Example sentences of "[verb] have a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 One patient with shunt thrombosis has had a CVA and no attempt has been made to recannulise the shunt .
2 Zwemmer chairman Philip Wilson said : ‘ Our six shops already have the largest stock of art books in the country , but this is the first time that Zwemmer has had a location that is suitable and at the centre of the art trade . ’
3 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 .
4 These tummy exercises are particularly suitable for anyone who has had a baby or a hysterectomy .
5 At the moment his daughter has no kidneys ; she has had a transplant but unfortunately her body rejected the kidney .
6 The lady opposite , erm has had a stroke but she 's not exactly and she 's deaf
7 Tonight , John Taylor revealed that his mother has had a stroke and he says the strain of the whole affair is to blame .
8 Traditionally , the word ‘ black ’ has had a meaning as dishonourable , sinister and evil and terms like ‘ to black ’ , ‘ blacken ’ , ‘ blackball ’ , ‘ black mark ’ , ‘ blackleg ’ , ‘ blackspot ’ , ‘ blacklist ’ , ‘ black market ’ , ‘ blackguard ’ , ‘ black sheep ’ and ‘ blackmail ’ refer to anti-social or wicked behaviour .
9 The Vendor can not possibly be expected to have a view as to whether or not the Business is a party to any agreements which fall within these categories .
10 As we have seen , a public company is no longer permitted to have a charge or lien on its shares except ( a ) when the shares are not fully paid and the charge or lien is for the amount payable on the shares , or ( b ) the ordinary business of the company includes the lending of money or consists of the provision of hire-purchase finance and the charge arises in the course of a transaction in the ordinary course of its business .
11 ‘ It is a beautiful boat and was designed to have a lady and gentleman in the stern and the chauffeur at the wheel , ’ Mr Freebody added .
12 Apis mellifera ( the common bee ) has to have a convention as to which angle in the vertical plane corresponds to this latter angle .
13 Is it possible , supposing you decide you want to have a look and see how well the two o'clock showing if there is one as such
14 Yet I desperately want to have a friend or two to socialise with .
15 So if you ever go in and you want to have a oil that relaxes you , you look at all the red ones .
16 I think they really want to have a demonstration because it 's a trendy thing to do . ’
17 There is no medical evidence to support the idea that a bitch needs to have a litter before she is spayed .
18 We quickly put it on and we erm tried to have a conversation and then we 'd walk off and I 'd !
19 Conway carried a Ghurka knife in her belt while Marshall pretended to have a shotgun and threatened staff with a scythe and carving knife .
20 He never looks to have a rest and at the end of the day when we 've come in , he 's still out there practising . ’
21 But these countries do not accept immigrants readily and you will need to have a skill before they let you in .
22 ‘ To play this game fairly , ’ I said , ‘ you would need to have a hand that was bigger than your mouth . ’
23 This is especially the case when the boy or girl to be adopted has a disability or a disturbed background .
24 Before I 'd been salvaged by Martinho and Mrs Goreng they 'd had a Frenchman and a Philadelphian about three years previous who 'd written uncomfortable stuff about starving kids , flattened villages , and summary executions .
25 To hear him tell it you 'd think they 'd had a date and she 'd turned up late !
26 Perhaps they 'd had a row or something .
27 Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex
28 When I 'd had a bite and patrolled the area , I went back home to sit on the garage roof and have a leisurely wash .
29 Even when she 'd had a drink or so too many she still had her stocking seams straight . ’
30 I thought I 'd a had a , I thought I 'd had a problem but I , I injured myself as well .
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