Example sentences of "[verb] had an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A WOMAN who lost her husband and two small sons in a fire earlier this year has had an attempted break-in at her new home . |
| 2 | Re-mapping of economically important areas was carried out during and after the War , and much of the subsequent work has had an economic focus , restricted in the main to the highly populated Midland Valley of Scotland , which , perhaps not surprisingly , contains the country 's major economic mineral deposits — coal , oil-shale , fireclay , and bulk minerals , such as roadstone , building stone , limestone for cement and agriculture . |
| 3 | TERRY VENABLES has had an uncomfortable week but at least it ended happily . |
| 4 | I mean it came about because , and I wo n't name names , one member of staff for example has had an astonishing amount of time |
| 5 | Wright was a summer signing from the Baseball Ground outfit two years ago but has had an indifferent Anfield career . |
| 6 | Britain has had an unrivalled opportunity to do this in the post-war new towns , where the circumstances permitted experimentation with all manner of innovative layouts . |
| 7 | If it 's ever proved that the mink has had an unacceptable effect on the environment , then it might be difficult , if not impossible , to redress the balance . |
| 8 | Risk of developing osteoporosis is greatest once past the menopause , but there is also a risk in anyone who has had an early menopause after removal of the ovaries ; in those who are underweight , and who are white with ‘ transparent ’ skin ( black women suffer fewer fractures ) . |
| 9 | , 43 , is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has had an extensive career in sales and marketing in the wholesale and retail food industry ; wholesale hardware trade and the computer industry . |
| 10 | It has always been thus in Ulster tennis which has had an amazing ability over the years to lose its talent to other activities . |
| 11 | The UK has had an inadequate competition policy framework for far too long . |
| 12 | The former Great Britain stand off , who has 14 caps , has had an injury-dogged career and delayed his start to the season for a fortnight , while contemplating retirement . |
| 13 | It 's another blow for the club which has had an appalling run of injuries to key players . |
| 14 | David Holford , the West Indies team manager , said : ‘ It seems that the strain of at last proving himself on English wickets last year has had an adverse effect on his form . ’ |
| 15 | The world oil glut has had an adverse effect on South Africa 's grandiose ambitions as a coal exporter and also on its synthetic fuels business . |
| 16 | This is partly because the textiles and coverings have been treated with a sodium borate solution ( to increase their resistance to fire ) which has had an adverse effect on their appearance , and partly because most of the paintwork needs renewing . |
| 17 | Overall , however , afforestation in Britain has had an adverse impact on bird populations ( Ratcliffe and Oswald 1987 ) . |
| 18 | This century alone , Berlin has had an extraordinary history — a natural , social , cultural and political centre , because of its location at the crossroads of east and west Europe . |
| 19 | Mr Shute has had an impressive track record with BM , which he was appointed to when it was controlled by Beazer and which has thrived while Beazer 's fortunes wained until Beazer severed the connections earlier this year . |
| 20 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
| 21 | Now anybody can have erm within the areas if you like our part , no you do n't have to have all the signs and symptoms to say that person has had an epileptic fit . |
| 22 | Firstly , the market has expanded even when the USA has had an external surplus . |
| 23 | The anti-nuclear movement grew throughout the 1980s ; nationalist and separatist movements have revived , for example in Scotland and Quebec ; the women 's movement has had an increasing influence , although it is still far from accomplishing its larger aims ; and ecology movements have become widespread and more influential . |
| 24 | She really has had an awful lot of attention . |
| 25 | A family which was torn apart during the Second World War has had an emotional reunion . |
| 26 | It is an old and rather like able town which , standing where it does , so near to the edge of France and commanding the coast road into Spain , has had an agitated history with numerous episodes of war . |
| 27 | Our electronic materials business has had an outstanding year . |
| 28 | No other act of his dismal presidency deserves mention ; but in an irony perhaps lost on his many detractors , his single decision in March 1852 to despatch a naval expedition to Japan , under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry , has had an ineradicable effect on world history . |
| 29 | Aston Villa boss Ron Atkinson has had an increased bid of £425,000 for Aldridge rejected . |
| 30 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |