Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The females close in on him , led by some old lady dolphin who has obviously had much practice at settling sharks . |
| 2 | ‘ He has only had nine hurdles races and to win five in a row is obviously something special . ’ |
| 3 | One would expect there to be at least some degree of microadenoma formation but so far she has only had two areas biopsied . |
| 4 | It has meant that she has only had two training sessions in the last month , which is scarcely the preparation necessary to face her hardest opponent in the world . |
| 5 | And just to correct Lindi 's manager who intervened there , Paul Weir HAS only had six pro-fights , not eight . |
| 6 | June Bascombe , who is co-ordinating the displays has only had four items offered so far . |
| 7 | A horse who has to be lightly raced , Chatam has only had three runs this season . |
| 8 | The thesis that the shock was initially due to a lack of demand has perhaps had less acceptance than a supply- side line of explanation , eg that high unemployment has been due to excessive wage levels . |
| 9 | The Sipra team has been been trying to tempt System 36 users to buy its product for years , but has not had much success . |
| 10 | The Sipra team has been been trying to tempt System 36 users to buy its product for years , but has not had much success . |
| 11 | Almost no one notices the significance of 25 March ; the high style of the eagle 's song has not had much appeal ; though Tolkien himself wept over the grandeur of the Field of Cormallen ( Letters , p. 321 ) , many other readers have found the delight , tears and laughter ( of Sam especially ) unconvincing . |
| 12 | And yet it would be unfair to deny the validity of art , that open forum in which we unceasingly sound out our emotional and intellectual understanding , merely because it has not had immediate effect on events in society . |
| 13 | My other self — my Chinese self — has not had such understanding . |
| 14 | Yet the 2½-year-old daughter of Marina and Paul Mowatt still has not had proper contact with grandparents Princess Alexandra and Sir Angus Ogilvy . |
| 15 | It begins by arguing that Russia has not had proper shock therapy . |
| 16 | The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist . |
| 17 | If you ask a roomful of people whether anyone has not had any sleep in the previous twenty-four hours , it is very rare indeed to find a serious candidate . |
| 18 | ‘ I can easily understand how people can see seals as dewy-eyed little things but if you 're a fisherman who has just had 200 creels robbed and you have n't even made enough money to pay for your fuel never mind make a living , you would view them differently . |
| 19 | Such is the charisma of a man who has just had seven weeks off following an operation on an old knee injury and has played only two tournaments . |
| 20 | Looks so young — has just had another face-lift |
| 21 | The 35-year-old has just had minor surgery to remove a floating piece of bone from his elbow and he intends to fly out of the country to represent Zimbabwe in an African Nations Cup tie next weekend . |
| 22 | Another with cause for celebration was ‘ Morning All ’ , the S&S 34 sailed for Haven Ports YC by Mr & Mrs Dave Hunkin , who has already had two overall wins this season , and maintained her unbroken run in Class Three with two more first places . |
| 23 | He has already had two sessions of surgery at the Royal . |
| 24 | Soldier Soldier has already had two series , its third starts in the autumn . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're looking at a one-fight scenario or a two-fight scenario , ’ said Bowe 's manager , Rock Newman , referring to Bowe fighting Lewis first or after he has already had one defence . |
| 26 | CND , for instance , which has already had one stab at teasing out answers from the Department of Energy , is trying to persuade the CEGB to provide annual information on which reactor was contributing to the growing plutonium stockpile — and when . |
| 27 | One of Marshall Beaven 's clients has already had successful JMU visits while using the system . |
| 28 | Elizabeth Fletcher , 14 , from Marton , Middlesbrough , has already had great success in her chosen sport of tennis , playing at county , regional and national level . |
| 29 | After all , his month-old appointment has already had beneficial effects back home in Japan . |
| 30 | He says that the council has already had extra funding , how much more do the labour and liberal democrat councillors want ? |