Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it . |
| 2 | Premiere , the favourite , behaved like a horse that had had a fuss made of him all his life ; almost , I thought fancifully , as arrogantly as Sheridan . |
| 3 | Schools that have had an HMI inspection have found that much of their work has been done for them — though it is difficult to imagine that schools will therefore be applying in large numbers for a full inspection ! |
| 4 | Do you think that 's had an effect on your your mates as well ? |
| 5 | He 's therefore been stuck , living on er friends ' floors for the last few weeks , not being able to go back to his girlfriend and not being able to see his children , er and Madam that 's had an effect on his , on his business as well . |
| 6 | Cruttwell , it seems , was one of his old mentors from RADA days and has had a variety of film titles , on this occasion ‘ production consultant . ’ |
| 7 | He has seen right from the start that the majority of Germans wanted unification and that the pace of events was dictating a much more rapid move towards unification than most people , either inside , and certainly on the outside , had realised , and he put all his authority into the campaign , campaigned extremely effectively and has had a ringing endorsement . |
| 8 | THE debate on the male gaze has continued ever since and has had an impact on feminist film-making as well as on theory and criticism . |
| 9 | ( If the reader doubts this and has had an accident driving a car , reflect again ! ) |
| 10 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 11 | And if there were a proposal to establish a funding council , that would best be done in the context of the further education colleges having acquired self-governing status , having found their feet and having had an opportunity to discuss the respective roles of the funding council and of the Secretary of State . |
| 12 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 13 | A newcomer at the fair was Simon Lee of Gimpel Fils , who , while hesitant about sales at this early stage , had already accepted European exhibitions for two of the gallery 's younger artists , and had had a piece requested for a public exhibition in Potsdam . |
| 14 | In the end I thought it was a good job that I 'd cut her dead because I began to pick up the gossip about her and found out that she 'd left home when she did because she was pregnant and had had a baby . |
| 15 | As a privileged , and — clandestinely — highly-placed member of Arcady society , she knew pretty well which direction the world was heading in , and had had a place booked in Sky City One for over a decade . |
| 16 | Whilst he remained at Allen Street he had a bedroom in the basement , Minton occupying the middle floors and the flat at the top of the house being let to Paul Danquah , the son of a Gold Coast politician who had come to England from Ghana to study law and had had an affair with a Lyons Corner House waitress , Paul 's mother . |
| 17 | Lucy , who has 13 grandchildren and two great grandsons , added : ‘ I have already been down to my flat and have had a laugh with my friends . |
| 18 | The control of resources by the landowner usually means that the sites are impressive , dominant , and have had a lot of labour and/or money invested in them . |
| 19 | This common sense has affected not only Conservatism 's traditional adherents , but has had an effect upon that Conservatism latent in working-class respectability . |
| 20 | France was neither oblivious of nor indifferent to the outcome of the war which she was fighting and for which , as the US kept saying , she was primarily responsible ; but to have had a chance of winning at that stage it would probably have had to be a French rather than a Vietnamese war . |
| 21 | I am the driver and pusher but have had a hip replacement which restricts the distance that I can push the wheelchair . |
| 22 | Barbara Stace ( Mrs Taylor ) does not regard herself as having had a career other than marriage and family life though she admits to having done ‘ some teaching , some voluntary work especially with the local community association , learning a few new skills , keeping up with my old hobbies ’ and she can invariably be met behind the souvenirs stall at Somerville Gaudy . |