Example sentences of "he [verb] had [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Now he has had a chance to work with them and perhaps better understands the intricacies of their job . |
2 | Since he became Prime Minister he has had a chance — his predecessor had a chance , too — to increase women 's representation on such boards , but between 1985 and 1990 we know that their representation rose by a dismal 0.3 per cent . |
3 | Now he has had a chance to regroup and fall back on to the kind of terrain of which he is master — the written minute . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | At one point , Walter tries to convince his wife that he has had a story accepted by BBC Radio . |
9 | Time after time he has had a tournament in his pocket only for a miracle shot from a rival to steal it away . |
10 | He has had a hand in most of the major developments on site , but says B205 — Magnox reprocessing — has brought him most satisfaction . |
11 | Like you say , I do n't think he can be too good at , if he tried , he has had a lot of injuries apparently . |
12 | He has had a knee injury Record man SWIMMING : Australian Keiren Perkins broke his own world 800 metres freestyle record by 1.25 secs at the New South Wales swimming championships , finishing in 7 mins 46.6 secs . |
13 | Almost anybody who is offered an honour of some kind indicates that he has had a period of anxious , nay tortured reflection , but somehow inexorably arrives at the conclusion that duty demands — duty to his family , his wife , his children , his bank manager — that he should accept the honour . |
14 | He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver . |
15 | Yeah , he has had a bonio , he likes a bonio , he did eat one last night , |
16 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
17 | Jasper 's sometimes funny when he has had a disappointment . " |
18 | ‘ Ever since he was a boy he has had a fear of them . |
19 | In fact he has had no contact with our officials since the Shah fled Iran in 1979 . |
20 | If the hon. Gentleman thinks that that is odd it merely shows that , in common with the hon. Member for Livingston , he has had no experience of such matters . |
21 | It 's nearly two o'clock and he has had no lunch . |
22 | Coyle insists he has had no trouble this season with his suspect knee but said : ‘ I would be prepared to risk it anyway to remain in senior soccer . ’ |
23 | ‘ One trader has already indicated he has had an increase in takings over the last week . |
24 | He has had an opportunity to make his point , and I wish to end with one important point . |
25 | We have given it up , partly because we can not afford all the exercise tests and partly because we believe that once you know the patient has got ischaemic heart disease , which he has by definition if he has had an infarct , that the exercise test on a beta blocker is as useful prognostically . |
26 | ‘ I think he will win , but it has only been when he has had the sun on his back in the last couple of days that he has really come on . ’ |
27 | BILL KOCH 'S personal and business life is the stuff of a page-turning book and a movie , so it is fortunate that he has had the foresight to bring his own biographer and film maker into his campaign to defend the America 's Cup for his country . |
28 | He has had the opportunity to reproduce 430 of the 500 drawings which originally constituted that collection and to mount a touring exhibition over three years : for the first , and probably only time therefore , they will all be seen together right across the world . |
29 | Will the Lord President of the Council , as a fellow Scot , tell me whether he has had the opportunity to study in depth the implications of the ICM opinion poll ? |
30 | He has had the players in stitches over the past few weeks when we have relaxed after our training sessions at Lilleshall by having a game of pool . |