Example sentences of "has had a [noun sg] for " 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 | Steve Gilbert has had a beard for 20 years and says he ca n't imagine life without it . |
| 3 | STUART PEARCE , Nottingham Forest 's England left back and skipper , has had a demand for a new contract thrown out by Brian Clough . |
| 4 | Erm but if somebody has had a gap for whatever reason , it is often the only method of actually covering it if you want to do something that involves the teachers ' superannuation scheme . |
| 5 | 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 . |