Example sentences of "have had [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is often not appreciated , at least in the U.K. that the medical profession has had very little say in the major decisions about the design of the health services .
2 After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already .
3 She had clung to the doll tenaciously , until the awful feeling she 'd had once before stole up through her little body from her feet to her head , and the next thing she knew she was lying on the floor with her head in Ma 's lap .
4 Deep down she knew that she should apologise for what she had said , but she 'd had enough today to last her a lifetime !
5 Of course one effect of the making of these revelations would have been to put D's record ( if he had one ) in issue as well , so that the jury would have had even more to think about to assist them in the weighing of the evidence in this case or ( depending on how you look at it ) to distract them from it .
6 Although there is little agreement about their role , they seem to have had slightly more specialized duties .
7 The R.S. he had had so proudly stamped on the front was fading now , and the leather strap had almost worn through , so lately I had been carrying the satchel under my arm : Tata would never have considered buying me a new one while the .
8 sort of everything we 've had so far 's been pretty general .
9 ‘ I guess I 've had long enough to accept it .
10 ‘ I 've had quite enough to drink , ’ she said , ‘ without you rotating like a top all night .
11 The chairman , Don Perry , is standing down ( ‘ I 've had quite enough hassle ’ ) and the county will shortly name their coach to succeed John Shepherd .
12 Like other Central Europeans who had lived and grumbled under the Habsburgs , Hungarians have had even more to grumble about since .
13 The truth is , I have had only enough to permit me to drown my sorrows . ’
14 Never mind what you read and hear to the contrary ; your plants have had quite enough shock as it is without adding to it .
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