Example sentences of "[noun] have had [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plateless bolt-on necks are the order of the day , and the Koreans have had to work out a strange method of extending the neck an extra step past the end of the fingerboard to try to keep the Rickenbacker look ( you might be able to spot this feature on the black one , between the neck and middle pickups ) . |
| 2 | When Boyd was a child of eight , he and his father had had to sit out a tornado while visiting a German friend who had settled in Kansas . |
| 3 | The bus , therefore , no longer goes along Summerfield terrace , with the result that 50 old-age pensioners have had to draw up a petition to try to persuade the public transport company to reinstate the two-way pattern . |
| 4 | At Guy 's Hospital the poisons unit has had to set up a psychiatric liaison service to help such patients . |
| 5 | I have since asked my constituent for an update of the position and she has confirmed that the family has had to put in a good deal more extra money to finance both daughters than it had previously expected . |
| 6 | A wine bar called Fox 's had opened up a short walk away in Church Street , causing such amazement that the Observer printed an article about it . |