Example sentences of "he has had a [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 ‘ One trader has already indicated he has had an increase in takings over the last week .
20 He has had an opportunity to make his point , and I wish to end with one important point .
21 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 .
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