Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in . |
| 2 | If your marriage lacks sparkle , if you would like to know how to improve your relationship , or you have had serious problems but would like to save your marriage , the centre can be of help . |
| 3 | For the tutor it is the seventh conversation about The Prelude he or she has had that week . |
| 4 | Patients with abnormal findings at endoscopy or who had had previous surgery were excluded from the study . |
| 5 | Never one to wallow in self-pity , he 'd started by mugging a couple of Indian kids in bright shirts behind the bus station and then he 'd followed a Yuppie type from his bank 's Cashcard machine to the stairway of a multi-storey car park , where they 'd had some dealings involving a Rolex and all the wad in the Yuppie 's wallet . |
| 6 | Inadequate timetabling , the organisation of lessons during lunchtimes and instead of normal lessons or assemblies , the allocation of unsatisfactory classrooms , the poor arrangement of furniture for learning purposes , the lack of suitable materials — all these factors tend to discourage learners of community languages , especially where they have had little influence on the choice of their subject options when a community language is involved . |
| 7 | The senior nurse now acts as a support , resource and coordinator and a flattened hierarchy results : the senior nurse is the key to the professional development of staff who often come from a traditional nursing culture , where they have had little accountability . |
| 8 | Not that I 've had much chance to do anything for him . |
| 9 | So now I know , but the result is that I 've had two years of injury , followed by two years of doing completely the wrong thing . ’ |
| 10 | And again I must be frank in telling you , because if I do n't tell you this , one of the maids of the house will likely inform you very shortly , that I 've had two helpers already this year . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean , the the the rea , the people that I 've had most contact with , erm , in sociology , are those who are concerned with , what is known as the labour market . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | Little did the other helpers know that I had had real experience in the world of commerce outside . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Not that I have had much opportunity to appreciate live music . |
| 16 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 17 | If this message is output again it shows that someone has had direct access to the ORACLE database . |
| 18 | ‘ And with a good deal more education than I 've had hot dinners . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've probably had more … ’ she flushed ‘ … sex than I 've had hot dinners . |
| 20 | He 's had more jobs than I 've had hot dinners |
| 21 | The old peasant woman whom I visited told me how bad things had been before the Liberation — that she had had 8 children , of whom all but three had died . |
| 22 | But she also denied knowing Dassac , and the police subsequently discovered that she had had numerous telephone conversations with him and paid him large sums of money under a false name through a Swiss bank account . |
| 23 | Not that she 'd had much time to explore it , of course . |
| 24 | He noted that she 'd had numerous stomach pumps as a result of such accidents in the past , and someone should have cared . |
| 25 | Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair . |
| 26 | SOPHIA Loren is greatly upset at rumours that she has had cosmetic surgery at 58 . |
| 27 | " You like to tell people , " said Clelia , " that you 've had five children . |
| 28 | Okay so you 've had some interviews , you 've got some more interviews coming up ? |
| 29 | Perhaps he ceased to be useful to her once she 'd had some success in England — I do n't know . |
| 30 | I think once you 've had one holiday abroad you know , he 'd love it ! |