Example sentences of "[pron] have had [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Blood-tests are now available to tell whether someone has had German measles in the past , and nobody in their right mind would suggest that such a positive blood test indicated the presence of active German measles long after the patient had recovered from the infection .
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3 I 'd had one week after another when my wages were light , what with fines and that .
4 But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it .
5 I had no intention of taking the Transit up West — I 'd had enough trouble round the launderette , which doubles as a common room for the junior branch of the Hackney National Front — so I left it parked outside the front door in exactly the spot where Frank and Salome usually plug in the nightlight for their VW Golf .
6 John Lee Hooker : ‘ Woke up this mornin' , found I 'd had 43 years of chart activity … ’
7 ‘ If I 'd had any sense at all I would have signed them up for ten years or fifteen per cent … ! ’
8 Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’
9 If I 'd had any doubts about your competence you can be sure I would n't have left you to cope here . ’
10 When I went to bed , I had a few ‘ sort of ’ pains , but I did n't think anything of them as I 'd had these kind of niggly pains a lot over the last week or so .
11 ‘ Neither am I , querida , ’ he said slowly , ‘ but I wish that I 'd had those skills in Seville because it would have saved a lot of anguish .
12 I just wish I 'd had more respect for my body when I was younger .
13 I 'd had twenty-five years of booze and using other recreational substances .
14 I had had endless hospitality in Moscow , and it was only natural Surkov would want to celebrate .
15 ‘ I was definitely not in my best shape because I had had major surgery in May for an ovarian cyst .
16 Little did the other helpers know that I had had real experience in the world of commerce outside .
17 If I was lucky , Gav would be so shocked at the very idea I had had carnal knowledge of an aunt — even one of the not-really-an-aunt variety — that he would just pretend it had n't happened .
18 I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was .
19 I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home .
20 My second favourite place at the zoo was the Reptile House , and I 've had various sorts of reptiles as pets .
21 ‘ I 've had doubts that I could play at this level but I 've had great support from everyone . ’
22 It took 2 years to put it in place but I 've had 26 birds on the place .
23 I 've had odd holidays with friends and my parents but this is the first time I 've actually sort of lived in the country .
24 I 've had unsafe sex with prostitutes on a number of different occasions , but it does n't worry me any more than having unsafe sex with other women .
25 I 'VE HAD TERRIBLE TIMES in many of the world 's beauty spots : angst-ridden in Anguilla , miserable as sin in Mexico , suicidal in Sicily , bored out of my brains in Barcelona .
26 Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round
27 ‘ Certainly I 've had terrific support from the part-time members and recognise the important contribution made by the full-time members .
28 ‘ I 'm a good fighter , I 've had 18 wins in 18 fights , and knocked seven of them out in the first round .
29 The thing 's I 've had two attempts at me and I 've never had any feedback whatsoever .
30 I 've had , I 've had two slices of wholemeal bread
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