Example sentences of "[pron] have have the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To add some sort of spice , someone has had the bright idea of bringing on the JB Horns . |
| 2 | True , I 'd had the occasional setback , like proposing to Tony Kessler when I was four . |
| 3 | Because I 'd had the grand advice from my grandma . |
| 4 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 5 | I 'd had the big three — fag , belt , Aspro — and was feeling much better inside the Bible-bunk . |
| 6 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
| 7 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 8 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 9 | I 've had the occasional boyfriend in the past , and I 'm sure you 've done the same sort of thing . |
| 10 | I 've had the big boys on to me today . |
| 11 | The times I have lost all the stitches and the times I 've had the wrong rows one side of the neck ! |
| 12 | I 've had the dreaded cough as well Have n't you had it in Southwell yet ? |
| 13 | I have had the dubious privilege over the years of debating with him on many occasions . |
| 14 | I have had the great privilege to know some very talented young people whose dreams did come true . |
| 15 | I have had the good fortune to be in Bruges when the city has had a festival and in Ghent for the same sort of thing . |
| 16 | Ever since I was a teenager , I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair . |
| 17 | I have had the immense privilege of serving the people of Worcester over the past 30 years . |
| 18 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 19 | As calculations go , this one turns out to be surprisingly simple , once somebody has had the original idea . |
| 20 | The Government 's accumulated fiscal surpluses will then be available both to revive an economy which has had the excess heat taken out of it during 1989/90 and to restore its electoral fortunes . |
| 21 | More important , it has on several occasions presented to the European Commission solutions to technical problems with the Directives which have had the unanimous support of member associations . |
| 22 | Annabelle , you may not realize it , but you are gaining the advantage of marrying a man who has had the sharp corners rubbed off him . |
| 23 | IT WAS not just the Stewart's/Melville players who celebrated their promotion-winning victory , but also the club treasurer who has had the impossible task of balancing the books this season . |
| 24 | She has to have the busy |
| 25 | ‘ She 'd had the odd little — well , not affair , exactly , but romance . |
| 26 | They were descendants of Iapyx , a son of the great Daedalus 's , who 'd had the good sense not to fly . |
| 27 | Oh why you 're having to speak , you having to have the other people talking to each other , the people who speak to you |
| 28 | But where they 've gone on to have parish councils , you 've had the typical triangular structure and when I talk to people and listen to what they say , they , they do n't express it to me as such , but the felling you get over is that 's the sort of structure they 're used to , because the structure of the church is built in anyway , and the whole structure of the church |
| 29 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 30 | She had had the tiresome habit of subjecting her speech-writers to a sixth-form question and answer session along the lines of , ‘ Tell me Chris , what do you mean by ‘ liberty ’ ? ’ and it was not until the welcome arrival of a cheerful Denis at two-thirty in the morning that she could be persuaded to go to bed . |