Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] have have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
| 2 | During the hot summers I 've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit . |
| 3 | Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up . |
| 4 | B : ‘ For about nine months we have had a succession of builders , surveyors and decorators trooping in and out . |
| 5 | By the end of six months he had had a breakdown and was asked to leave . |
| 6 | But in the last few months he 's had a lot to cope with following the death of his best friend in a road accident . |
| 7 | Anyway , since those days I 've had a marked preference for small frail soft-spoken dentists like Mr Grover . |
| 8 | For some years I had had a similar experience in the teaching of literature , amazed to see colleagues attempting to hound students , in the context of a two- or three-year course , through complex texts in a single session : today we read King Lear , tomorrow we discuss it , and next day you write your essays on it . |
| 9 | Over the years I have had a few interesting experiences with computer hardware . |
| 10 | Colleagues , I know that people are starting to move out , and I 'm sure that it 's got nothing to do with Mick 's appearance at the rostrum , but colleagues seriously , seriously for the last couple of days we 've had a great deal of disciplines so please try and be as quiet as possible . |
| 11 | In five years we 've had a record of seven per cent success in any enquiry involving the Regal Arms . |
| 12 | So you could say for exactly a hundred years we 've had a basic law designed to give us rights every time we go shopping . |
| 13 | ‘ Over the last five years we have had a quiet revolution in vocational education in Scotland , and today we should celebrate that . |
| 14 | And for two thousand years we have had a government not our own . |
| 15 | The bishop 's hobbies include reading and walking and since his student days he has had a great interest in church and choral music . |
| 16 | Well , at certain times we have had a large number of Bengali patients . |
| 17 | Since the end of hostilities he had had a permanent roof over his head , but no other aspect of his life had improved radically , whereas I had been passed from a doting father to a doting husband . |
| 18 | In many ways I 've had a fuller and more satisfying life since then , and I know that my children still need me in lots of ways . |
| 19 | In all the cases they 'd had a violent experience in earlier childhood . |
| 20 | Colleagues I 've had a message from the strikers at Crawley and they 've had to return . |
| 21 | Noise and Other Statutory Nuisances We have had a good relationship with our neighbours in the past and will endeavour to continue to maintain these . |