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

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1 I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian .
2 If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients .
3 Chairman I do have a couple of questions , I do have a couple of questions if I may .
4 But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like .
5 Despite the failings of the course I did have an excellent time and was not put off continuing with chemistry .
6 The test car I drove had a serious wind noise problem , which will not be the first time Ford has heard that about the Escort , but it otherwise came across as well conceived — it 's easy to load and has a completely flat floor with rear seats folded — and competent .
7 For short-line fishing I like to have a line with some stretch ; it complements the shock-absorber effect of the rod .
8 Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance .
9 It 's another blow for the club which has had an appalling run of injuries to key players .
10 There is , however , another and even more serious aspect of the closed mind which has had a profound effect on British archaeological thinking .
11 A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other .
12 We bring the Guinness Spot to a close with a local musician who has had a long and distinguished career in the country and blues divisions of rock .
13 It could just be that you are the indirect cause of the complaint and the action you take has a consequential impact on the customer .
14 In practice we know have a greater quantity of food , more choice of different foods with less seasonal variation and of better quality than every before , all at a cheaper price .
15 Both in theory and in practice we endeavour to have a representative Association in each Division , and on them — and them only — lies the responsibility of selecting their candidate .
16 Down the Boarman they 've had a three , three offers of Hamper Agency for next year .
17 Ted , 51 — now trained in law and first aid — said : ‘ As a cleaner I 've had an insight into what goes on in the cells . ’
18 A second major influence which has had a dramatic effect in the second half of the century has been the educational approach .
19 It has always been thus in Ulster tennis which has had an amazing ability over the years to lose its talent to other activities .
20 Considering the numbers involved , you have done a job of work which has had a most telling effect on the enemy and which , I fully believe , no other troops in the world could have done .
21 I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time .
22 Another interesting case is that of a little boy who had had a difficult birth and had been left slightly spastic .
23 ‘ We all know there 's no more sorry sight in the world than a lady who 's had a drop too much , but a spoonful or so can be highly medicinal .
24 As a child she had had a piggy bank ; she could recall the physical satisfaction of its jingling weight in her hands .
25 It was then we lost our guide , who was called to help a Bulgarian who 'd had an accident .
26 He discovered that as a girl she had had a passion for Stendhal , so had he , and they talked about Julien Sorel and Tolstoi and Rimbaud .
27 In published series of patients with constipation and irritable bowel syndrome or functional abdominal pain there is an excess of womeh who have had a hysterectomy but this may be because women who are referred to hospital with these disorders tend to be anxious and polysymptomatic .
28 Any parent who has had an insomniac or hyperactive child will know the situation in which interruption of sleep over a long period frays tempers and seeks some other scapegoat than the child ; husband and wife may end in screaming at each other across the bedroom .
29 Well we do have a committee we do have a council meeting afterwards yeah .
30 Labour law and order spokesman Alun Michael MP said : ‘ If every item of shopping we bought had a ticket telling us how much of its price was due to crime losses and higher insurance premiums , we would all be appalled .
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