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

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1 In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share .
2 If I 've had a big bill , occasionally I 've had to say to my mum ‘ I 've no money left , can I come down for the week ? ’ and I 've had to go down there .
3 So you 'd had a big breakfast and it 's still normal which implies you 're going to be fine , now
4 He would have enjoyed the odd weekend in Brighton away from the pressures of London life , if only she 'd had a bigger flat .
5 Because er , to produce more output you have to have a bigger stock , and therefore the price goes up , so you produce more , decreasing not quite so much , and keep a greater percentage than you did last year , so that for cows , as the price goes up you 've got to counteract it again , cows this year , and try to sort of , keep my , get my herd bigger and bigger , and profitable .
6 Mind you they have done a bit more to it since Wiggie 's been there in as much as she 's had a big curtain put across
7 She 's had a big cake
8 ‘ Well , I remember after we had had a big success at Covent Garden with Elektra he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Birgit , for the first time in my career I get good notices here in London ! ’
9 They 've had a big meal apparently and they 're all thoroughly stuffed
10 ( Single woman living with her unmarried brother and their very frail elderly mother ) I do think that disabled people , unless they 've had a big cash payment through an accident [ compensation ] … they do n't get enough to live on …
11 If someone comes and they 've actually run out of food , and they 've you know , for some reason or other their giro is either held up or you know , they 've had a big expense er which they 've had to pay , then we would provide them with something .
12 He says it has had a big impact .
13 He 's been made up this morning , he 's had a big tax rebate , fifteen hundred quid !
14 We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming .
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