had a furious row already , ’ she announced gleefully . |
| 30 | ‘ And they 've had a bad press . |