Example sentences of "had a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always had a yen for married women — it 's something to do with being an only son , I suspect , some sort of Oedipal urge to play Daddy 's part with Mummy — and I knew by experience how much care and tact is needed . |
| 2 | Forest have had a £175,000 offer rejected by the Fourth Division club who are unwilling to sell the former Kettering player while still in the FA Cup . |
| 3 | What about me , then , have I ever had a 2lb roach ? |
| 4 | Crystal Palace have offered £1 million for Martyn , named in England 's B squad on Monday , while Watford have had a £500,000 offer for Penrice rejected but are thought to be considering a higher bid . |
| 5 | And that made me wonder if you were in it , too , and he 'd had a rendezvous at the cottage . |
| 6 | Recalling a time when I had had a staff of seventeen under me , and knowing how not so long ago a staff of twenty-eight had been employed here at Darlington Hall , the idea of devising a staff plan by which the same house would be run on a staff of four seemed , to say the least , daunting . |
| 7 | Starting with cost reduction any cost reduction programme always involves a lot of redundancy and , and this is no exception and from the slide you 'll see that we 've er we 've had a staff reduction er , from the the plan for this year of one thousand and thirty three er and that 's the , that will save us in a full year something like fifteen point nine , sixteen million pounds . |
| 8 | A monster pike measuring about 4ft and weighing over 30lb has had a £460 bounty put on its head after chomping its way through almost half the stock of waterfowl and fish in the boating lake at Alexandra Palace , North London . |
| 9 | I 've had a series of producers , all with very different personalities . |
| 10 | He had had a series of injuries , he did not have reasonable employment , and a plainly lucrative offer from Japan had appeal . |
| 11 | At the time of going to press , Sir Anthony had already had a series of strategy discussions with chief executive Dr Brian Eyre , as well as meetings with the DTI 's privatisation advisers , investment bankers Barclays De Zoete Wedd , and our own advisers , management consultants McKinseys and merchant bankers Lazard Brothers . |
| 12 | He and I have had a series of meetings about the provision of the slip road , and he reminded me of an undertaking that I had given when Minister responsible for health matters a few years ago . |
| 13 | Joshua , who had had a series of secretaries , one of whom had married John Biffen , said that he did . |
| 14 | Since that time clearly we 've also had a series of further er indications development government guidance on the issue , new P P G one , three , and twelve all produced in March ninety two , which made it quite clear the environmental considerations were to be given greater attention in development plans . |
| 15 | ‘ We have had a series of phone calls from people saying they had not received our election information , ’ said Ms Jordan . |
| 16 | Watt , who had to withdraw from the loose-head prop berth for last weekend 's Paris international on account of a ‘ viral complaint ’ , has had a series of tests under the care of the SRU 's honorary surgeon , Donald MacLeod , and they will continue when he sees another specialist on Monday . |
| 17 | He 's had a series of clashes with Sony , which his counsel says was unhappy when he wished to play down his sex symbol image , and did n't put its back behind promoting recent albums . |
| 18 | CHILDREN from Brambles Farm Nursery , Middlesbrough , wear teddy bear masks at a dance to celebrate the reopening of their local library which has just had a £36,000 facelift . |