Example sentences of "[pron] have had [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 2 | ‘ Working with Soul II Soul is definitely to this point the most rewarding experience I 've had as an artist and as a person ’ |
| 3 | Er , it 's a wee problem I 've had for a say about a year now . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 5 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 6 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
| 7 | Actually I 've had like a sober conversation now because , think about it yeah , |
| 8 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 9 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | His mother had shown him lots of things , photographs and even odds and ends she 'd had as a child , but she 'd never shown him her wedding-dress . |
| 11 | It was the feeling she had had as a child when she frightened herself with a detective story . |
| 12 | These were the only weapons she had had against an apparently uncaring world , and through using them she retained a precarious sense of identity and integrity . |
| 13 | More important than all the pats on the back she 's had as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company . |
| 14 | The irony is it 's the best team we 've had for a very long time . ’ |
| 15 | that we 've had for a while . |
| 16 | before I go to bed , you know , for the past week we 've had like an hour 's discussion , totally nothing ! |
| 17 | The nearest that we have had to a declaration so far is an off-the-cuff remark to journalists in Harare last week , when the Prime Minister said : ’ There are eight months to go . ’ |
| 18 | The strongest indication we have had of an MBO here has been no more than vague rumours . ’ |
| 19 | His father Allan told the High Court : ‘ Whatever differences we have had as a family we are all of a mind that we would like what is best for Tony . |
| 20 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 22 | However , even after several years , his paces never regained the natural , easy , long-stepping flow they had had as a paddocked youngster ; and his personality could be kindly described as awkward , and certainly was n't to be trusted . |
| 23 | We actively encourage them to take on tasks out with the role of resident to give them some leaning to their life , to give them some creativeness to actively tap some of the skills they have had as a housewife or when they were out in the community . |
| 24 | Already he is delighted with the back-up he has had from a professionally run franchisor . |
| 25 | The NBS was good idea when first introduced , but gradually it has had less an less interest shown in it . |
| 26 | I hope that the panel will feel that it has had as a result of the position statements before it , and the discussions over the last few days , sufficient information to decide whether to exclude certain sectors . |
| 27 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 28 | Jamie was in the middle of a story about a disagreement he 'd had with a master at his school over the A-level English syllabus when the phone rang . |
| 29 | " All right then ? " he said , smiling again , his head a little on one side , a gesture he 'd had as a small boy . |
| 30 | It was pink , one he 'd had from a baby . |