Example sentences of "[vb base] had [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're beautiful if you 're walking across the Downs and admiring the trees or the open countryside , but erm there are times , and we 've had just a recent spell with easterly winds , and we find with an easterly wind along the south coast , because of the Downs , and because of the , the Dover Straits , these easterly winds tend to erm funnel , as we call it , and therefore they are stronger than they would normally be expected to be , so Brighton does have its disadvantages in , from that point of view , but from the sunshine and the general point of view erm it takes a lot to beat the area . |
| 2 | I 've had rather a surprising piece of news , that 's all . ’ |
| 3 | I 've had rather a hard day — well , I 'm sure you can imagine . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I understand you 've had only a boiled egg this morning , ’ she said meaningfully , then returning her attention to the maid , ordered , ‘ Make that tea for two , Margaret . |
| 5 | but they 've had quite a good dinnertime today so I think they 're letting her stop a bit longer . |
| 6 | We 've had quite a busy afternoon , Mr Andropulos , and at the moment we 're anchored over a plane that crashed into the sea just about the time we were receiving your SOS . ’ |
| 7 | It 's quite interesting that where you think you 've you 've rung say , Freda or Amber in the evening and you 've had quite a lengthy conversation in , mentally you think that |
| 8 | ‘ I 've had quite an early start and I 'm feeling pretty tired , ’ she admitted . |
| 9 | ‘ If you go to the NCT , you will be taught by women who have had either a wonderful of a nasty labour and who bring their experiences to the class , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Using the P-postlabelling method with butanol extraction as an enhancement procedure we have compared adduct levels in a group of patients who have had either a previous truncal vagotomy and drainage where bile reflux might be expected or a previous highly selective vagotomy where bile reflux is less common . |
| 11 | In attempting to weight the relative importance of these individual variables some observers , despite the countervailing evidence , would maintain that on a world-wide basis economic forces have had only a limited influence in shaping bargaining structures ( Beaumont et al . , |
| 12 | Most people discharged from hospital psychiatric care have had only a short period as in patients and do not need long-term help after leaving . |
| 13 | Alan Hansen , of Ipswich Port Authority , said : ‘ We have had quite a severe downturn in our business at the West Bank terminal . |