Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] have had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps you have had a similar experience , or know of a dog in your area with the same background ? |
| 3 | So you 've had a sharp increase in our shareholders ' funds during the six months and a reduction in our net debt which may not be quite as er substantial as you expected but it is the combination of on the one hand the proceeds of Elsivir less some reinvestment which Frank mentioned , we put a little more money in B S B and the minority interests and we do have traditionally in the first half an adverse net movement of funds from operation about ninety five million and then we had thirty two million odd er of simply revaluation as a result of translating our dollar debt at er the one sixty as opposed to the year ending rate . |
| 4 | So you 'd had a big breakfast and it 's still normal which implies you 're going to be fine , now |
| 5 | So we have had a failing government , we 've had a failing Tory administration , and the people who are interested in looking after this county and all it 's services within the budget set by central government , has made sure that we have got a good police force , which it will not receive cuts in it 's services , cuts in it 's er , it 's , it 's er , forces , and make sure that other services , like education , social services , libraries , highways and everything else will also be adequately funded in this county . |
| 6 | Well that 's the problem , lets pull this together we 've had a good grumble about telephones and mail system now |
| 7 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |
| 8 | So it 's had a new lease of life with that has n't it ? |
| 9 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
| 10 | Anyway she 's had a little boy and he 's fine , he 's got a cold that 's why he was n't in today . |
| 11 | So anyway we 'd had a good look round and this ch church warden said hey you 'd better go and get some seats cos it 's going to get . |
| 12 | Mainly er that among groups now I 've had a definite offer from the er Sunday school again , wanting |
| 13 | By now she 'd had a good look at him . |
| 14 | Now she 's had a peaceful end and she 's gone to her reward . ’ |
| 15 | So far we have had a tremendous response which has a lot to do with the product — it 's brilliant and people ca n't go wrong with it . ’ |
| 16 | Erm , I think the charge that has been laid against myself personally and my myself and my colleagues is the charge of vacillation and changing our mind and I and I am grateful to c my colleague David for reminding us that we have in this county had two years two years when the Labour party and the Conservative party have been hand in glove , absolutely determined that the way forward in relation to homes , elderly persons homes , not that 's not to close any and now we 've had a complete volte face when they 've changed their minds and they 've come along with us . |
| 17 | well she 's had a miserable life of her own kind of thing . |
| 18 | Well you 've had a full house , that was good . |
| 19 | Well we 've had a little |
| 20 | Well they 've had a marvellous sort of conversion of that done |
| 21 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |
| 22 | but he must of been all worked up and since then I 've had a right struggle , most nights |
| 23 | Maybe you have had a real setback that 's knocked your self-esteem . |
| 24 | ‘ Then you 've had a wasted journey , have n't you ? ’ |
| 25 | If your particular interest in the aquatics hobby is catfish then you have had a bumper year , for over the last twelve months various different catfish especially Corydoras and Plecs have been appearing , that are both new to the hobby and beautiful . |
| 26 | Since then we 've had a new roof , but its glossy perfection , like a blank page , says nothing about man and his lifelong bargaining with time . |
| 27 | The thirteen children who developed schizophrenia could be characterised by the following factors : their birth had been relatively difficult ( longer and more complicated than average ) ; most of them had been separated from both parents and many placed in children 's homes at a young age ; they posed a disciplinary problem to their teachers ; and some years earlier they had had a rapid autonomic nervous system ( ANS ) recovery rate . |
| 28 | Three years earlier they had had a brief affair . |
| 29 | Two years earlier he 'd had a privatised council house in East Ham , a nice little business and his family . |
| 30 | Fortunately he had had a good deal of practice in this . |