Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [verb] had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We bring the Guinness Spot to a close with a local musician who has had a long and distinguished career in the country and blues divisions of rock . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Another interesting case is that of a little boy who had had a difficult birth and had been left slightly spastic . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | In published series of patients with constipation and irritable bowel syndrome or functional abdominal pain there is an excess of womeh who have had a hysterectomy but this may be because women who are referred to hospital with these disorders tend to be anxious and polysymptomatic . |
| 6 | Commenting on a literacy , or ‘ English ’ class , Mathew , a male user who had had a ‘ normal ’ education , said : ‘ They were just sat about talkin' ; some of 'em were drawin' when I went in . |
| 7 | Erm our special needs provision was a erm a scale six member of staff with no prior experience who 'd had a rop ropy probation year anyway , |
| 8 | Just her regrets about the Rector 's wife who 'd had a miscarriage … |
| 9 | I have a friend who has had a miserable marriage , because his wife has never given him her trust . |
| 10 | I am not the only person who has had a tumultuous year , and I am immensley proud of the way the British face their problems and so often succeed despite them . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ( Friend of woman who had had a number of strokes . ) |
| 13 | ‘ In fact , a peculiarity about this condition is that it seldom if ever occurs in a woman who 's had a baby . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Coming up in a few minutes , the artist who 's had a six year love affair with the Malvern Hills . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A sixty-two year old man who 's had a vital heart operation cancelled TWICE has asked health watchdogs to investigate . |
| 20 | A man who 's had a smiling face painted on his satellite dish has been told he 's got to cover it up . |
| 21 | He also told me about another ex-employee who 'd had a fatal motor accident … ’ |
| 22 | An adventurer who has had a chunk of his person ripped off by a Skeleton takes 3 Wounds from the blow , in addition to normal damage . |
| 23 | Lord Geraint , the former MP who has had a lifetime 's experience as a sheep farmer and dealer , warned however that there were many things to be done again to safeguard the interests of those about to start farming . |
| 24 | The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Physical imbalance of any kind can interfere with independence too , for example affecting the patient who has had a limb amputated . |
| 27 | John likes to visit his old friends and also travels to see his brother who has had a stroke . |
| 28 | I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ? |