Example sentences of "[pron] have had [n mass] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've had people try to put one over on me many times , and let me tell you , gentlemen , few people succeed . |
2 | And I 've discovered a really great label over here called Plein Sud — they 're the best clothes — and when I 've had people set up photo shoots for me here I get them to bring some for me . |
3 | I 've been on the other end I 've had people come sell it for to me . |
4 | I 've had people come up and buy records and tapes and things and they 've gone back to their stall which is all they sell is records and tapes . |
5 | Yes , because if you do meet people who come to this area they particularly if they spend a week or ten days in London first , I mean I 've had people say to me , you know , golly it 's totally different , and it is . |
6 | I have had people ring me up at weekends and luckily I 've had the stuff and taken it back . |
7 | She said that she had had people come to her office in tears , not knowing how they could possibly meet the cost of a funeral . |
8 | I take it that is a special bearing , I know she 's had people look at it , I 'm gon na try and suss out how far she 's got down that line as to having another source but I do n't think she has . |
9 | In our own system over here , we 've had people criticising the shortage of teachers ; would any of you consider coming over to Great Britain to teach ? |
10 | But also some really exciting projects like er we 've had people making sculptures out of scrap from the motorway , we 've had , er we 're going to have a music project working on , again working on scrap from the motorway . |
11 | We 've had people working excessive hours to meet deadlines and we 've been profitable . |
12 | We 've had people say access to the car and then we get a phone call to say they 're off sick for a couple of weeks that actually means that the car has been not available . |
13 | They 've had people leaving boxes of cigars and bottles of vintage port and silver-topped canes and even wigs and sets of false teeth , apart from all the other obvious things . |
14 | Apparently they have had people calling in saying , ‘ please could I speak to Sue ’ , and that could be anybody , and then the switchboard has to go through the rigmarole of saying , ‘ what 's it all about , do you know where the person works , can you give me a bit more information ’ , and it takes up a lot more of their time , so please , if you 're leaving a message for somebody to call you back , leave your full name and your extension number . |
15 | ‘ They have had people walking in offering them their savings . |