Example sentences of "have had some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know Colin McMillan has had some good pay days . |
| 2 | We can only hope that since the incident he has had some serious therapy , both on his flying and on his mental state . |
| 3 | Jacobi has had some confusing moments . |
| 4 | She has a tough act to follow , though — Joan has had some spectacular successes with Bewey and Beth . |
| 5 | Sabrita , who has had some useful outings this year is also entered in the Hunt Race but may go in the Open where she meets Fardross , a winner at Enniskillen . |
| 6 | She 's a student at Dundee University and has had some brilliant fund raising ideas amongst her friends at the University and she 's here sitting in the front row . |
| 7 | Watt , however , has had some minor surgery on his ears in an effort to improve his balance and last night said he was feeling much better . |
| 8 | The history of forms in art has had some distinguished advocates , some of whom have been concerned with the transformation over time of one form to another ; others have been more attracted to problems of values , arguing either that styles in art change and decay , or that in a particular period there is an artistic will to produce work in a style of its own . |
| 9 | Here the quantum chemical theory of bonding has had some remarkable successes . |
| 10 | Ash Sethi , Jason 's teacher at Holland Park , has had some unpleasant experiences , though last year 's tutoring group was extremely good , he says . |
| 11 | I am in the process of talking to the education co-ordinators at the prison about getting creative writing input from inmates for the project at work = British National Corpus of Current English — as the prison has had some notable successes with inmates finding new skills and talents whilst ‘ inside ’ , even to the extent of prizes and publications , which must be a tremendous lift to their spirits . |
| 12 | Every morning and afternoon , a patient aide — who has had some nursing training — visits for two hours and helps her bathe , carry out exercises and walk . |
| 13 | The former Hungarian trick-rider , who has had some nostalgic moments watching members of his old troupe performing here this week , was also helped by the cautious approach of some of his opponents . |
| 14 | IT is true that John Fullard of Hartlepool only appears here when he has had some little difficulty with the Post Office . |
| 15 | It is ironic that while scientific exploration has been producing incredible and exciting pictures of the world around us the technology it has spawned has had some depressing results — from atomic bombs to chlorofluorocarbons . |
| 16 | Fleischmann has had some excellent ideas including methods to measure the surface diffraction of X-rays and he has made a detailed study of electrolysis in solutions that do not conduct electricity . |
| 17 | I 'd had some terrible relationships , made some bad mistakes , and I could n't deal with that . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd had some old trouble . |
| 19 | He 'd had some bad news brought to him in the nick by his mother , the Wicked Witch of Woolwich . |
| 20 | Then when I took er you 'd you could take a proficiency test which was held at , at your Company Headquarters by a visiting officer and erm I then , we 'd , by then we 'd had some American weapons come , one was the Browning automatic which is a very very good good er weapon , you could r fire single shots or rapid shots . |
| 21 | He said this explorer had said he 'd had some special underpants made so that he could pee in the river safely . |
| 22 | In the present state of the art , the temptation to use these without — at the very least — first having had some academic training in econometric techniques should be resisted . |
| 23 | ‘ Having had some excellent performances in previous years , 1991 has certainly been a setback . |
| 24 | She may have had some outdoor work as well , such as feeding poultry . |
| 25 | Now if we 'd have the voice of the Funny Man guessed we would have had some postal contestant winners , but they now go back in the box with those yet to come in the next week . |
| 26 | They included weapons , jewellery , and objects which may have had some symbolic significance , whether religious or royal . |
| 27 | It is a defensible pattern in what might be called ‘ low-theory ’ fields , where people can learn to practise in some way and with some success without any theoretical preparation for what they are doing , although they may have had some relevant training at a lower level . |
| 28 | Entry Requirements : Besides a First or Second Class Honours degree or its equivalent , applicants should have had some prior programming experience . |
| 29 | Blanche sensed his dislike must have had some personal grounds . |
| 30 | Scotland was an unhappy country in the late seventeenth century , partly for reasons beyond the control of politicians or merchants ; the climate grew steadily harsher , for these were the worst years of the ‘ little ice age ’ that ran from 1500 to 1850 and must have had some general effect of encouraging emigration from Europe . |