Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] had a " in BNC.

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1 But the little dog I went , I took a friend to collect her little dog from the vet it 's had a double hernia , has n't it , double hernia , it , it had a tremendous operation dear little thing , but she said he had a wart under he 's eye and on it 's own accord it dried up and dropped off .
2 Down the Boarman they 've had a three , three offers of Hamper Agency for next year .
3 Never mind you can play the Bare Naked Lady thingummybobs and er then hopefully we go oh he 's in the shop he 's had a few customers we 'll get back to John a bit later .
4 ULSTER hockey 's senior league title will be decided by the last game of the programme on Saturday … and it wo n't involve Lisnagarvey , the team which has had a four-year reign as champions .
5 Similarly , similarly I have prepared all this but just shortly before the meeting I have had a whole wodge of suggestion forms going back to November which I have obviously not taken into account yet . .
6 Let us consider democracy in local government and the three Secretaries of State for the Environment who have had a go at local government taxation .
7 Coming up in a few minutes , the artist who 's had a six year love affair with the Malvern Hills .
8 A spokesman for Sarova Hotels said : ‘ In the past we have had a satisfactory working relationship with BCCI and the current situation has not presented problems . ’
9 The physiotherapist may need the help of a second therapist , especially for the head-injured patient or the patient who has had a severe stroke .
10 Physical imbalance of any kind can interfere with independence too , for example affecting the patient who has had a limb amputated .
11 This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife .
12 They had said at the school she had had a screaming session .
13 As I said , I was almost half way up the front before I realised that between knitting the back and starting the front I 'd had a teaching session .
14 I usually find , though , that I have done so much walking and sightseeing during the day that , by the time I have had a meal and a bath , I am quite happy to read in bed for an hour and then go to sleep .
15 ‘ We all know there 's no more sorry sight in the world than a lady who 's had a drop too much , but a spoonful or so can be highly medicinal .
16 As a child she had had a piggy bank ; she could recall the physical satisfaction of its jingling weight in her hands .
17 He discovered that as a girl she had had a passion for Stendhal , so had he , and they talked about Julien Sorel and Tolstoi and Rimbaud .
18 I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time .
19 ‘ Ever since he was a boy he has had a fear of them .
20 You never have to tell a person who 's had a heart attack , you never need to tell a woman when her husband has a stroke , I have to .
21 I have a friend who has had a miserable marriage , because his wife has never given him her trust .
22 ‘ In fact , a peculiarity about this condition is that it seldom if ever occurs in a woman who 's had a baby . ’
23 He was relatively cheerful and uncomplaining for a man who had had a 40 minute operation to join his fractured kneecap and a severed tendon together again .
24 A man who has had a lot of success in a relatively short space of time — he has been training 15 years — Homer Scott has already had a Liverpool winner .
25 Suddenly angry , Seb said , ‘ You 'd refuse to serve a man who 's had a university education , is respected by everyone he 's met and whose father is acquainted with the Duke of Marlborough .
26 A man who 's had a smiling face painted on his satellite dish has been told he 's got to cover it up .
27 I had no idea I 'd had a baby .
28 under Labour waiting lists have gone up every time we 've had a Labour administration .
29 Every time we 've had a Conservative administration waiting lists have gone down .
30 Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head .
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