Example sentences of "had a [adj] relationship with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had known this lady for many years and could claim to have had a friendly relationship with her . |
| 2 | I 've had my dreams , and I do feel that , if you have never had a close relationship with somebody , something in you dries up … goes dead , one might say . |
| 3 | Though we can not imagine that Innocent wrote all these , he appears to have had a close relationship with his chancery . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them . |
| 5 | ‘ First team coach Liam O'Kane has always had a good relationship with the players and he , too , would come into contention . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm very happy and I have always had a good relationship with the board . ’ |
| 7 | Noise and Other Statutory Nuisances We have had a good relationship with our neighbours in the past and will endeavour to continue to maintain these . |
| 8 | In the past this Association has had a good relationship with the DLO in Derry . |
| 9 | We have had a good relationship with the borough councils and do n't want to lose it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've had a stormy relationship with everyone I 've ever worked with , ’ says Nicky , ‘ because I care about what I do ! |
| 11 | The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making . |
| 12 | My personal life had been a disaster : I had had a lousy relationship with my mother ; been frightened of my father ; from time to time my marriage had been close to the rocks and I had been an uncaring father . |
| 13 | Yet art has always had a troubled relationship with the portrait . |
| 14 | Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle . |
| 15 | Eva has always had a special relationship with Margaret , the younger , quieter sister but the ones at the top of the family are also high ill her esteem.Joyce was loved for the way she helped " mother " them and Beverley , the eldest boy , was another of her heroes . |
| 16 | The Sultanate of Oman became independent in 1951 , having previously had a special relationship with the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | Over the years , in my role as home tutor to his mother , I had had a privileged relationship with Balbinder and his family . |
| 18 | Miss Warburton said she had never had a sexual relationship with Green . |
| 19 | ARGOS , the nationwide catalogue-retailing group which has had a volatile relationship with the City in recent months , regained its status as one of the sector stars yesterday with a better-than-expected 1992 performance and a cautiously optimistic view of the future . |
| 20 | Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling . |