Example sentences of "had some " in BNC.

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1 The history of forms in art has had some distinguished advocates , some of whom have been concerned with the transformation over time of one form to another ; others have been more attracted to problems of values , arguing either that styles in art change and decay , or that in a particular period there is an artistic will to produce work in a style of its own .
2 A different sort of exhibition which has had some success in attracting attention , and thus newspaper coverage , is the prize competition .
3 Nowadays , nearly every young person has probably had some experience of basic improvisation at their school or through the extensive TIE ( Theatre in Education ) tours .
4 The Woods ' speech also introduced an important new argument which may have had some considerable effect on Irish voters .
5 She said : ‘ But he must have had some reason for wanting to talk to you . ’
6 ‘ Yeah , I 've had some of it already .
7 ‘ You 've had some trouble up there , have n't you ? ’
8 For example , it is important for an inexperienced solo pilot to avoid a field landing until he has had some training in how to tackle one .
9 ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder .
10 This approach to amnesia has had some success .
11 He was to see the beginnings of the great urban slums of New York and Chicago , and he must have had some sense of this if they were going to speak to American working people , but still , there was the mythology , the possibility of millions of dollars waiting to be made .
12 I have had some modest success in this regard , and pass on here some tips I have used .
13 If , after that , you ca n't get it to live amicably in a domestic situation , there is not much hope left , although Graham stressed he has had some success with temperament improvements by castrating the males .
14 Unlike Leavis 's , Winters 's deconstruction of tradition proved too extreme to have even a temporary lodgement in the academy , though his readings of sixteenth-century poetry have had some influence , and a theorist such as Gerald Graff acknowledges a debt to Winters , who was his teacher .
15 From the lists I made , I came to feel that European culture in the last millennium may have had some 100 real heroes , the mastersingers of Europe , of which I have tried to identify half .
16 The former Hungarian trick-rider , who has had some nostalgic moments watching members of his old troupe performing here this week , was also helped by the cautious approach of some of his opponents .
17 ‘ As soon as we 've had some valium , we 'll be awight too . ’
18 He says of Mr Kinnock 's call : ‘ I think it is a huge tribute to those of us who have spoken for the Conservative Party on industrial matters , and have had some personal experience in creating a small business and building it up to some size .
19 The switch from almost ignoring the issue in the first week to so much concentration in the third should have had some effect upon the public .
20 I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors .
21 Surveys suggest that the government has had some success .
22 In December 1985 the long-awaited Fowler review of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme ( SERPS ) produced only a reduction in the pension benefits rather than an abolition of the scheme ( it is worth noting , however , that the encouragement to leave SERPS for private schemes has had some success ; by mid-1989 over one million people had left ) .
23 This argument seems to have had some effect , for while the Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked to look more closely at the dollar costs of overseas forces , the Defence Ministry 's view that no further cuts in forces should be sought was accepted .
24 Tricon Foodservice Consultants has been brought in to give advice , but the Cassons have had some difficulty in accepting the drastic measures needed to ensure survival .
25 In the early days Diana had had some guidance from Sir Richard Attenborough .
26 ‘ Whenever I have had some sort of public success , ’ he reported in his autobiography , ‘ it has inevitably been followed by a period of personal financial distress and prolonged unemployment . ’
27 As I neurotically double-check if the tape is running , I mutter by way of apology , ‘ I 've had some bad experiences with tape recorders . ’
28 ‘ Oh , I 've had some bad experiences with people actually … you 're very lucky . ’
29 ‘ We 'd just had some done for our engagement .
30 Nevertheless , it seems to have had some effect on Sandys .
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