Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Someone close to me has had a cataract operation in both eyes .
2 None of them has made a hash of things like the British government .
3 For example , if there are several quite unrelated species of unpalatable butterflies living in one particular region and one of them has evolved a warning pattern of black , yellow and red markings , it will pay the others to follow suit because they will then all share the ‘ training risks ’ associated with novice predators .
4 Not one of them has won a card to play on the Volvo Tour .
5 And one of them has had a day off .
6 Any chance one or other of them has had an attack of conscience and decided to pay it back ? ’
7 selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ?
8 ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again .
9 See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better .
10 If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em .
11 I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries .
12 One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton !
13 stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you
14 The fact that it would have been tricky to die on a hill with more people around than at a Harrods sale , unless I 'd packed a gun and some razor blades , was irrelevant .
15 ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid .
16 as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us .
17 ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’
18 And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy
19 I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that .
20 I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants .
21 That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used .
22 I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how .
23 Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it .
24 Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies .
25 That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry .
26 I was sure I 'd seen a punch thrown .
27 I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material .
28 You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff .
29 I 'd seen a photograph of one of those ; they cut your throat and pull your tongue out through the slit .
30 I 'd seen an accident the other day in town I 'd seen two and did you notice
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