Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] had [art] opportunity " in BNC.

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1 Although Fair Isle is officially part of Shetland , and I had been a keen birdwatcher since I was a boy , I had never had the opportunity to visit the island until I had started to work for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds .
2 I 've never had the opportunity to attend one before .
3 I have now had the opportunity to look over the attached and also asked a colleague to do a quick proof-read .
4 I have now had the opportunity to study that judgment and I have taken further legal advice .
5 I have now had an opportunity to discuss with relevant staff the intention to re-site the emergency alarm system to cover the reception area .
6 Following the discussion at the Chief Executive 's Management Group , I have now had an opportunity of reviewing the draft of the above document .
7 This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man .
8 Any artist I represent could tell me I am useless , but no one will ever be able to claim I stole from them , because I have never had the opportunity .
9 You have scarcely had an opportunity , ma'am , ’ Theda answered with automatic politeness , ‘ what with the wedding and the bereavement in this house . ’
10 His opportunity to answer necessarily had to be deferred until the trial was over , and he has now had an opportunity to be heard .
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