Example sentences of "[pers pn] have had the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , I 'd had the occasional setback , like proposing to Tony Kessler when I was four . |
| 2 | Because I 'd had the grand advice from my grandma . |
| 3 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 4 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
| 5 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 6 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 7 | I 've had the occasional boyfriend in the past , and I 'm sure you 've done the same sort of thing . |
| 8 | I 've had the dreaded cough as well Have n't you had it in Southwell yet ? |
| 9 | I have had the dubious privilege over the years of debating with him on many occasions . |
| 10 | I have had the great privilege to know some very talented young people whose dreams did come true . |
| 11 | I have had the good fortune to be in Bruges when the city has had a festival and in Ghent for the same sort of thing . |
| 12 | Ever since I was a teenager , I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair . |
| 13 | I have had the immense privilege of serving the people of Worcester over the past 30 years . |
| 14 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 15 | She had had the tiresome habit of subjecting her speech-writers to a sixth-form question and answer session along the lines of , ‘ Tell me Chris , what do you mean by ‘ liberty ’ ? ’ and it was not until the welcome arrival of a cheerful Denis at two-thirty in the morning that she could be persuaded to go to bed . |
| 16 | Well it is about , about a thousand for one bay window so she 's had the whole house done so it 's probably nearer three . |
| 17 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 18 | We 'd had the odd fling even while she was supposed to be engaged to him — the night of the fire was when we started it . |
| 19 | Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects . |
| 20 | We 've had the occasional report of undesirable characters lurking round the hospital . |
| 21 | We 've had the odd difference of opinion , while respecting the other 's point of view . |
| 22 | Not since we 've had the new system . ’ |
| 23 | Erm , due erm there 's also as you know , we 've , we 've had the chartered petition on the market and we are going on with that . |
| 24 | And they do n't mean when we can afford a bigger house or when we 've had the big-deal holiday , but when I 've risen high enough on the corporate ladder to be able to take six months off without everyone forgetting who the hell I am . |
| 25 | It 's only because we 've had the bad luck to find ourselves in competition with Robert and Ian , otherwise we could have had all their present clients . ’ |
| 26 | We 've had the dart-playing cat and the beer-drinking rabbit … now here 's the pool-playing badger . |
| 27 | Since we had the debates in June , we 've had the unfortunate experience er of stagecoach . |
| 28 | No , we 've had the main update |
| 29 | In Western Australia we have had the corporatist experiment . |
| 30 | We have had the excellent report of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy , which has been extremely helpful . |