Example sentences of "[pers pn] has had a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She has had a nice break and , who knows , if it rains there they can shut the shop ! ’ he added .
2 Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’
3 A spokeswoman at Hope Hospital in Salford said : ‘ She has had a restless night and is poorly this morning . ’
4 Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination .
5 Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling .
6 ‘ If the Queen thinks she has had a bad year , look at me — my whole life has been pretty horribilis , ’ said Olive , from Birmingham .
7 She has had a bad time .
8 ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him .
9 He has had a solid connection with the orchestra and the Scottish music scene ever since , and has been responsible for bringing some unusual works to the concert platform in the past .
10 He has the distance in him , he ran the National last year , albeit without finishing , and he has had a solid season .
11 He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows .
12 Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week .
13 He has had a terrible month , ’ said Balding , referring to the fact that Frost has also lost the ride today on Morley Street , who attempts a hat-trick in the Martell Aintree Hurdle , with Richard Dunwoody aboard .
14 But do the movements ‘ convey information ’ to fellow workers in the hive in any more semantic a fashion than , say , a bruise on a child 's face conveys to his mother the information that he has had a nasty bump ?
15 HE HAS had a great run .
16 He has had a great number of stitches inserted in the eyelid and underneath the eye in an effort to keep it closed and avoid further damage .
17 The bishop 's hobbies include reading and walking and since his student days he has had a great interest in church and choral music .
18 He has had a great season .
19 He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending .
20 Hayden Phillips , smooth , urbane , the kind of establishment figure that the Thatcherites liked to take on , he has had a brilliant career which started in the Home Office , took him to Brussels as chef de cabinet to Roy Jenkins and then to the Treasury as Deputy Secretary .
21 No but I mean he has had a bad start
22 On the tricky fact that some passengers have more money than others ( and Mr Pannick 's taxi has been stopped very frequently by the government in recent years ; he has had a special sign on it since 1988 that says ‘ Junior council to the Crown , common law ’ ) , the author declares that the authorities ‘ must make expenditre reon legal aid a high priority and that the defects in the structure of legal aid are in need of urgent repair ’ .
23 So the , the upshot of it all , is he 's banned for two races , but this is a susp suspended erm , ban over two months , er er , over six months rather , so it means that if he 's a good boy over the next six months he wo n't miss any races at all , so he has had a lucky escape .
24 The fans support him because he has had a raw deal .
25 Does that mean he has had a drastic change of heart or is it just that he thinks , along with many of his colleagues , that there is electoral advantage in keeping this quiet at the moment ?
26 He has had a distinguished career as a businessman and a politician and , on two occasions , has been the Cabinet Minister responsible for UK energy matters .
27 He has had a feverish complaint and has been blooded .
28 Originally a Celtic settlement and later a Roman one , it has had a stormy history .
29 While this has not affected sales , it has had a negative impact on profits , Sage noted .
30 As part of the deal with Prue Leith , it has had a major facelift .
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