Example sentences of "we [verb] had [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny .
2 Er we showed him one or two examples of similar sorts of presentations that we 'd had from other railway and outside organizations , er explained what we 'd done in the past , said that we were looking to get something more up-market and more erm professional , which was why we were looking to er er seek er quotes from er g graphics designers , linked in with printers .
3 Last year 's been better than that actually , I I think we 've had about one or two .
4 Is this the only response we 've had to that article ?
5 I thought that the thought of , er , the thoughts gone into your erm plans and your presentation was much greater than we 've had on previous courses .
6 " We think Silverweed is one of the best poets we 've had for many months , " said Cowslip .
7 In fact , the light weight , the attractive looks , the easy-feeling neck and the light , low action make it one of the most pick-up-able guitars we 've had for some time .
8 So all the rhetoric that we 've had from this government about better performance N H S , more people being seen by the N H S , that must be read against the fact that over a million people are , or a million patients , are er waiting on N H S waiting lists .
9 It 's more than we 've had in recent years , judging by the general
10 Would have they put when they put the boiler in cos the boiler w we 've had in three years .
11 This is the worst summer as we 've had in these parts for a century , they do say . ’
12 Now that is not as significant an increase as we 've had in previous years .
13 We must have done because they talked , as we drove , of common friends we had had at that time , but I remembered none of them — or only a name , here and there .
14 We intend that joint declaration to be turned , during this year , into a comprehensive treaty between Russia and the United Kingdom — the first that we have had since 1766 .
15 In the past few days ( see News page 1 ) we have had to contradictory testaments to the way psychiatric services are surviving in a post-Griffiths ' world .
16 As the right hon. Gentleman knows , the essential basics to make sure that things are right are to keep inflation down , to keep interest rates down , to have the right tax structure and to continue with the improved industrial relations that we have had in recent years .
17 Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues .
18 This amounts to a form of nationalisation , and represents ‘ the biggest social revolution we have had in this country ’ .
19 ‘ We 've got more snow up here and all over the Swiss Alps than we have had in 50 years , ’ said Dr Othmar Buser , whose research centre is perched at 2,660m on the Weissfluhjoch above Davos .
20 Cost , not quality , ideology not competence , delivery for profit rather than service for people — those are the slogans that we have had from this regime .
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