Example sentences of "[pers pn] have have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ordinary PVA will work , but I have had best success with the water resistant .
2 My husband and I have had separate bedrooms for three years .
3 When questioned PC Anderson allegedly told police : ‘ I have had personal problems .
4 I have had ample opportunity — along with 2.7 million Americans last year — to experience the history and beauty of this land and the warmth of the British people .
5 For the last year , I have had little time for writing , though I get something down on paper when I can .
6 I 'm afraid I have had little time to entertain you or introduce you to Hochhauser .
7 I have had similar experiences in the academic world .
8 The hon. Gentleman and I have had similar exchanges before across the Dispatch Box , when he has advanced that bizarre and extraordinary hypothesis .
9 I have had similar problems with my Amstrad 286–40 at home , and Opus 286–40 at work .
10 I entirely agree with President Delors that the exclusion of that aspect from the full Maastricht settlement would make Britain a paradise for inward investment , and I have had that message communicated to all trade attache s in our embassies throughout the world .
11 Over the years I have had all sorts of lighter weight machines and I have gradually replaced them with either Wadkin or Robinson versions .
12 What I said to UKIAS — I have had two meetings with the organisation and written to it — is that the availability of green form aid is finally a matter for the Government and Parliament , not for UKIAS .
13 I have had two meetings with the Association of British Insurers .
14 I have had two experiences in which the mental health problems of older people have been successfully treated by a homeopath .
15 Under warranty I have had two replacement gearboxes , a clutch assembly and a complete transmission change in under 5,000 miles , due to a rattle , seemingly in the gearbox when running light .
16 He said : ‘ I have had two dogs in the past four to five weeks .
17 Often in my progress I have had faint glimpses of the Absolute Truth , God , and daily the conviction is growing on me that He alone is real and all else is unreal . ’
18 Not that I have had much opportunity to appreciate live music .
19 According to them I have had four weeks off in ten years .
20 I have had four children myself and I was a smoker before they were born .
21 I have had four staff working on fees collection throughout the year and two more spend part of their time dealing with related tribunals .
22 Kendall said last night : ‘ I have had long talks with Peter and I am optimistic that I can get him to come to City .
23 erm the normal disciplines that the County Council applied on income headings is that if income varies for reasons of er conditions for example and this is in a way akin to that , then the committee normally has to find these erm er the additional resources to cover tha that income erm I have had long discussions with John on this and th the point that he was putting there was er demonstrating that income had followed the amount of work perhaps has not fallen and the below the line item is a recognition in the part of that argument i in a sense for fifty-fifty between below the line reaching seven thousand erm and we 've identified savings and other heads for example the staff advertising example where reduction in turnover , there 's no effective service saving there , so these such things can go towards meeting this income conditions .
24 I have had good catches before the moon rises and have also done well after it has set , but periods when the moon is bright at night are best ignored .
25 I have had many letters about the subject and the correct version appears to be , balancing many a quoted sentence against another , ‘ It 's one small step for man , one giant leap for mankind . ’
26 I have had many letters from knitters asking for help with knotty problems .
27 I have had many letters asking for advice and questioning the use of bark and shavings because of coral spot fungus appearing .
28 I have had many meetings with those involved .
29 Their fate is also being decided here in London , where our Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our Minister for Overseas Development , with whom I have had many talks on this large subject are doing all that they can to help .
30 My personal preference is for Michelin as I have had many years and miles of trouble free use from them .
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