Example sentences of "[verb] have a [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Prefect has had a call from the Minister . |
| 2 | Can not be , because she has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well and living in Wapping . |
| 3 | Bell Atlantic Corp 's Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia has had a fillip from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which raised its senior unsecured debt rating to double-A-plus from double-A , affecting about $265m of debt , the move being made in the expectation that the company 's network modernisation and supportive regulation will help it to improve an already strong debt service capacity . |
| 4 | THIS CURIOUSLY wart-like plastic troll ( right ) , currently clawing its way from Seventies ' oblivion to Nineties cool-kitsch , has had a boost from Wrangler . |
| 5 | On the repeat scene , Quentin Fisher 's dyno at the Plantation — Deliverance — has had a repeat from an incredibly tall German called Toni . |
| 6 | Speaking of regulars , the comp complex has had a letter from G Douglas Vaisey pointing out what we all know , viz that ‘ the compers club is a mite exclusive ’ . |
| 7 | Black Michael has had a letter from Zenda , so perhaps he knows already . |
| 8 | Woodland Hills , California-based American Mobile Systems Inc reports that it has had an offer from LIN Broadcasting Corp 's Transit Communications unit to buy not less than 8.75m newly issued American Mobile shares for $8.50 each ; Fleet Call Inc has currently bought 714,286 shares of its common for $5m as part of a previously announced agreement for Fleet call to buy no less than a majority of American Mobile 's shares at $7 each ; the new offer assumes that the Fleet Call deal will be completed as planned . |
| 9 | As one graduate who is now living and working in the States , where the universities do award impressive diplomas for display , I would enjoy having a diploma from the University of Nottingham hanging on my wall . |
| 10 | Yeah erm wait a minute we got a letter from this morning to say that erm wait a minute , erm they 'd had a communication from Mr |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd had a call from the Leisure Centre , ’ he says . |
| 12 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 13 | He decided to speak : ‘ She said she 'd had a letter from the lawyer . ’ |
| 14 | He 'd had a visit from the Brigade Commander , who had criticized quite sharply several things for which the responsibility did not lie with him , but with his officers and particularly with his men . |
| 15 | We invited Debbie to join us but she 'd had an invitation from a girlfriend to spend Christmas in Norway and she decided to take that invitation up . |
| 16 | Several of his Rembrandt drawings were said to have a provenance from the Six collection in Amsterdam , and other purchases were made from distinguished contemporary sales such as those of the Earl of Arundel , Sir Peter Lely [ q.v . ] , |
| 17 | Paul Bodin then went and missed a penalty and within minutes United had a second from a penalty at the other end … well that 's what the referee said … but there was no question about Paul Allen 's kick … |
| 18 | One idea for the party is to say that you are going to have a visit from a friendly ghost and , if the children see it , to let you know . |
| 19 | Which basically I mean she 's had so she thought it would be nice for her to get away just to sort of sa you know have a breather from it all . |
| 20 | In one of her letters the poet mentions having had a letter from an aunt whom she describes as ‘ sententious ’ [ ML , 2 , 311 ] . |
| 21 | They would have had some sort of premonition , or maybe some would say they would have had a revelation from God . |
| 22 | Most are useful and work well but I am not convinced of the value of a pictogram that shows the direction of airflow in the cabin , nor do I wish to have a reprimand from a stern-sounding lady if I do n't close the door properly . |
| 23 | However , in general , where he can prevail , the buyer will wish to have an indemnity from his seller against all such third party claims and their consequences . |
| 24 | a point at the moment , with the life of the county , I think that we should great potential and great opportunity available to us , and I do hope that all members will er , and I 've written to all our members of parliament with a copy of my letter , er , I had I 've had er , I know it 's been the Christmas period , and that they 're only just getting back into things , and there 's been a lot of diversions at length , and I do have a letter from , er I heard from er , Edward , er , Mr Edward Lee , and and , I still have to hear it from er , the rest of them . |
| 25 | They had had a message from Windsor , and were on their way to arrest Joseph Shill . |
| 26 | as if she had had a signal from the Chief Superintendent , Sergeant Henley subsided and Coffin took over the questioning . |
| 27 | The trouble was that Arnold said he had had a letter from a Mr Anderson who wanted to caddie for him as well . |
| 28 | She had had a letter from Edwin 's solicitor asking her to come to his office the following day . |
| 29 | He then went on to say that he had had a complaint from the men in the next room , that I was using what he could only describe as ‘ a female sex aid device ’ for long periods at night and first thing in the morning . |
| 30 | Before this , however , Ron and I had had an offer from Lord Brabourne of further Mountbatten film . |