Example sentences of "have had a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | And what the manifesto is , is trying to do is to er set an agenda for about how the lot of private homes can be improved , and er fixing rent is one thing which the government er traditionally has had a responsibility for and which needs , er must be linked in with conditions because what we have at the moment is a situation where you get , in Oxford , a er a family living in one room being charged er over two hundred pounds a week by an individual landlord , and that 's clearly unacceptable . |
2 | In recent years , the life-history technique has had a revival in sociological research , being used by those who wish to develop ‘ oral history ’ . |
3 | Dick has had a ministry to businessmen for many years . |
4 | Mary has had a relationship with a married US senator ( Michael Tolan ) . |
5 | The next mill downstream has had a variety of names over the years : Russell Mill , Lowes Mill and more recently , Malvern Mill . |
6 | Cruttwell , it seems , was one of his old mentors from RADA days and has had a variety of film titles , on this occasion ‘ production consultant . ’ |
7 | It is significant that the first country to enact data protection legislation was Sweden , which has had a freedom of information regime for over 200 years ; the Swedes have become accustomed to a much more limited version of personal privacy as a result . |
8 | His final point about trust is fair enough , it sounds like he has had a gutful of Leeds fans berating him for sticking to his guns . |
9 | Steve Gilbert has had a beard for 20 years and says he ca n't imagine life without it . |
10 | ‘ The Prefect has had a call from the Minister . |
11 | Now , ( a ) Yvonne has had a row with Dulcie and wo n't do her ballet , and ( b ) as the Ballet Club is producing Igor in July , they wo n't let it out again so soon . |
12 | Sparc laptop house RDI Computer Corp , San Diego , California has had a change of guard : start-up specialist , Roy Wright , has been brought in as president to run day-to-day operations , while co-founder , Rick Schrameck , remains chairman and CEO responsible for the company 's direction , strategic alliances and new product development . |
13 | MIKE LYONS has had a change of fortune in his coaching career — literally ! |
14 | But the council has had a change of heart and is now looking at ways of funding the event . |
15 | British Steel 's Corby Works , the headquarters of the company 's Welded Tubes business , has had a presence in the town since the early 1930s . |
16 | In this the government has had a measure of success in that twenty-three separate sales have gone ahead , and most of them have been greatly over-subscribed . |
17 | Standing sex has had a bit of a bad press — mainly because it tends to be used for illicit love-making by young couples who have no bedroom to go to . |
18 | He is now gainfully employed in the centre of midfield by Alex Ferguson and the next qualifying tie being away from Ibrox , where McClair has had a problem with an element of the crowd , could be an influential factor in Roxburgh 's decisions . |
19 | ‘ The Commissioner has had a word with the Home Office . |
20 | Buttonhook has had a history of epics — possibly 5b ? |
21 | Party Politics , who stands at 18 hands , has had a history of wind problems and before and after last year 's National he had two operations to improve his breathing . |
22 | Roscoe Boy , who won on his return a fortnight ago , has had a recurrence of foot problems and will not meet his engagement in the Puckeridge Ladies race . |
23 | WP What do you think of the notion that much of the poetry produced in Eastern Europe as ‘ dissident ’ poetry has had a kind of easy ride because of its political context ? |
24 | After another half a minute , the power is passed to the third person and so on until everyone has had a turn at passing the power . |
25 | The whole effect is as if an aftermarket body-kit specialist has had a go at embellishing a 911 , with the predictable result . |
26 | Can not be , because she has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well and living in Wapping . |
27 | Rusty Conway becomes one of Serena 's patients because he has had a spell of extreme absent-mindedness which made him incapable of carrying out his work . |
28 | He is over 55 , married , without education or job training ; furthermore , he has had a spell of registered unemployment , did not work full-time in the 12 months prior to becoming unemployed and lives in a council house . |
29 | He has had a spell in politics as Fianna Fail councillor in the 1970s , and broadened his horizons working in Canada in the 1960s after qualifying from Dublin College of Catering . |
30 | A pattern can be almost any material , even plaster which has had a layer of sealer on it . |