Example sentences of "[pron] have had a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have had a bit of an accident and the car you rented to me this morning is now a burnt out shell ! ’ |
| 2 | I have had a bit of ‘ medical ’ excitement myself since I last wrote : first when I overturned a full supermarket trolley on to my leg , bursting a small artery with dramatically bloody results . |
| 3 | I have had a couple of games at inside centre and am probably more settled in that position but I enjoy playing stand-off most of all ’ . |
| 4 | Erm I have had a couple of interviews with a couple of other companies er |
| 5 | It 's alright for a couple of days and I have had a couple of days er peace and quiet , and then er I do n't like it any more after that . |
| 6 | I am happy to tell the hon. Gentleman that I have had a number of meetings with President Vassiliou during the year and that I have already met Turkish Ministers , as has my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary . |
| 7 | In addition , I have had a number of informal bilateral discussions with European Community colleagues . |
| 8 | I have had a number of informal discussions with the chairman of the Occupational Pensions Board in recent months . |
| 9 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
| 10 | I have had a lot of pleasure over the years keeping and breeding tropical fish , and cichlids in particular . |
| 11 | because I have had a lot of hassle |
| 12 | It 's just that this year I have had a lot of weak influencing situations , been on a lot of projects groups and so on , and last year I needed a lot of extra staff . |
| 13 | ‘ YES , I was fired up — I always get like that when I 've had a bit of stick and I have had a lot of stick lately . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Like most people , I have had a handful of serious troubles during my lifetime . |
| 16 | As my wife , my family and I have had a taste of the suffering that Beck can impose on innocent people , will the Minister join me in sending to the real sufferers , the individuals who endured Beck 's homes and whose lives have been wrecked at his hands , the profound sympathy of us all ? |
| 17 | As the project progressed , it was also harder to find schools which fitted the original criteria for Minors , e.g. one library division had been fortunate in finding Majors , but began to find it difficult to identify , for Minor recommendation , " schools which have had a degree of interest and success for some years " . |
| 18 | On the other hand , if you have had a number of unsuccessful taxations it may be that your draftsman is being too optimistic , especially if payment is on the basis of a percentage of the costs as drawn — If you want to test out your costs draftsman , having received a bill back , send the file off to someone else and see how they draw it . |
| 19 | We have had a couple of occasions where the money can not be claimed back recently , so this is just to inform you of the position that the insurers are taking . |
| 20 | ‘ We have had a change of image , ’ Mr Wise says , ‘ and we now have quality standards for documentation in place . |
| 21 | We have had a plethora of reduction schemes and concessional allowances — five or six of them — and they will go on . |
| 22 | I suppose we have had a share of the steam action down south this season and it was good to see these trains back in action after the threats of cancellation owing to fire hazards ? |
| 23 | B : ‘ For about nine months we have had a succession of builders , surveyors and decorators trooping in and out . |
| 24 | In this century alone we have had a succession of such images , from the stately , big-busted , Edwardian beauty , through the languid and willowy pre-Raphaelite heroine , the boyish 1920s ‘ flapper ’ , the sleekly groomed , wide-shouldered 1940s woman of the world , to the innocent , long-haired nymph of the 1960s and the colourful gypsy of the 1970s . |
| 25 | ‘ We have had a series of phone calls from people saying they had not received our election information , ’ said Ms Jordan . |
| 26 | We have had a number of cases coming out of West Belfast . |
| 27 | ‘ We have had a number of complaints from residents about people openly dealing in the streets . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ We have had a number of complaints over the last few months . ’ |
| 29 | We have had a number of computer failures where the computerisation has resulted in loss of information and much more important for the taxpayer , losses to the taxpayer . ’ |
| 30 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |